AQL vs Driftnote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
AQL
Read full descriptionHide full description
AQL - aquarium log is a tank management tool - be it your private aquariums or those created for clients and companies. In the basic version of AQL you can: - add your one main tank - save the results of water parameters measurements - keep a record of water changes - track water temperature changes - add livestock of your tank - note when and what you feed and nourish your fish - keep a diary of diseases and treatments taken - add types of plants that grow in your aquarium - keep an eye on the lighting used in the tank (power, color, lighting duration) - save the fertilizers used - follow the possible development of algae - view entries in the history. In addition, for your convenience, you can also change the unit system (metric, US, UK) and temperature scale. After purchasing the PRO version you can additionally: - create more tanks (an ideal option for true enthusiasts and people/companies who manage aquariums professionally) - manage water parameters (hide unused ones) for greater clarity - view the history of entries in a convenient way using the calendar preview. - add more than one filter to the inventory tab - add media to filters, specifying their capacity and price, - have access to lighting, assign it to specific tanks, manage their lighting time and track their lifespan Basically, everything you need to take care of your aquarium and its inhabitants in the best way is right here. Oh, and keep an eye on our updates, because there's much more to come!
Driftnote
Read full descriptionHide full description
Driftnote is for the part of writing that happens before the writing โ working out who is in the story, what happens, and whether any of it holds together. You tell it what you're writing: horror, romance, mystery, thriller, fantasy, science fiction, drama, comedy, adventure, or nothing in particular. The app adjusts to the answer. The questions it asks about a character in a horror story are not the ones it asks in a romance. There are five places to put things. The pile is for anything half-formed. No structure, no fields to fill in. Put a #hashtag on something and it becomes a filter you can pull on later. The cast holds characters, places, objects, and whatever is standing in the way. Each one gets a set of fields that suit what you're writing. The timeline is what happens, in the order it happens in the story's world. You can start from an existing structure if the blank page is the problem, or build it a beat at a time. The workbench is how your story works, in sections you name yourself. It suggests things. You can ignore all of them. The draft is a proper writing space โ real formatting, version history for every page going back twenty states, and Markdown export when you want your words somewhere else. On privacy. Signed out, which is the default, everything stays on your device and nothing is sent anywhere. The app works with no connection at all. Signing in exists for one reason: having the same desk on more than one device. If you had already written things before signing in, it asks whether to bring them with you rather than quietly replacing them. You can download all of your work as a single file, restore from one, or delete your account and everything in it. All of that is in Settings, and none of it requires emailing anyone. On AI. There isn't any unless you turn it on and supply your own Anthropic API key. Every room, template and export works without it. Nothing you write is used to train anything. Ten themes, light and dark. Free. No subscription, no purchases, no ads, no analytics.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Driftnote at none against AQL's 1. Driftnote also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. AQL sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Driftnote asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | AQL | Driftnote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | IDEVO Marcin Kedra | Abhijay Shandilya |
In-app purchases
AQL
- AQL PRO$5.99
Driftnote
No in-app purchases









