Comparison

Funnel vs roamOS

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

Head to head
About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

roamOS

Seamlessly integrate your Roam Research knowledge base into your daily workflow. Capture ideas instantly, access notes via system search, and view tasks with customizable widgets without interrupting your focus.

Highlights
  • Instant capture via Siri and shortcuts
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • System-wide search integration
  • Natural language queries
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • One-time purchase with lifetime updates
Features
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You've built the perfect knowledge system in Roam. But it's locked away from where you actually work. Your breakthrough insights hit during Zoom calls, but opening Roam breaks your flow. Every TODO check means app switching. Every lookup interrupts your momentum. Your second brain can't help if you can't access it. roamOS bridges your knowledge and your workflow. Finally, your Roam graph works everywhere you do. Capture thoughts instantly via Siri, access notes through system search, and see your TODOs in beautiful widgets. No more app switching. No more lost insights. Instant Capture That brilliant idea hits during a meeting? Capture it instantly with Siri voice commands, keyboard shortcuts, or the quick launcher. Your thoughts flow directly into Roam without breaking focus. Beautiful Widgets Transform your morning routine with customizable widgets that surface exactly what you need. Your TODOs, recent notes, and daily reminders - right on your home screen where you'll actually see them. System-Wide Access Your knowledge becomes part of your system. Press Command+Space on Mac or swipe down on iPhone - search for any thought and jump directly to context. Your Roam graph integrates seamlessly with Spotlight search. Natural Language Queries Ask naturally and get instant results. "Yesterday's TODOs," "meetings this week," or "notes about pricing" - no Datalog required. Just think and ask. Complete Integration Works beautifully across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your second brain follows you everywhere - menubar access, Siri shortcuts, system search, and gorgeous widgets that actually help. Built by Roam users, for Roam users. Stop switching apps to access your thoughts. Your knowledge system deserves to work as hard as you do. One-time purchase. Lifetime updates. No subscriptions. Perfect for knowledge workers, researchers, writers, and anyone building their second brain in Roam Research.

Screenshots

Funnel4 screens
roamOS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Funnel at 80% against roamOS's 33%. Funnel also leads on price (Free vs $19.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.0). roamOS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Funnel is free to download; roamOS costs $19.99 up front. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. roamOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Funnel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Funnel has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Funnel's written reviews are positive against 33% of roamOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, roamOS every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on July 11, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Funnel versus roamOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunnelroamOS
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.6 (43 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings43 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNoteSight Labs ApSRyan Sonnek

Customer experience

Funnel

All ratings43 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

roamOS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

roamOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is roamOS free?
roamOS costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Funnel or roamOS?
Funnel is rated higher. Funnel averages 4.6 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while roamOS averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Funnel or roamOS have ads?
Neither Funnel nor roamOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funnel or roamOS?
Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, and roamOS every 4 days. Most recently, Funnel was updated on July 11, 2026 and roamOS on September 7, 2026.

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