BrickNote vs Prune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrickNote
This app offers a simple and intuitive way to create and manage notes using a chat-like interface. Easily add images, set reminders, create checklists, and organize with tags. It supports iCloud sync, widgets, and Face ID protection for your important information.
- Chat-style note input
- Image attachment
- Schedule reminders
- Checklist creation
- Tagging for organization
- iCloud synchronization
- Home screen widgets
- Face ID memo lock
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Jot down a thought or what you just did, one line at a time, as if texting yourself. BrickNote stacks short memos like bricks and lets you look back on them by date. ■ QUICK MEMOS Open a notebook and start typing. Save a line to your quick memo notebook, or share text, links and photos from other apps. ■ NOTEBOOKS Group memos by topic, from daily life to books and plans, with colors and tags. ■ TIMELINE Every day you write adds a brick to your wall. See your streak and memos by date, and export them as Markdown. ■ TO-DOS AND REMINDERS Turn any memo into a to-do, check it off, and get a reminder when you need it. ■ TEXT STYLE AND HIGHLIGHTER Titles, bold, italic, strikethrough and five highlighter colors. ■ SEARCH Find memos by text, notebook or tag, and open them right from Spotlight. ■ KEEP IT SAFE - Lock notebooks with Face ID - iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad - Full backup and restore, Recently Deleted ■ WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS See recent memos on your Home Screen, and add memos with Shortcuts and Siri. BrickNote Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription) - Unlimited notebooks (3 free, not counting the quick memo notebook) - Daily, weekly and monthly repeating reminders - Check off memos in widgets, large and Lock Screen widgets - Get text from photos - 4 app icons Notebook lock, iCloud sync, backup, export and the highlighter stay free. If you bought BrickNote before version 1.2.0, Pro is already included.
Prune
This app helps you declutter your photo library by reviewing photos and videos taken on specific days or months. You can skip items or mark them for future deletion, promoting a calmer and more organized camera roll without cloud storage or AI.
- Daily photo review habit
- Select specific months to clean
- Random cleaning sessions
- Skip unwanted photos
- Schedule future deletions
- Local device storage only
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Your photo library keeps growing. Photos and videos pile up fast. Prune helps you clean them calmly, a little at a time. Build a simple daily habit and review photos and videos taken on this day. You can also pick a month to clean or start a random session whenever you feel like it. Not ready to delete something yet? Just skip it. Or mark photos and videos to delete after a certain date. Prune remembers it for you. PRIVATE. SIMPLE. YOURS. No subscriptions. No ads. No AI. No accounts. No cloud. Everything stays on your device. Prune is not about rushing through your entire library. It is about making small decisions and keeping things light. Less clutter. More space. A calmer library.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BrickNote at daily against Prune's every 3 days. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BrickNote ships an update daily, Prune every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrickNote | Prune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Youngbae Yoo | Squarecrowd Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
BrickNote
Prune
In-app purchases
BrickNote
No in-app purchases
Prune
No in-app purchases









