Comparison

Workflowy vs Bubbles

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

Head to head
About

Workflowy

Capture ideas, manage tasks, and organize your thoughts with an infinitely nestable system. This app offers AI assistance for summarization and brainstorming, along with collaborative features and robust search capabilities. It syncs across devices and works offline, making it a powerful tool for personal and team productivity.

Highlights
  • Infinitely nested lists
  • AI summarization and brainstorming
  • Kanban boards for task management
  • Real-time collaboration and sharing
  • Global search and filtering
  • Offline access and cross-device sync
  • Tagging and mentions
Features
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Workflowy is a simple, distraction-free app for capturing notes, managing tasks, and organizing your thinking. Infinitely nestable, surprisingly powerful - it helps you manage all the information in your life. With Workflowy you can: • Capture notes and ideas in an instant • Organize complex thinking with infinite nesting • Ask AI to summarize, rewrite, or brainstorm with your notes • Plan and manage tasks with kanban boards • #Tag and @assign items to stay on top of things • Link items across lists - edit once, update everywhere • Share and collaborate in real-time • Upload photos, files, and embed videos • Search and filter your entire Workflowy in seconds Workflowy syncs across all your devices and auto-saves everything. No more missing notes or lost files. Trusted by teams and thinkers at: Atlassian, Slack, The New York Times, and thousands of entrepreneurs, writers, engineers, scientists, and students worldwide. Feature highlights: • Infinitely nested lists • Workflowy AI (chat with notes, AI nodes, quick actions) • Calendar • Kanban boards • Mirrors (live synced copies) • #Tags and @mentions • Date organization with /date shortcuts • Global text search and filtering • Simple sharing and permissions • Works offline • Syncs with desktop and web • One-swipe task completion • File uploads and image attachments • Highlight text and color tags • Item starring • YouTube and X embeds • MFA (Multi-factor authentication) • Expand and collapse lists • Mobile keyboard shortcuts Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

About

Bubbles

This is a straightforward to-do list application that allows users to add up to sixteen tasks. Completed items can be visually marked by 'popping' them. New features like reminders and customizable task colors are available.

Highlights
  • Add up to 16 tasks
  • Pop to complete tasks
  • Add reminders
  • Customize task colors
  • Edit existing tasks
Features
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NEW: Add reminders, change the color of tasks to stay organized, and edit a task once you've added it! Bubbles is a simple to-do list app with a twist. Add up to sixteen items to your to do list and when you've completed an item, just pop it! Feedback is welcome as new features are added.

Screenshots

Workflowy4 screens
Bubbles1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubbles at none against Workflowy's 2. Bubbles also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.6). Workflowy's advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workflowy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Bubbles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bubbles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workflowy has 8.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Workflowy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bubbles's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Workflowy versus Bubbles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkflowyBubbles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.2K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.2K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunRoutine INCChristian Hawkes

Customer experience

Workflowy

All ratings8,240 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,074 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.2%

Bubbles

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Workflowy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cursor sometimes gets stuck
  • Syncing issues between web and mobile versions
  • Inability to delete items consistently

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to attach files and documents
  • Improve mobile app experience
  • Implement better notification and reminder system
  • Add more formatting options (e.g., font styles, colors)

Bubbles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Workflowy

Subscriptions2
  • Workflowy Pro - Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Workflowy Pro - Yearly$79.991 Year
None

Bubbles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workflowy free?
Workflowy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubbles free?
Bubbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workflowy or Bubbles?
Bubbles is rated higher. Workflowy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.2K ratings, while Bubbles averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Workflowy or Bubbles have ads?
Neither Workflowy nor Bubbles shows ads.

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