Comparison

Archivist vs Normi

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

Head to head
About

Archivist

Features
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Archivist is a document archiving app available for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. No account signup, no login required other than iCloud. And best of all: no subscription. Archivist stores your documents as PDF securely in iCloud Drive, following a simple folder path pattern: Archive Drawer - Topic(s) - correspondent - year - PDF file. Archivist lets you search through your documents using full text search and filter labels like topics, document type, correspondents and archive drawer. Get rid of your messy folder system and let Archivist manage your documents for you! Ready for more? Switch on automatic AI document properties detection for new documents for enhanced document labelling including topics, document type and the document title. You can also use AI to export the data of a name card as new contact! Data privacy information: other than document creation with AI support, your document data will never leave your device(s) and Apple's iCloud servers. Archivist will never: - send data to third parties other than Apple's iCloud service without your consent - use any of your data for advertising purposes - store any of your document or user data on other servers than Apple's iCloud servers. New: Apple Intelligence is now available on supported devices. Instead of sending your document data to a third party AI provider, you can use Apple Intelligence locally for document auto-tagging. Apple Intelligence may not be available in all regions.

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Normi

Features
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Your planner, your notes, and an AI that has actually read them. Normi plans your day, sets your reminders, and answers questions about your own documents with the source attached. Upload something once and the same material becomes your morning brief, your reminders and your quiz. WAKE UP TO A PLAN Today's Snapshot reads the notes, files and reminders you already have and writes you one short brief each morning: what is due, what you said you would do, and the one thing worth starting with. Miss a few days and Normi rebuilds the plan rather than handing you a pile of guilt. Set a goal and you get real progress against it, plus a streak for the days you showed up. REMINDERS, BOTH WAYS Tell Normi your week in one message and get back a set of reminders to confirm. Or add them yourself. Everything lands on the same day view, including the ones that repeat, and anything you miss is gathered in one place instead of piling up across the app. ANSWERS FROM YOUR OWN FILES, WITH RECEIPTS Drop in a lease, a syllabus, research papers or meeting notes and ask anything. "Can I break my lease early? Show me where." Normi answers from your content and shows the exact clause the answer came from, so you are never taking an AI's word for it. Works with PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, images and photos of handwritten notes. QUIZ YOURSELF ON WHAT YOU UPLOADED Turn any document or project into a quiz and find out what you actually know. Every answer shows the page it came from. NOTES THAT DO SOMETHING Headings, checklists and images. Send a screenshot of a recipe or a receipt and Normi saves it as a list you can tick off. Talk instead of typing and Normi clears out the filler, writes it up properly, and sets any reminders you mentioned. Stuck on a concept in your own notes? Ask Normi to explain it right there. ASK WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE Share a project with friends, a team or a group so everyone works from the same files, and message them without leaving the app. When someone says something you do not follow, ask Normi about that message privately. The group never sees the question. Your week has a plan. Your files have the answers. Normi handles both. Free to start. Optional subscriptions unlock the AI features. Terms of Use: https://normiapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://normiapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Archivist3 screens
Normi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Normi at every 3 days against Archivist's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Archivist sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Normi sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archivist ships an update monthly, Normi every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Archivist versus Normi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchivistNormi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominik ButzNormi Labs Ltd

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Archivist

One-time4
  • Doc Properties Detection 25x$0.29
  • Doc Properties Detection 50x$0.49
  • Doc Properties Detection 100x$0.69
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  • Unlimited Documents$0.99
6 purchases

Normi

Subscriptions6
  • Normi Pro Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Normi Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Normi Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Normi Research Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Normi Premium Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Normi Research Annual$399.991 Year

Questions

Is Archivist free?
Archivist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Normi free?
Normi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Archivist or Normi have ads?
Neither Archivist nor Normi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archivist or Normi?
Archivist ships an update monthly, and Normi every 3 days. Most recently, Archivist was updated on October 9, 2026 and Normi on October 4, 2026.

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