Comparison

Curator vs Birch

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

Head to head
About

Curator

This app allows users to visually collect, organize, and present ideas. It supports mixing content from websites, text, and images from various cloud sources, making it ideal for mood boards, portfolios, and presentations.

Highlights
  • Visual interface for notes, images, and websites
  • Drag-and-drop content organization
  • Full-screen presentation mode
  • Share and collaborate on boards
  • Export boards to PDF
  • Integrates with cloud storage
Features
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App Store Best New App Collect, organise and present your ideas anywhere. Curator is the best mood-board, portfolio and presentation app for creative professionals. It's great in a one-to-one meeting with a client and works equally well on a projector in front of an audience. Mix websites, text and images from your device or cloud sources like Dropbox, Instagram and more. Main features: • Add websites, images and text notes in a completely visual interface • Use drag-and-drop to quickly move content • Present straight from the app, full screen content by design • Share and collaborate on boards • Export boards to PDF Curator is no free for all features like: Bigger Boards, Re-ordering of Boards and High quality PDF export plus unlimited cloud backup (subscription only) and sync between devices. More information about our privacy policy can be found at http://curator.co/privacy-policy/

About

Birch

This app helps you organize your life using photos as notes. Simply snap a picture, add hashtags, and find it quickly later. It's ideal for visual individuals who use their photo album for reminders and references.

Highlights
  • Organized photo notes
  • Hashtag-based organization
  • Quick photo capture
  • Fast search functionality
  • Multiple hashtag support
  • Light and Dark mode support
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Birch is a different kind of Notes app, built for photos. It's Notes, for visual individuals! Organized photo notes: Are you the type of person who's always super busy, and takes quick reminder photos of things you need to remember later? Is your photo album filled with pictures of product labels, mail, receipts, household projects, whiteboards, recipes, etc? Many of us have turned our photo album into a visual notes app, but Birch can make this "Photo Notes" part of your life much simpler and more organized! Just snap a photo, add a hashtag in a note, and that's it! Create photo notes in seconds and find them lighting fast when you need them later. Hashtags are simpler and way more convenient than creating albums and folders to organize your photos, especially these reminder note photos! Think of it like a document scanner mixed with an organized file cabinet, except it's not limited to only documents or PDFs and can be used to document and reference anything that can be captured by a photo! Multiple hashtags can be added to any photo note, so you can find these organized pics in multiple places. And the organization is managed automatically for you by simply adding hashtags to your notes! Just a few examples of where Birch really shines: • Snapping a quick photo note of something you see in the wild and want to buy later. • Labels & product numbers of household supplies you need to find at the store later. • Receipts and mail you don't want to keep physical copies of. • Organizing and saving whiteboard notes, so you can safely erase but never lose. • Or even just organizing your favorite photos from an occasion (it's built for notes... but it's still way easier than managing personal photo albums) Free with a paid Pro option: I'm a small indie developer, but I don’t think it’s right to make money unless you’re actually getting value. So you get a good amount of features and functionality for free, then have an upgrade option to access more “power user” features. If Birch is helping to make your life a bit easier, upgrading costs less than 5 coffees per year… only 3 if you drink the good stuff! Organize your life, with beautiful photo notes! A clean, simple and intuitive design that looks great in Light or Dark mode! In-App purchase disclaimer: Should you decide to upgrade to Birch Pro, a purchase will be applied to your iTunes account at the time of upgrade. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our ToS EULA (http://danielmac.co/birch-eula) and Privacy Policy (http://danielmac.co/birch-privacy-policy).

Screenshots

Curator4 screens
Birch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Birch at 4.7 against Curator's 2.6. Birch also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 44%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Curator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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. Birch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Curator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Birch holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 124 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Curator's written reviews are positive against 84% of Birch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curator ships an update monthly, Birch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Curator versus Birch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuratorBirch
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (47 ratings)4.7 (124 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.1% of reviews83.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47124 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB65 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCurator & Co Ltd.Daniel McCarthy

Customer experience

Curator

All ratings47 ratings
Positive36.2%
Neutral6.4%
Negative57.4%
Written reviews272 reviews
Positive44.1%
Neutral14.7%
Negative41.2%

Birch

All ratings124 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

Curator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to log in or sign up
  • Sync not working across devices
  • Boards and content getting deleted or reset
  • Frequent crashes and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to reorder boards
  • Ability to move/copy images between boards
  • Landscape mode support
  • Integration with Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
  • More customization options (text size, background color)

Birch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Curator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Birch

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (Monthly)$1.491 Month
  • Pro (Annual)$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Curator free?
Curator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birch free?
Birch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Curator or Birch?
Birch is rated higher. Curator averages 2.6 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Birch averages 4.7 from 124 ratings.
Do Curator or Birch have ads?
Neither Curator nor Birch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curator or Birch?
Curator ships an update monthly, and Birch every 3 weeks. Most recently, Curator was updated on October 6, 2026 and Birch on October 5, 2026.

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