Comparison

Simplife vs Ebb

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

Head to head
About

Simplife

This minimalist note-taking app prioritizes a clean interface for focused writing. It offers robust features like passcode protection, calendar views, and media attachments to help you organize and store all your thoughts and ideas.

Highlights
  • Multiple notes support
  • Passcode lock for app and notes
  • Calendar view for notes
  • Attach photos and map locations
  • Search across all notes
  • Backup and restore options
Features
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Incredibly Simple, Functional and Easy to use. Meet the note app haven't experienced until now. Simplife is minimally designed so you can focus on writing. With Simplife, you can keep everything what you want. [Features] - Support Multiple notes - Passcode lock(start-up screen and for each note) - Calendar view for each note - Change date of entries - Attach photos and map - Change font type and size - Share to E-mail and Twitter - Duplicate to other note in your Simplife - Backup/Restore with Dropbox and iTunes - Search entries in the all notes [With Simplife, try like this] - Daily journal - Private diary - Drafts for your ideas - Scrap book of your favorites - Wish list - Travel note

About

Ebb

Features
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Ebb is a quiet journal for the urge to buy. When the impulse to purchase something rises — before you buy, or right after — you take ten seconds to note it: what you wanted, how strong the pull was, how you felt, and what you were doing when it hit. Then you choose what happened: you bought it, you saved it for later, or you let it pass. That's it. Ebb isn't here to scold you or tell you to stop spending. It's here to help you SEE — to turn a fuzzy, repeating feeling into something you can actually look at. WHAT YOU GET • Flow — a calm timeline of every urge you've logged. • Patterns — the moods and situations that most spark the urge, how strong it runs when you buy versus when you pass, and a running total of the money you let go by not buying. • Across your devices — your journal syncs through iCloud, so it's there on your iPhone and iPad, and comes back if you reinstall. • A gentle reflection loop — when you record something you bought, Ebb can remind you once, three days later, to look back: "How's that thing now?" The hindsight is where the learning is. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no servers of ours. • iCloud sync, kept private — your entries sync through your own private iCloud account, which only you can access. We have no server and never see your data. • Works offline — entries save on your device right away and sync once you're back online. • Nothing is shared with anyone unless you tap Share yourself. • No ads, no tracking, no analytics. A FEW THINGS EBB IS NOT Ebb is a self-observation journal, not a medical or financial-advice tool. It doesn't diagnose anything or tell you what to buy. It just gives you a clear, judgment-free mirror — and people tend to make calmer choices when they can see their own pattern. Available in English and Korean (follows your device language).

Screenshots

Simplife4 screens
Ebb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ebb at Free against Simplife's $1.99. Ebb also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ebb is free to download; Simplife costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simplife ships an update every 2 months, Ebb daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simplife versus Ebb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplifeEbb
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSangmook LeeDongChan Won

In-app purchases

None

Simplife

No in-app purchases

None

Ebb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simplife free?
Simplife costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ebb free?
Ebb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simplife or Ebb have ads?
Neither Simplife nor Ebb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simplife or Ebb?
Simplife ships an update every 2 months, and Ebb daily. Most recently, Simplife was updated on October 19, 2026 and Ebb on October 14, 2026.

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