Comparison

三省 vs Linko

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

Head to head
About

三省

This cognitive tool uses cards for recording, reviewing, and self-dialogue to aid memory and clear thinking. It offers flexible input methods, knowledge networking, and visual mind mapping to enhance understanding and reflection.

Highlights
  • Card input (typing & handwriting)
  • Bidirectional knowledge linking
  • Visual mind maps
  • Self-dialogue mechanism
  • Spaced repetition review
  • Cognitive graph building
Features
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三省是一款以卡片为核心,融合“记录 - 复习 - 自我对话”的认知工具。 它不仅帮你记住,更帮你想清楚。 功能亮点: • 卡片双模式:打字 + 手写 快速输入与自由书写并存,表达更灵活。 • 正反向关联,构建知识网络 支持思维“前因后果”双向连接,轻松搭建属于自己的认知图谱。 • 可视化思维导图 所有卡片自动生成地图,思考路径一目了然。 • 自我对话机制 定期发问、回顾、反思,从记录走向理解。 • 基于记忆曲线的智能复习 每天推荐最该复习的卡片,省时高效。 隐私政策:https://jq3so8rvxu.feishu.cn/docx/V5EpdASeuoQuzYx5ogQc6lVan0e?from=from_copylink 使用条款:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Linko

Organize your thoughts and learning into an interconnected knowledge tree. Capture notes, save resources, and let AI automatically tag and connect your ideas. Review and learn faster with visualizations and AI-powered summaries.

Highlights
  • AI-powered auto-organization
  • Knowledge tree visualization
  • Save articles, videos, and podcasts
  • AI summaries and Q&A
  • Cross-platform sync
  • Encrypted private notes
Features
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Your AI knowledge base. Save what you read, watch and hear, and note it in your own words, even out loud. Linko files it, connects it to what you noted before, and answers from it when you ask. CATCH IT, HOWEVER IT COMES • Write a note, or say it out loud • Save articles, books, videos, podcasts and any link, from the share sheet or a widget • Nothing to name or file first IT CONNECTS TO WHAT YOU NOTED BEFORE • Linko reads each note and resource as you save it and files it under the Topic it fits • It shows you which earlier notes the new one connects to • Make a Tag when you want a group of your own, and move anything if you see it differently ASK YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE • Ask Linko answers from your own notes and sources, every source cited SEE WHAT YOUR NOTES ADD UP TO • Every Topic and Tag opens with your current understanding, each line pointing back to the notes it comes from • A knowledge map shows how your Topics connect, and rings show how they grow EVERY SOURCE GETS A PAGE • What it says, the key points, and every note you took on it • Read the original in place, and select a line to note it or ask about it KEEP WHAT YOU READ • A short daily review, drawn from your own notes BRING IT TO YOUR AI TOOLS • Connect ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools over MCP, so they can search and add to your knowledge base YOURS, AND PRIVATE • Private by default. Private notes are encrypted before they're stored • Not used to train AI. No ads • Export everything as Markdown • On iPhone, iPad, Android, the web and Chrome Try all of Linko free for your first 50 notes and resources, with no time limit. After that, Pro lets you keep adding, with more AI each month.

Screenshots

三省4 screens
Linko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Linko at every 2 weeks against 三省's every 6 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 三省 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Linko sells 2 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 三省 against 5.0 for Linko. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

三省 ships an update every 6 months, Linko every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
三省 versus Linko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter三省Linko
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB79 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer嘉达 黄Linko Inc.

Customer experience

三省

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Linko

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

三省

Subscriptions2
  • ThreeTimes - Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • ThreeTimes - Yearly Plan$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • ThreeTimes - Lifetime Plan$9.99
2 purchases

Linko

Subscriptions2
  • Advanced$7.991 Month
  • Advanced$69.991 Year

Questions

Is 三省 free?
三省 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linko free?
Linko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 三省 or Linko?
三省 and Linko are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do 三省 or Linko have ads?
Neither 三省 nor Linko shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 三省 or Linko?
三省 ships an update every 6 months, and Linko every 2 weeks. Most recently, 三省 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Linko on October 25, 2026.

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