Comparison

Idea Vault vs Ounie

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

Head to head
About

Idea Vault

A secure and intuitive application for capturing, organizing, and protecting your thoughts and ideas. Features rich text editing, powerful search, and cross-device synchronization. Keep your inspiration safe and accessible.

Highlights
  • Rich text editing
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Organize with tags, colors, moods, locations
  • Powerful instant search
  • On-device AES encryption
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Light and Dark Mode
Features
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Idea Vault is a clean, distraction free space to capture ideas the moment they strike and organize them your way. WRITE FREELY A minimal editor with real formatting: bold, italic, underline, headings, and bullet lists — plus undo and redo, so you can write without worrying about a mistake. Start faster with built in templates for meeting notes, journal entries, and to do lists, or begin from a blank page. STAY ORGANIZED Tag notes, add a mood, drop a location, and color code anything that matters. Search finds what you need instantly — by title, body, tag, mood, or location — and quick filter chips jump you straight to favorites, encrypted notes, or any tag. Sort however you think: newest first, oldest first, alphabetical, or favorites first. YOUR NOTES, PROTECTED Lock individual notes with on device AES 256 encryption, or encrypt everything at once. Protect the whole vault with Face ID or your device passcode. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to share it. SHARE ON YOUR TERMS Export any note as rich text or plain text and send it wherever you need it, or back up your entire vault at once from Settings. STAY ON TRACK Turn on a daily reminder so a good idea never slips away. Idea Vault is free to use, with optional ads you can remove forever with a single one time purchase. No subscriptions, no accounts, no clutter. Just a fast, private place for your best ideas.

About

Ounie

Features
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Ounie is your build-your-own AI second brain. Add files, links, and notes, and Ounie turns them into an interlinked, searchable knowledge base — then answers your questions using ONLY your sources, with citations back to the exact pages. WHY OUNIE • Grounded answers — every reply is drawn from your own sources and cited, so you can trust it. • Your knowledge, organized — sources are synthesized into a clean wiki with links and a knowledge graph. • Ask anything — chat with one brain or browse the wiki and graph. CAPTURE EVERYTHING • Save links, notes, photos, PDFs, audio, and more. • A Share Sheet extension to send pages and text to a brain from any app. SHARE & DISCOVER • Make a brain public, follow brains, and star the ones you love. • Explore public brains created by the community. • Fork a public brain to start from someone else's knowledge. DO MORE • Sell access to a paid brain in the marketplace (credits per question). • Embed an "Ask" widget on your own website. PLANS Free to start. Pro and Team unlock more brains, sources, questions, widgets, and selling. Buy credit packs anytime. Privacy: answers are generated by third-party AI providers; only your typed message and the relevant brain content are sent — never your account details. You consent before any AI use. Terms: https://ounie.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy: https://ounie.com/privacy

Screenshots

Idea Vault4 screens
Ounie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ounie at none against Idea Vault's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Idea Vault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ounie sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Idea Vault versus Ounie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdea VaultOunie
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKevin StrunaTabTab

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idea Vault

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
9 purchases

Ounie

Subscriptions6
  • PRO Monthly$12.991 Month
  • STUDIO Monthly$49.991 Month
  • TEAM Monthly$99.991 Month
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  • PRO Yearly$119.001 Year
  • STUDIO Yearly$479.001 Year
  • TEAM Yearly$959.001 Year
One-time3
  • Credits 1000$9.99
  • Credits 5000$39.99
  • Credits 20000$119.99

Questions

Is Idea Vault free?
Idea Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ounie free?
Ounie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idea Vault or Ounie have ads?
Idea Vault shows ads; Ounie does not.

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