Comparison

Raycast vs Gistleaf

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

Head to head
About

Raycast

This mobile app extends your desktop productivity workflow with AI chat, note-taking, quick links, and code snippets. Seamless cloud sync keeps your content updated across devices, making essential tools accessible anywhere.

Highlights
  • AI chat with multiple models
  • Note capture and organization
  • Quicklink access
  • Code snippet storage
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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Introducing Raycast for iOS: Your all-in-one productivity toolkit with AI, notes, and more – now on mobile as the perfect companion to the macOS app. The app brings your favorite productivity tools from the Mac into your pocket. With Raycast for iOS, you can: • Chat with dozens of AI models from leading providers to get the perfect answers for any task • Capture, organize, and access your thoughts to never lose an important idea again • Save and open Quicklinks for instant access to your most important resources • Store and reuse code snippets and templates to save time on repetitive workflows • Enjoy seamless cloud sync to keep all your content updated across devices Whether you're a long-time Mac user or just discovering Raycast on iOS, you'll have your essential productivity tools always at hand. Raycast for iOS seamlessly extends your desktop workflow to mobile, ensuring you stay productive and organized wherever life takes you. Please note: Raycast for iOS requires a free Raycast account. Premium features available with a Raycast Pro subscription. Terms of Service: https://www.raycast.com/terms-of-service

About

Gistleaf

Features
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Say what's on your mind. Keep what matters. Tap Record and talk. Gistleaf turns the recording into text right on your iPhone; the audio never leaves the phone and is never stored. Then AI suggests a few highlights from the note, the sentences worth remembering, and you keep or skip each one. What you keep shows up on your Home Screen through widgets, one highlight at a time. WHAT YOU GET • Voice notes transcribed on the device, in the languages you speak. Pick the language before each recording. Recording and transcription work without a connection. • Typed notes for the moments you'd rather write. • AI highlights: a few suggestions per note. Keep, skip, edit, pin or write your own. • Today's highlights on your Home Screen with small, medium and large widgets. The small widget is a Record button. • Back up and sync, if you turn it on. Your notes follow you to a new phone and stay in step across devices. Off by default and free. • End-to-end encryption for synced notes, if you want it. Only your phones can read them; a recovery key or a code scanned from your other phone brings a new phone in. • Sign in with Apple or Google. No password to remember. • No tracking. No analytics, no ads, no third-party trackers. ABOUT AI HIGHLIGHTS Highlights are suggestions an AI model makes from the text of a note. They are a starting point, not a summary to rely on: the model can miss the point or pick the wrong sentence, and you decide what stays. The text of a note is sent for this only after you agree in the app and only while AI highlights is on. Recordings are never sent. FREE AND PREMIUM Gistleaf is free to install and free to use: notes, on-device transcription, widgets and sync are included, with 10 AI extractions a month. Premium raises that to 200 a month. It is an auto-renewing subscription, weekly, monthly or annual. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers; the price and the day you would first be charged are shown in the app before you buy, and everything is billed through the App Store. Support: https://apps.ailancer.com/gistleaf/support.html Privacy Policy: https://apps.ailancer.com/gistleaf/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://apps.ailancer.com/gistleaf/terms.html

Screenshots

Raycast4 screens
Gistleaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gistleaf at every 3 days against Raycast's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Raycast sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Gistleaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raycast ships an update every 10 days, Gistleaf every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Raycast versus Gistleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaycastGistleaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (277 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings277 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaycast TechnologiesAilancer

Bugs and requests

Raycast

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Sync feature should be free at least for Raycast notes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Attach documents via the UI when starting a conversation
  • Sync between desktop and iOS chat history
  • Create notes quickly from the Share Sheet
  • Extensions support

Gistleaf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Raycast

Subscriptions5
  • Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Advanced AI$19.991 Month
  • Max Plan$49.991 Month
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  • Pro14 Days trial$96.001 Year
  • Advanced AI$191.991 Year
One-time5
  • 500 AI Credits$5.00
  • 2,500 AI Credits$23.90
  • 5,000 AI Credits$46.49
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  • 5,000 Team AI Credits$60.00
  • 10,000 Team AI Credits$116.99
3 purchases

Gistleaf

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Raycast free?
Raycast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gistleaf free?
Gistleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Raycast or Gistleaf have ads?
Neither Raycast nor Gistleaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Raycast or Gistleaf?
Raycast ships an update every 10 days, and Gistleaf every 3 days. Most recently, Raycast was updated on November 4, 2026 and Gistleaf on October 26, 2026.

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