Ideaflow vs Daylight Capture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ideaflow
Capture fleeting thoughts, links, and information effortlessly with this AI-powered notebook. Record voice notes and organize insights for your projects and connections. It offers a low-friction experience for managing your ideas.
- AI-powered note-taking
- Instant information capture
- Voice note recording
- Link saving
- Project organization
Read full descriptionHide full description
Ideaflow is an AI-powered notebook with instant capture, voice notes, and more. We're building the lowest friction way to capture fleeting insights, important links, and tidbits of information for all the projects and people you're working on, helping, or connecting. Also available on the web at https://ideaflow.app/
Daylight Capture
Easily send links, articles, and PDFs from your iOS device to your Daylight Computer. Read content in a focused environment after sharing it through the iOS share dialog. Requires a DC1 device to function.
- Share links, articles, and PDFs
- Utilizes iOS share dialog
- Read content in peace
- Requires Daylight Computer hardware
Read full descriptionHide full description
This app allows you to easily send content to your Daylight Computer. Share links, articles, or PDFs using the iOS share dialog. Then read in peace. You need a DC1 to use this app, see daylightcomputer.com. See our Privacy Policy: support.daylightcomputer.com/privacy-policy And Terms of Service: support.daylightcomputer.com/terms-of-service
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ideaflow at 4.8 against Daylight Capture's 4.6. Ideaflow also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Daylight Capture's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ideaflow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ideaflow's written reviews are positive against 83% of Daylight Capture's.
Ideaflow ships an update fortnightly, Daylight Capture every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ideaflow | Daylight Capture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31 ratings) — better | 4.6 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IdeaFlow, Inc. | Daylight Computer Co |
Customer experience
Ideaflow
Daylight Capture
In-app purchases
Ideaflow
No in-app purchases
Daylight Capture
No in-app purchases
