Reflect Notes vs Tome Town
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reflect Notes
A minimalist note-taking app that helps you organize thoughts and discover insights. It offers AI-powered chat with your notes, voice transcription, and seamless syncing. Enhance your thinking with intuitive linking and secure offline access.
- AI-powered note chat for insights
- Intuitive note linking system
- Voice transcription for hands-free notes
- Customizable AI prompts for editing
- Offline access and device syncing
- End-to-end data encryption
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Reflect is a beautifully designed, minimalist note-taking app designed to help you think. Quickly jot down your ideas, notes, meetings and voice memos in one place. Chat with your notes using AI to uncover new insights and ideas you might have otherwise overlooked. Key Features: - Intuitive linking system to create associations between notes - State of the art voice transcription for hands-free note-taking - Customizable AI prompts to quickly edit notes with GPT-4 - Chat with your notes using AI for a more interactive experience - Offline access for uninterrupted productivity - Seamless syncing across all your devices - End-to-end encryption ensuring your data is safe and secure - Advanced search functionality to find what you need quickly - Calendar integration to quickly take notes during meetings Try Reflect for free and see how note-taking can actually improve your thinking. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tome Town
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A simple reading app for your PDF and EPUB files. Built by an independent iOS developer as a learning project. Just the essentials, beautifully executed: Import from Files, email, or cloud storage - Organize with simple collections - Clean, distraction-free reading - Support for PDF, EPUB, and text files - Beautiful typography and themes Your books, your rules: - No subscriptions or recurring fees - No tracking or data collection - All files stored locally on your device - Works with DRM-free PDF and EPUB files - $4.99 once, yours forever Perfect for students, researchers, and anyone who values simplicity. Whether you're reading academic papers, digital books, or documentation, Tome Town focuses on what matters: a great reading experience. Built with care by an indie developer learning iOS. Your feedback helps shape future updates. Every feature is designed to solve real problems without unnecessary complexity. Privacy first: Tome Town collects no personal data, includes no analytics, and requires no internet connection. Your reading habits stay private. Ready to reclaim your digital reading? Import your first book and experience the difference.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Reflect Notes at Free against Tome Town's $4.99. Reflect Notes also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Reflect Notes is free to download; Tome Town costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reflect Notes ships an update monthly, Tome Town every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reflect Notes | Tome Town |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (89 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reflect App, LLC | Spatacoli LLC |
Bugs and requests
Reflect Notes
Reported bugs
9 issues- Secure login link not received
- TestFlight privileges revoked unexpectedly
- Whole lines of text disappear on mobile
- Cannot easily cancel AI chat on iOS
- iPad version feels unfinished
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- Basic UI/UX issues persist on iOS apps
- Search acting as though #author tag doesn't exist
- App freezes too often, causing note loss
- Occasional bugs with Kindle sync and author tags
Requested features
18 requests- Simple table support
- More advanced text formatting support
- Improved search functionality (highlighting found text)
- Official iPad app
- Web app for Safari on Mac
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- Android app
- Full mobile web app with search and creation
- Expand task functionality (recurring tasks, notifications)
- Add color to notes
- Configurable top bar in 'All Notes' on desktop
- Persistent search results after backing out of a note
- Tasks widget for home screen
- Toolbar button for basic text formatting on mobile
- Easier way to cancel AI chat on iOS
- Differentiate books from comics in Kindle sync
- Clarify Kindle sync behavior upfront
- Adapt app to iPad screen ratio
- UI tweaking for tasks and better grouping of dated tasks
Tome Town
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reflect Notes
No in-app purchases
Tome Town
No in-app purchases
