Anytype vs Kinotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anytype
This app unifies conversations, documents, notes, files, and databases into a single, private application. It offers powerful, local-first collaboration with end-to-end encryption, offline access, and secure cross-device syncing, ensuring your data always remains yours.
- Unified workspace for conversations, docs, notes, files, and databases
- End-to-end encrypted and offline accessible
- Local-first collaboration
- Create and edit pages with blocks
- Define custom content types
- Publish content to the web
- Manage lists and tasks with properties
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Anytype is a private, offline-first workspace for notes, docs, tasks, and team collaboration — end-to-end encrypted, with your data stored on your device. No accounts mining your thoughts, no cloud lock-in. A safe haven for your digital life. Flexible Knowledge Anytype adapts to the way your brain works, allowing you to link anything to everything. Create a living map of your ideas. • Capture & Reflect: Rich-media notes, long-form docs, and daily journals. • Plan & Execute: Tasks and projects in Kanban boards, calendars, galleries, and filtered lists. • Organize & Archive: Build personal wikis, research databases, or curated bookmark libraries. Secure Collaboration Collaborate in real-time without surrendering your privacy. You can work offline, sync peer-to-peer, or run entirely on your own network. • Private Collaboration: Shared spaces for teams and family to work together. • Integrated Chat: Chat with friends or have discussions directly on documents. • Share Online: Web publish content so others can access it directly in the browser. Uncompromising Security & Privacy • End-to-End Encrypted: Only you and those you share with can access your data. No exceptions. • Works Offline: No internet? No problem. Access everything offline, use peer-to-peer sync, or run on your own network. • Open Source: Keep your software forever or take your data with you. Zero lock-in. Also available on desktop at anytype.io Anytype — a safe haven for your thoughts, your work, and the people you collaborate with.
Kinotes
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Turn your voice into organized notes automatically. Kinotes is the AI note taker that listens while you talk. Record a thought, a meeting, or a lecture, and Kinotes transcribes your speech to text in seconds, writes a clean summary, and pulls out your action items as ready-made tasks. Stop typing. Start talking. WHY KINOTES • AI VOICE NOTES — Tap record, speak naturally. Kinotes turns messy voice memos into structured, searchable notes with titles, summaries, and key points. • FAST, ACCURATE TRANSCRIPTION — Speech-to-text in seconds, with on-device transcription that works even offline. Your voice recorder, dictation tool, and transcriber in one app. • SUMMARIES IN YOUR STYLE — Meeting notes, lecture outlines, journal entries, blog drafts — pick a style and the AI rewrites your transcript to match. • TASKS FROM YOUR VOICE — Kinotes detects to-dos as you speak and turns them into action items with due dates. Send them to Apple Reminders, Google Tasks, or Notion in one tap. • YOUR CALENDAR, CONNECTED — See notes and tasks on a built-in calendar, sync with Google Calendar, and never lose track of what you said you'd do. • ASK AI ABOUT YOUR NOTES — Chat with an assistant that knows your notes. "What did we decide last Tuesday?" — get the answer, with the source. • ORGANIZED FOR YOU — Folders, powerful search across transcripts and action items, and multi-recording notes that grow as your ideas do. • CAPTURE ANYTHING — Meetings, interviews, lectures, stand-ups, voice journaling, brainstorms, reminders on the run. MADE FOR – Professionals: meeting minutes, client calls, and follow-ups without typing – Students: record lectures, get summaries and key points to revise faster – Creators & founders: capture ideas the moment they hit, turn talk into drafts – Journalers: a private audio diary with insights over time PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your recordings belong to you. On-device transcription keeps sensitive notes off the cloud, and your notes sync securely across your devices when you sign in. FREE TO START Record and transcribe free. Upgrade to Kinotes Premium for longer recordings, unlimited AI summaries, and premium transcription quality. Download Kinotes and turn talk into action. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS Kinotes Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Premium unlocks voice commands, unlimited AI notes, recordings up to 60 minutes, Ask AI across all your notes, and export & integrations. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial if not cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings at any time. If you cancel, Premium remains active until the end of the current billing period; unused portions of the period are not refunded. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.kinotes.ai/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.kinotes.ai/terms.html
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Verdict
Anytype and Kinotes are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Anytype sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Kinotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Anytype ships an update fortnightly, Kinotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anytype | Kinotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (252 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 274 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Any Association | Softupper LLC |
Bugs and requests
Anytype
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Sync issues leading to data loss or duplication
- Inconsistent behavior when working with nested lists
- Page jumps and cursor positioning problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add calendar and scheduling features
- Improve mobile app performance and stability
- Implement formulas and automation capabilities
- Allow more customization options for fonts and UI
- Add widgets for quick access to notes and data
Kinotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anytype
- Pro$9.991 Month
- Builder$119.001 Year
Kinotes
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year









