Comparison

Workflowy vs Stash

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

Stash

This AI-powered notebook helps you capture ideas, summarize content from links or videos, and set reminders. It researches and organizes your notes into readable markdown, with offline capabilities for note-taking.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summarization
  • Research and organization
  • Offline note capture
  • Reminders
  • Markdown note format
  • Tag filtering and search
Features
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Zero prompt AI Notebook. Paste a link, a video, a few words: and watch Stash summarize, add reminders, and do research for you. Capture - Type a rough note or attach photos from the camera or library - Stash even when you are offline; notes queue and are summarized when you are back online Summarize - The Stash server researches and organizes the note (vision + web search) - You get a readable markdown note, not a chat transcript - A note is summarized once; a failed summary keeps your original text and images Recall - Browse recent notes, filter by tags, or search - Optional reminders fire from the server so they are not stuck on one phone Stash Pro (optional auto-renewable subscription) - Raises summary and research limits - Purchase, restore, and manage through your Apple ID - Privacy Policy: https://stash.graftedsoftware.com/legal/privacy - Terms: https://stash.graftedsoftware.com/legal/terms

Screenshots

Workflowy4 screens
Stash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Workflowy at 8.2K against Stash's 1. Stash's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 and Stash sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stash 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 1, 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 Stash's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workflowy ships an update weekly, Stash fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workflowy versus Stash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkflowyStash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.2K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunRoutine INCAndrew Rice

Customer experience

Workflowy

All ratings8,235 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,073 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.2%

Stash

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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)

Stash

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
2 purchases

Stash

Subscriptions2
  • Stash Pro$7.991 Month
  • Stash Unlimited (yearly)$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Workflowy free?
Workflowy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stash free?
Stash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workflowy or Stash?
Stash is rated higher. Workflowy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.2K ratings, while Stash averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Workflowy or Stash have ads?
Neither Workflowy nor Stash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workflowy or Stash?
Workflowy ships an update weekly, and Stash fortnightly. Most recently, Workflowy was updated on October 20, 2026 and Stash on October 20, 2026.

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