Mentor vs Harvest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mentor
Capture, organize, and develop your creative ideas into actionable projects. This app allows for quick input of text, images, voice notes, and links, automatically styling them for clarity. Manage all your work on a unified screen and export projects as PDFs.
- Smart capture (text, image, voice, links)
- Voice to text conversion
- Automatic formatting
- Unified project management screen
- PDF export
- Reminders and notifications
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Mentor is your perfect ally for turning your ideas into projects, no matter where you are. Designed for creatives seeking a practical and stylish solution to capture, organize, and bring their ideas to life quickly and efficiently, all from the palm of your hand. Smart Capture: Insert text, images, and links directly into the app. Additionally, record voice notes and convert them to text with a single touch, perfect for moments when you need to act quickly. Automatic Styling: Everything you add is automatically formatted to look clear and attractive, saving you time and effort. Unified Screen: Manage all your projects, tasks, and ideas on a single screen, optimizing your workflow in any situation. PDF Export: Easily share your ideas and projects by exporting them as PDFs, no matter where you are. Reminders and Notifications: Stay on top of your projects and ideas with customizable reminders and notifications. Mentor is the app creatives need to take their projects to the next level, wherever they are. Download it now and start turning your ideas into reality.
Harvest
Instantly condense long articles, videos, and discussions into concise summaries with key takeaways. Choose from multiple AI models and sync your saved summaries across devices. Perfect for research, news catch-up, and managing your digital content overload.
- One-tap sharing from any app
- Summarize articles, videos, and threads
- Choice of AI models (Claude, GPT, Gemini)
- Save and search summaries
- Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, web)
- Summarize content in multiple languages
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One tap from Share — Safari, YouTube, Messages, anywhere. Long articles, podcasts, and 1-hour talks become a concise summary + key points. Pick your AI: Claude, GPT, or Gemini. Save, scrap, and search every summary across iPhone, iPad, and the web. How it works 1. Find a long article, video, or thread anywhere on iOS 2. Tap Share → choose Harvest 3. Get a concise summary, key points, and a quick "is this worth reading?" verdict — in seconds What you can summarize • Long-form articles — Medium, Substack, news sites, blogs • YouTube videos — including 1-hour talks, lectures, and podcasts • Reddit threads, X/Twitter discussions, forum posts • Newsletters and email links • Korean, Japanese, English content (input in most languages) • Anything with a Share button on iOS Why people switch to Harvest • One tap from the Share Sheet — no copy-paste, no new tab • Pick your AI — Claude, GPT, and Gemini all available • Save what matters — favorite summaries and save key sentences as scraps • Find it again, fast — search across every summary you've ever made • Read across languages — English content, Korean summary (or vice versa) • Cross-device sync — iPhone, iPad, web. Your library follows you Perfect for • Research and study — get a quick read on a paper before committing • Daily news catch-up — scan the day's headlines as concise summaries • YouTube backlog — clear your "watch later" without watching every minute • Newsletter overload — quickly get the gist of every issue • Team links — know what someone shared before you click • Long Reddit/forum threads — see the gist before scrolling Privacy and trust • Summaries are generated by your selected AI provider (Claude, GPT, or Gemini). Source content is sent to that provider strictly to produce the summary. • Your library is private by default. Public sharing is opt-in, scoped to a single summary, and revocable. • For full details, see harvest.pub/privacy-policy. FAQ Q. Which sites are supported? A. Anywhere with an iOS Share button — Safari, YouTube, news apps, Reddit, Medium, Substack, Slack/Discord links, RSS readers, and more. Q. How long can a video be? A. Most 1–2 hour talks, podcasts, and lectures work fine. Q. Can I switch AI models per summary? A. Yes. Pick the default model in Settings; switch any time without losing your library. Q. What if a page is paywalled or login-required? A. Harvest summarizes whatever it can fetch from the shared URL. Pages behind a login may return a partial result; sharing the rendered article view from Reader Mode usually works. Q. What about my data? A. Summaries are generated by your selected AI provider. For details on what we collect and how it's used, see our privacy policy at harvest.pub/privacy-policy. Q. Do I need an account? A. Sign in once with Apple or Google to sync across devices. That's it. Sign in with Apple supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Harvest at 4.4 against Mentor's 3.0. Harvest also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). 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.
Harvest holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Mentor ships an update every 2 months, Harvest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mentor | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gunar Ortiz | Tab0 Inc. |
Customer experience
Mentor
Harvest
In-app purchases
Mentor
No in-app purchases
Harvest
No in-app purchases









