Comparison

DEVONthink To Go 4 vs inq

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

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About

DEVONthink To Go 4

Manage your entire knowledge library on your iPad and iPhone. Organize, edit, and annotate documents, notes, and more. Leverage generative AI for summaries, content creation, and advanced search. Syncs privately and securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Document organization and management
  • AI-powered summaries and content creation
  • PDF annotation and editing
  • On-device OCR for searchable documents
  • Cross-device secure synchronization
  • Custom metadata and tagging
  • Shortcuts automation
Features
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Your entire knowledge library. Always with you. Always private. DEVONthink To Go is your document repository when you're not at your Mac. Collect, organize, edit, and annotate. Use generative AI to work with your stored knowledge or create new documents. Automate with Shortcuts. Our time-tested technology keeps all your data in sync between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, privately and securely. The professional document and information manager for iPad and iPhone. From DEVONtechnologies, driving innovation since 2002. - Students: Annotate research papers with AI-powered summaries - Teachers: Organize your materials, use AI to create handouts and tests - Researchers: Have your data with you in a robust, powerful knowledge manager - Lawyers: Keep all case files organized and encrypted Have your important documents with you at all times: - Never lose an important document again, keep everything organized - Store PDFs, notes, images, bookmarks, just about any type - File your documents in groups, even more than one group at a time - Use tags, mark documents with flags or as unread, give them a star rating - Versioning lets you return to a previous state of a document - Revision-proof databases prevent edits to documents with special requirements - Sync your data between Macs, iPads, and iPhones, securely and privately Work with your documents: - Edit texts, Markdown files, or rich text documents - Annotate and edit PDFs with common tools - Make scans, scanned PDFs, or images searchable with the built-in, on-device OCR - Add custom, searchable metadata fields to enrich your documents Use generative AI: - Work with your favorite provider and model - Chat with your documents, analyze or summarize them - Transform text or extract text from images and even handwritten notes - Create new images from your data - Find documents using natural language with the AI-powered search assistant - Let the AI make order from chaos, rename documents, add tags, or label or rate them DEVONthink To Go is well-integrated with other apps: - Link to your documents from other apps with universal links - Access all your documents also through the Files app - Clip data from almost any app with the Clip to DEVONthink extension - Use drag-and-drop, inside DEVONthink To Go or between apps - Automate repetitive tasks with Shortcuts actions DEVONthink To Go is great standalone but also works perfectly with DEVONthink for Mac and across multiple devices. Synchronize your databases securely and privately over the local network or through a cloud service of your choice. You decide what data is synced, when, and where. Strong encryption makes sure that your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us. Privacy policy: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/privacy End user license agreement: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/eula

About

inq

Digitize your handwritten notes and drawings for access across all devices. Automatically transcribe and search your content, with options to export in specialized formats like LaTeX or CSV. Share your work with live updates for collaborators.

Highlights
  • Digitize notes and drawings
  • Access notes anywhere (web, any device)
  • Automatic transcription and search
  • Export to LaTeX, CSV, mermaid
  • Share notes with live updates
  • Integrated voice recording synced to handwriting
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- Access your notes and drawings anywhere, including on the web with any device. - Transcribe and search your notes automatically. - Export special formats including LaTeX for math, CSV for data, and mermaid for diagrams. - Share your notes, including on the web where recipients can get live updates. - Integrated voice recording through your phone - synced to your handwriting.

Screenshots

DEVONthink To Go 44 screens
inq3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DEVONthink To Go 4 at 4.7 against inq's 3.1. DEVONthink To Go 4 also leads on ratings volume (258 vs 21). inq's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (54% vs 45%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. DEVONthink To Go 4 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. inq asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEVONthink To Go 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 258 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of DEVONthink To Go 4's written reviews are positive against 54% of inq's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEVONthink To Go 4 ships an update every 3 weeks, inq fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DEVONthink To Go 4 versus inq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEVONthink To Go 4inq
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (258 ratings) — better3.1 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews53.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings258 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB80 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDEVONtechnologies, LLCinq incorporated

Customer experience

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings242 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral20.7%
Negative34.5%

inq

All ratings21 ratings
Positive52.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.6%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
None

inq

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is inq free?
inq is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DEVONthink To Go 4 or inq?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is rated higher. DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 258 ratings, while inq averages 3.1 from 21 ratings.
Do DEVONthink To Go 4 or inq have ads?
Neither DEVONthink To Go 4 nor inq shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEVONthink To Go 4 or inq?
DEVONthink To Go 4 ships an update every 3 weeks, and inq fortnightly. Most recently, DEVONthink To Go 4 was updated on October 27, 2026 and inq on October 25, 2026.

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