Comparison

BookNotes | Save Highlights vs Cite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BookNotes | Save Highlights

Features
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Save the highlights to Notion while reading on Apps like Kindle with only a couple of clicks. Easy and intuitive. You can tag and comment on any of your notes from reading apps like Kindle directly, which will be well organized and displayed in Notion automatically. Notes can be transformed into Images and saved in BookNotes. With the ability of iCloud, all notes will be shared across all your Apple devices. # Main features - Create notes from Apps like Kindle and save them to Notion in one place without copying/pasting and switching Apps. - Notes can be tagged, commented on, and applied with different colors. - Notes can be transformed into Images and saved to BookNotes. - Notes will be stored and well organized in Notion automatically. - With the ability of iCloud, all notes will be shared across all your Apple devices. # Most importantly - No ADs - No subscription - No Registration

About

Cite

Features
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Cite is your second brain for books. Save, organize, and rediscover the best ideas from everything you read. - Capture any highlight instantly - Organize by book, tag by topic, and keep all your highlights beautifully arranged for easy browsing. - AI that works with your notes - Summarize entire books into clear takeaways. - Ask questions about your highlights and get thoughtful, context-aware answers. - Revisit ideas daily with swipe-through review mode. Perfect for anyone who wants to remember what matters. Stop forgetting what you read. Build your personal library of knowledge with Cite. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BookNotes | Save Highlights4 screens
Cite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: BookNotes | Save Highlights at 3 against Cite's 1. BookNotes | Save Highlights also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BookNotes | Save Highlights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
BookNotes | Save Highlights versus Cite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookNotes | Save HighlightsCite
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiang WangNihal Abdul Bari

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BookNotes | Save Highlights

One-time1
  • Notes - Kindle Notes Pro$5.99
2 purchases

Cite

Subscriptions2
  • Cite Pro$4.991 Month
  • Cite Pro Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is BookNotes | Save Highlights free?
BookNotes | Save Highlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cite free?
Cite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BookNotes | Save Highlights or Cite have ads?
Neither BookNotes | Save Highlights nor Cite shows ads.

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