Comparison

Gist vs knode

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

Head to head
About

Gist

Condense lengthy articles into concise summaries with advanced AI. Preserve the original structure and writing style, making content digestible without losing essential information. Ideal for news, recipes, and documents.

Highlights
  • AI-powered article summarization
  • Preserves original writing style
  • Works with Safari, Files, and other reading apps
  • Summaries up to 80% shorter
  • Handles news, recipes, and PDFs
  • Saves shortened articles for later
Features
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With Gist, it's easy to magically shorten articles with cutting-edge AI. With a single tap, condense thousands of words into just a few hundred, preserving only the parts that matter. Gist articles aren't simple bullet points or a superficial summary—they retain the structure and writing style of the source. They sound just like the original piece. It's like the author wrote a whole new—much shorter—article, just for you. Gist works in all the places you already read, like Safari, Files, NYTimes, Apple News and more. Inside any reading app, find "Share" and look for "Read with Gist". It's that easy. And in Safari, you can save a shortened article for later, right alongside your other tabs, with just a tap. Gist articles are up to 80% shorter than the originals, all while retaining key facts, quotes, and other essential source material. Gist is perfect for... News. Instead of just reading headlines, Gist gives you the best parts of every story. With Gist, focus on the facts and insights, not filler and fluff. Recipes. Gist intelligently detects and keeps ingredients and cooking steps, while stripping away distractions. PDFs. With support for documents up to 15,000 words in length, Gist is perfect when you want to quickly understand an interesting new paper or a daunting instruction manual. As the saying goes, "If I had more time, I would've written a shorter letter." Gist requires a monthly subscription of just $0.99. https://kylehalevi.com/Gist/privacy-policy.pdf https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

knode

Organize temporary group plans with a private, invite-only system. Assign ordered tasks, chat by topic, and track progress on a shared map until the plan concludes. Designed for families, study groups, event teams, and trips.

Highlights
  • Private, invite-only groups
  • Time-boxed plans with automatic deletion
  • Ordered task assignment
  • HQ location pinning
  • Shared map pins for tasks
  • Topic-based chat channels
  • Offline task and message syncing
Features
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Plan together without losing the details in scattered texts. Knode is a shared group planner for real-world events and short plans—parties, trips, study projects, volunteer days, move-in weekends, and friend-group errands. Bring people, tasks, conversations, and places into one private plan so everyone knows what to do and what comes next. CREATE YOUR GROUP • Start a private group around an event, trip, or shared responsibility • Set a group HQ and a clear planning window • Invite members by account or email—no public group feed, no strangers browsing in ASSIGN THE WORK • Create tasks with a location and start time • Assign responsibilities to the right people • Add checklists, photos, and progress so nothing gets dropped • Track what’s next, in progress, and done STAY IN SYNC • Chat in group and task channels—keep updates with the work, not lost in SMS threads • Send photos and voice notes when typing isn’t enough • Get notified about invites, messages, and task updates • See your group HQ and task pins on a shared map BUILT FOR REAL PLANS Knode is for small crews who need clear ownership—not another endless group chat. Leaders can organize the plan; members can see their tasks, talk in context, and show up ready. Whether you’re planning a birthday, a travel day, a study session, or a weekend of household errands, Knode keeps the plan in one place—so the group actually follows through.

Screenshots

Gist4 screens
knode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: knode at none against Gist's 1. knode also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). Gist's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Gist sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. knode asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

knode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gist ships an update monthly, knode every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gist versus knode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGistknode
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1715.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB73 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKyle HaleviSulieman Vidal

Customer experience

Gist

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

knode

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gist

Subscriptions1
  • Gist$0.991 Month
None

knode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gist free?
Gist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is knode free?
knode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gist or knode?
knode is rated higher. Gist averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while knode averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Gist or knode have ads?
Neither Gist nor knode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gist or knode?
Gist ships an update monthly, and knode every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gist was updated on November 4, 2026 and knode on October 30, 2026.

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