Comparison

iA Presenter vs DEVONthink To Go 4

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

Head to head
About

iA Presenter

Create presentations quickly by focusing on your script, not slide design. This app uses Markdown to structure your content, automatically applying responsive templates for a polished look on any device. Ideal for pitches, meetings, and teaching.

Highlights
  • Write first, design later with Markdown
  • Responsive layouts scale across devices
  • Fast and focused deck creation
  • Portable presentations on iPhone/iPad
  • Build, rehearse, and present quickly
Features
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Stop moving boxes around. Focus on what you want to say. Make a slide deck as fast writing an email. In class, on stage, at the office. On iPhone and iPad. iA Presenter is the only professional presentation app designed to work natively on your iPhone. “I’ve cut my preparation time in half.” – John Holland, professor “Importing a markdown file and turning it into slides is a game changer.” – Michael d’Offay, teacher “The app truly helped me focus on the script and forget about the slides” – Selçuk Balamir, educator and designer Traditional presentation tools slow you down. You drag boxes, pick fonts, adjust colors, and end up with cluttered slides. iA Presenter flips the workflow: start with your story, structure it in Markdown, and let our responsive, typographic templates handle the design. - Write first, design later: Start from text, not slides - Beautiful everywhere: Responsive layouts scale seamlessly from iPhone to iPad to Mac to projector - Fast and focused: Build, rehearse, and present a polished deck in under 20 minutes - Portable presentations: Create and present wherever you need to work, on desktop, tablet, or phone Perfect for pitches, meetings, workshops, and teaching. Build, rehearse, and present a polished deck in under 20 minutes on your Mac at the desk, iPad on the go, or iPhone in your hand. Try iA Presenter and Web Sharing free for 7 days. Trials end automatically without a charge. A monthly or yearly subscription, available through in-app purchase, is required to continue after the trial. iA Presenter subscriptions include Web Sharing, which is also available as a separate subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Terms and Conditions: https://ia.net/legal/account/ Privacy Policy: https://ia.net/legal/privacy/

About

DEVONthink To Go 4

Manage your entire knowledge library on your iPad and iPhone. Organize, edit, and annotate documents, notes, and more. Leverage generative AI for summaries, content creation, and advanced search. Syncs privately and securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Document organization and management
  • AI-powered summaries and content creation
  • PDF annotation and editing
  • On-device OCR for searchable documents
  • Cross-device secure synchronization
  • Custom metadata and tagging
  • Shortcuts automation
Features
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Your entire knowledge library. Always with you. Always private. DEVONthink To Go is your document repository when you're not at your Mac. Collect, organize, edit, and annotate. Use generative AI to work with your stored knowledge or create new documents. Automate with Shortcuts. Our time-tested technology keeps all your data in sync between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, privately and securely. The professional document and information manager for iPad and iPhone. From DEVONtechnologies, driving innovation since 2002. - Students: Annotate research papers with AI-powered summaries - Teachers: Organize your materials, use AI to create handouts and tests - Researchers: Have your data with you in a robust, powerful knowledge manager - Lawyers: Keep all case files organized and encrypted Have your important documents with you at all times: - Never lose an important document again, keep everything organized - Store PDFs, notes, images, bookmarks, just about any type - File your documents in groups, even more than one group at a time - Use tags, mark documents with flags or as unread, give them a star rating - Versioning lets you return to a previous state of a document - Revision-proof databases prevent edits to documents with special requirements - Sync your data between Macs, iPads, and iPhones, securely and privately Work with your documents: - Edit texts, Markdown files, or rich text documents - Annotate and edit PDFs with common tools - Make scans, scanned PDFs, or images searchable with the built-in, on-device OCR - Add custom, searchable metadata fields to enrich your documents Use generative AI: - Work with your favorite provider and model - Chat with your documents, analyze or summarize them - Transform text or extract text from images and even handwritten notes - Create new images from your data - Find documents using natural language with the AI-powered search assistant - Let the AI make order from chaos, rename documents, add tags, or label or rate them DEVONthink To Go is well-integrated with other apps: - Link to your documents from other apps with universal links - Access all your documents also through the Files app - Clip data from almost any app with the Clip to DEVONthink extension - Use drag-and-drop, inside DEVONthink To Go or between apps - Automate repetitive tasks with Shortcuts actions DEVONthink To Go is great standalone but also works perfectly with DEVONthink for Mac and across multiple devices. Synchronize your databases securely and privately over the local network or through a cloud service of your choice. You decide what data is synced, when, and where. Strong encryption makes sure that your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us. Privacy policy: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/privacy End user license agreement: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/eula

Screenshots

iA Presenter4 screens
DEVONthink To Go 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iA Presenter at 88% against DEVONthink To Go 4's 39%. iA Presenter also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). DEVONthink To Go 4's advantage is ratings volume (260 vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. iA Presenter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and DEVONthink To Go 4 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iA Presenter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 260 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of iA Presenter's written reviews are positive against 39% of DEVONthink To Go 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iA Presenter ships an update every 2 weeks, DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iA Presenter versus DEVONthink To Go 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriA PresenterDEVONthink To Go 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better4.7 (260 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better39.4% of reviews
Number of ratings11260 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB193 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperInformation Architects AGDEVONtechnologies, LLC

Customer experience

iA Presenter

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings242 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral21.2%
Negative39.4%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iA Presenter

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Web Sharing 1GB Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Web Sharing 10GB Yearly$19.991 Year
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  • Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is iA Presenter free?
iA Presenter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iA Presenter or DEVONthink To Go 4?
iA Presenter is rated higher. iA Presenter averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 from 260 ratings.
Do iA Presenter or DEVONthink To Go 4 have ads?
Neither iA Presenter nor DEVONthink To Go 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iA Presenter or DEVONthink To Go 4?
iA Presenter ships an update every 2 weeks, and DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. Most recently, iA Presenter was updated on November 7, 2026 and DEVONthink To Go 4 on November 8, 2026.

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