Comparison

PILE vs Tenoa

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

Head to head
About

PILE

Organize notes, photos, links, and files privately and securely using your iCloud Drive. Access your organized content across Mac, iPhone, and iPad with seamless syncing. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with no ads and customizable features.

Highlights
  • Private & Secure iCloud storage
  • Organized content retrieval
  • Flexible storage for various file types
  • Customizable tags and pinning
  • Seamless cross-device syncing
  • Distraction-free, ad-free experience
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The only private, beautiful way to organize everything. Seamlessly synced across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Keep your notes, bookmarks, files, images, inspiration, memories, articles, and documents safe and accessible with PILE. Key Features: - Private & Secure: All data is stored in your iCloud Drive—no third-party servers, no tracking, no AI. - Organized & Ready: Retrieve deleted items for up to 30 days with our bin system. - Flexible Storage: Save notes, links, photos, videos, and more from any device. - Customization: Unlock tags, pinned items, and visual customization with one simple subscription. Why PILE? - Your data stays yours—secure, private, and always in your control. - Maintain a distraction-free environment with no ads. - Effortless synchronization through iCloud ensures your content is available anytime, anywhere. Subscription: - One subscription unlocks all features, with discounts for students and yearly plans. Join PILE for a transparent, secure, and beautifully organized digital life. Subscription auto-renews until cancelled, more info in https://pile.ie/#terms

About

Tenoa

Features
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Tenoa is a local-first visual library. You save the things worth keeping: pages, images, videos, notes. They become plain files in a library you own, on your own devices. WHAT YOU DO WITH IT - Save from anywhere. Share to Tenoa from Safari, Instagram, or any app with a share sheet. - Browse it visually. Your library is a grid of the things you saved. - Find things again. Search across everything you have saved. - Open it anywhere. Your items are plain files. You can read them, back them up, and move them without Tenoa. NO ACCOUNT There is nothing to sign up for. You never give Tenoa an email address. Open the app and start saving. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS Tenoa has no accounts or tracking. It hosts no library, and items live on your devices. If you pair Tenoa on this device with the Tenoa desktop app, your library syncs between them peer to peer with end-to-end encryption; Tenoa-operated rendezvous servers only help your devices find each other and never see readable content. WORKS WITH YOUR COMPUTER The desktop app adds browser capture and runs AI summaries and tags on your computer. An optional cloud AI is off by default and uses only your own provider key. Searching by meaning also lives on the desktop. Pair once and everything you save on your phone appears on your desktop, and the other way around. The iPhone and iPad app also works on its own: save, browse, and search without any other device. WHAT IT COSTS This app is free. No subscription, no in-app purchases. A sample library is included so you can look around before you save anything of your own. Questions: hello@tenoa.app

Screenshots

PILE4 screens
Tenoa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tenoa at 100% against PILE's 7%. Tenoa also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). PILE's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. PILE sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tenoa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tenoa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PILE has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of PILE's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tenoa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PILE ships an update every 3 days, Tenoa fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PILE versus Tenoa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPILETenoa
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB28 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAwesome Apps Company Ltd.Kofi Kumi

Customer experience

PILE

All ratings20 ratings
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive7.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative85.2%

Tenoa

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

PILE

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly for Students$2.991 Month
  • Monthly for Professionals$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Offer$12.991 Year
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  • Yearly - Offer$12.991 Year
  • Yearly for Everyone$22.991 Year
None

Tenoa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PILE free?
PILE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tenoa free?
Tenoa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PILE or Tenoa?
Tenoa is rated higher. PILE averages 1.6 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Tenoa averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PILE or Tenoa have ads?
Neither PILE nor Tenoa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PILE or Tenoa?
PILE ships an update every 3 days, and Tenoa fortnightly. Most recently, PILE was updated on November 4, 2026 and Tenoa on November 6, 2026.

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