Comparison

Thought Path vs CRTX

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

Head to head
About

Thought Path

Quickly capture thoughts, ideas, and tasks in a digital inbox. Visualize your mental output over time through maps or search. Automate capture and review with integrations.

Highlights
  • Quick thought capture
  • Task management
  • Idea organization
  • Visual output (map/search)
  • Automation with Shortcuts
  • On-device storage
  • iCloud sync
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Thought Path is an inbox to quickly capture all your thoughts, ideas, and tasks. Easily see the output of your brain over time, on a map, or in search results. You can integrate Thought Path with Shortcuts, to automate capturing and reviewing your thoughts. Though Path is free to use indefinitely, but you will need to review and archive all your thoughts once you reach a cap of 15. Pro users can remove this limit with a subscription fee. This app is made by a sole indie developer, and that means I care about user experience, not collecting user data. All your thoughts and ideas are saved on device and synced over iCloud - nothing is ever sent anywhere else for any reason. Terms of Use: https://andhash39.com/thoughtpath/terms Privacy Policy: https://andhash39.com/thoughtpath/privacy

About

CRTX

This app acts as a shared digital memory for your household, allowing you to save voice notes, photos, links, and documents. You can then ask questions in plain English to retrieve information saved by anyone in your group.

Highlights
  • Capture voice notes, photos, links, and PDFs
  • Search contents using natural language
  • Create private or shared memory pools
  • Assign and track tasks within shared pools
  • Automatic recognition of people in saved items
  • Apple Watch and share extension support
Features
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Your family's memory, one question away. CRTX is the memory you share with the people you live with. Save voice notes, photos, links, PDFs, and audio files. Then ask a question in plain English and get the answer back across everything anyone in your pool has saved. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture anything. Type a thought, paste a link, hold to record a voice note, drop a PDF, snap a photo of a flyer or receipt. CRTX reads what's inside, so you can search the contents — not just the filename. • Ask anything. "What did the doctor say?" "Where's the school calendar?" "What did Sarah send about Friday?" CRTX finds it in seconds and shows you the source. • Pool with the people you share a life with. Your personal pool stays private. Shared pools are for the people you're in this with — partner, kids, siblings, your closest friends. • Tasks, on their own or tied to something you saved. Assignable in shared pools. Recurring. Reminders before, at, and after the deadline. • People show up automatically. CRTX recognizes names in what you save and ties items to the right person. Your People tab becomes a living memory of who said what, organized around the people in your life. • Apple Watch + share extension. Record voice notes from your wrist. Save anything from any iPhone app with the share button. WHO IT'S FOR Built first for families. Couples managing the everyday — kids, school, the dentist, the babysitter, the grocery list that lives in three places at once. Parents who keep losing the things their kids told them. Households tired of the same conversation: "I know we wrote that down somewhere." Just as good for any group that shares a life or a project. Friend groups planning a trip across a hundred photos and links. Founders catching customer feedback fragments. Roommates juggling bills and repairs. Or just you on your own — your personal pool is yours alone. CORA Cora is your help assistant inside CRTX. Ask her how a feature works, where to find a setting, or what an option does. She knows the app inside and out — so you don't have to. SUBSCRIPTION Choose Personal for just yourself, or Family for up to 6 people. Both start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings ▸ Subscription ▸ Manage Subscription inside the app. Either plan includes unlimited capture, AI question-answering, shared pools, Apple Watch, and the share extension. LANGUAGES English, German, French. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://crtx.live/privacy

Screenshots

Thought Path4 screens
CRTX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CRTX at 5.0 against Thought Path's 4.3. Thought Path's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Thought Path sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and CRTX sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CRTX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thought Path has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thought Path versus CRTX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThought PathCRTX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew James O'DonnellLars Janssen

Customer experience

Thought Path

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral75.0%
Negative0.0%

CRTX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Thought Path

Subscriptions2
  • Thought Path Pro (1 Month)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Thought Path Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
4 purchases

CRTX

Subscriptions4
  • CRTX Personal Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • CRTX Family Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • CRTX Personal Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • CRTX Family Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Thought Path free?
Thought Path is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CRTX free?
CRTX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thought Path or CRTX?
CRTX is rated higher. Thought Path averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while CRTX averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Thought Path or CRTX have ads?
Neither Thought Path nor CRTX shows ads.

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