Idea Log vs Trove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idea Log
Organize and manage your app concepts with this tool. Input new ideas and track their progress through customizable stages to prioritize your creative backlog. A dedicated database ensures you never lose sight of your next project.
- Organize app ideas
- Manage creative backlog
- Track idea progression
- Customizable idea stages
- Dedicated idea database
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Idea Log is the perfect tool for indie developers to organize and manage their app ideas. Easily input new concepts and interact with them to keep your creative flow going. Watch as your ideas transition through stages: Fresh, Recent, Aged, and Retired, helping you prioritize and manage your backlog effectively. Idea Log provides a dedicated database to store and review all your app ideas, ensuring you never lose track of your next big project. Stay organized and keep your innovation fresh with Idea Log.
Trove
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Trove is where your private thoughts live behind real encryption. Every note is locked with AES-256 — the same standard trusted by security professionals. Your password is never stored, never synced, never seen by anyone. It lives only in your head. Forget it, and not even we can open the note. That is the whole point. WHY TROVE • AES-256 encryption with 600,000-round key strengthening • Your password is never saved to disk, to iCloud, or to our servers • The note list and encrypted text stay visible without a password — decryption happens only in memory, only when you ask • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads ONE ENCRYPTED LOCKBOX FOR EVERYTHING Bank details, passwords, a private journal, a secret diary, login codes, confidential ideas, a quick brain dump — keep your whole stash in one secure vault. FEATURES • Encrypted notes, private journal and secure diary in one app • Voice dictation — speak your notes, transcribed on-device (audio never leaves your iPhone) • Color tags to organize and archive your notes • Optional iCloud sync — your encrypted vault follows you across iPhones and survives reinstalls • Local-only mode if you prefer nothing ever leaves the device • Share an encrypted note with a friend over any channel — only someone with the password can open it • Search by title or date • Clean, fast, forced dark mode SHARING Send an encrypted note to anyone — over Messages, Mail, AirDrop, any channel. Share the password separately... Only the person who knows it can open the note, so it stays safe even if the channel is not... PRIVACY BY DESIGN Trove cannot read your notes. There is no backdoor, no recovery, no hint. Strong encryption means only you hold the key. We collect nothing about your content — what you write stays yours. DISCLAIMER Application cannot add photos, videos to notes by decision of developer. Trove is for text only — by design. Encrypted media is intentionally not supported to keep the app safe and simple PREMIUM Unlock unlimited notes, sharing, importing and more: • Weekly or Monthly plan • 3-day free trial for new subscribers • Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Your secrets deserve a real lock. Keep them in Trove. Privacy Policy: https://lukematpyt.github.io/securenotes-legal/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://lukematpyt.github.io/securenotes-legal/terms/ Support: https://lukematpyt.github.io/securenotes-legal/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idea Log at none against Trove's 2. Idea Log also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Trove sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Idea Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Idea Log | Trove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CommonGroundTech, LLC | Lukasz Macczak |
In-app purchases
Idea Log
No in-app purchases
Trove
- Secure Notes - Weekly$2.997 Days
- SecureNotes Monthly$9.991 Month









