Comparison

精简宝 vs Retrace

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

Head to head
About

精简宝

Features
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为iPhone添加一键AI精简功能, 构建你的私人知识库! 精简宝是一款专为iPhone/iPad用户设计的高效知识管理工具,通过AI技术帮助用户快速提炼文章要点、构建个人知识库、并方便地进行分享和阅读管理。只需复制文章链接(例如微信公众号文章或新闻网页),即可一键生成精简摘要,将重要内容快速掌握。用户可以轻松地将这些摘要保存至APP内的知识库中,形成个人的知识库。 通过检索功能,用户能轻松查找到之前阅读过的文章内容。精简宝还支持分享功能,可直接复制摘要中的要点到社交平台上,轻松展示文化与知识积累。此外,精简宝还提供“阅读原文”功能,便于用户在有时间时详细阅读原文。无论是出于持续学习的需求,还是希望构建一个高效的私人知识库,精简宝都能帮助用户高效管理学习内容,拓展知识视野。 亮在荆州,以建安初与颍川石广元、徐元直、汝南孟公威等俱游学,三人务於精熟,而亮独观其大略。 每晨夜从容,常抱膝长啸,而谓三人曰:“卿三人仕进可至刺史郡守也。 ”三 人问其所至,亮但笑而不言。 ——《三国志·蜀书·诸葛亮传》

About

Retrace

This minimal notes app automatically snapshots your writing every few seconds, allowing you to easily revisit and restore any past version. It offers a focused editing experience with inline checklists and image attachments, syncing seamlessly via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Automatic silent snapshots
  • Scrub through past versions
  • Restore previous states
  • Focused editor with no menus
  • Inline checklists
  • Image attachments
  • iCloud sync
  • Export to Markdown, PDF, Image
Features
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Retrace is a minimal notes app with a single promise: nothing you write is ever lost. Write freely. After every two seconds of quiet, Rewind quietly snapshots your note. You can scrub through those snapshots like a film reel — see what your idea looked like an hour ago, last night, a week ago. — TIME MACHINE FOR YOUR NOTES — · Automatic, silent snapshots. No thinking required. · Drag the filmstrip to revisit any past version. · Tap "restore" — the current state is saved as another version. So you can never lose anything by going back. · Mark important moments manually with one tap. — A FOCUSED EDITOR — · No menus. No formatting bar. Just space to think. · Inline checklists — tap the checkbox to mark done. · Attach images. · Auto-save after 2 seconds of idle. — TAKE IT WITH YOU — · iCloud sync across all your devices, end to end through your own Apple account. · Home Screen widget for quick capture and today's notes. · Siri shortcuts: "open my last note," "quick capture." · One-tap export to Markdown, PDF, or a beautiful long-image Time Album. — YOURS, ALWAYS — · No accounts. No tracking. No ads. · Your data lives only on your device and in your own iCloud. · Available in 8 languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch. · Made by one person, for one person. Retrace is built around a single feeling: the relief of knowing nothing you write will be lost. Once you trust that, you start writing more bravely. Try it for a week.

Screenshots

精简宝3 screens
Retrace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retrace at none against 精简宝's 2. 精简宝's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. 精简宝 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Retrace asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
精简宝 versus Retrace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter精简宝Retrace
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer超才 姜炳银 伍

In-app purchases

2 purchases

精简宝

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Membership(Month)$0.991 Month
  • Plus Membership(year)$8.991 Year
None

Retrace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 精简宝 free?
精简宝 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retrace free?
Retrace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 精简宝 or Retrace have ads?
Neither 精简宝 nor Retrace shows ads.

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