Comparison

DEVONthink To Go 4 vs BeeMind

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

Head to head
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

BeeMind

Instantly capture and organize key work insights from any app. AI enriches your saved snippets, revealing patterns and connections to enhance recall and decision-making. Enjoy a frictionless, searchable memory for your professional life.

Highlights
  • Capture snippets from any app
  • AI-powered enrichment and connections
  • Frictionless organization, no folders or tags
  • Searchable memory of work
  • Private and secure iCloud sync
  • Ask questions to gain insights
Features
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Capture important details from your work, instantly. BeeMind helps professionals save key insights, quotes, decisions, and references from any app. Just select text, share to BeeMind; It organizes it automatically. Your saved snippets are enriched and connected with AI — helping you think clearly, recall faster, and make better decisions. No folders. No tagging. No friction. BeeMind builds a clean, searchable memory of your work as you go. Use BeeMind to: • Capture important lines from emails, reports, Slack, or documents • Save insights from articles, meetings, or research; instantly • Let AI reveal patterns and connections across your saved content • Ask questions and turn scattered notes into usable insights • Sync your snippets privately and securely across devices with iCloud BeeMind is your AI-powered memory for meaningful work — fast, private, and beautifully simple. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://beemind.app/privacy

Screenshots

DEVONthink To Go 44 screens
BeeMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DEVONthink To Go 4 at 4.7 against BeeMind's 1.0. DEVONthink To Go 4 also leads on ratings volume (226 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). BeeMind's advantage is iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and BeeMind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEVONthink To Go 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 226 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEVONthink To Go 4 ships an update every 3 weeks, BeeMind every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DEVONthink To Go 4 versus BeeMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEVONthink To Go 4BeeMind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (226 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings226 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDEVONtechnologies, LLCSelvam S

Customer experience

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings226 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral21.4%
Negative35.7%

BeeMind

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
2 purchases

BeeMind

Subscriptions2
  • BeeMind Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • BeeMind Pro Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeeMind free?
BeeMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DEVONthink To Go 4 or BeeMind?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is rated higher. DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 226 ratings, while BeeMind averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DEVONthink To Go 4 or BeeMind have ads?
Neither DEVONthink To Go 4 nor BeeMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEVONthink To Go 4 or BeeMind?
DEVONthink To Go 4 ships an update every 3 weeks, and BeeMind every 2 months. Most recently, DEVONthink To Go 4 was updated on September 23, 2026 and BeeMind on August 19, 2026.

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