Simplife vs Ebb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Ebb
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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).
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Verdict
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
Ebb is free to download; Simplife costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simplife ships an update every 2 months, Ebb daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simplife | Ebb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sangmook Lee | DongChan Won |
In-app purchases
Simplife
No in-app purchases
Ebb
No in-app purchases









