My Knowledge Base vs Cortex

Meet My Knowledge Base: your brain’s new best friend. It’s the app that captures every brilliant idea, random fact, or fleeting detail you stumble across daily—before they slip away. Part note-taking wizard, part personal database powerhouse, it’s a memory upgrade for anyone who’s ever blanked on that one thing they swore they’d remember. Store it all in Entries—think text snippets, numbers, dates, photos, quick sketches, web links, and more. Add a label if you’re feeling fancy, and boom, it’s findable later. With Custom Entry Templates, you can slam data in fast, tailored to your style, and still dig it up effortlessly when you need it. The real magic? A slick query system that hunts down exactly what you’re after, no rummaging required. My Knowledge Base doesn’t just store your life—it hands it back to you, organized and on demand.

Cortex is a private, local-first Markdown workspace for iPhone and iPad. Your notes are real files you control, with fast editing, links, search, and on-device intelligence. CORE FEATURES - Create and organize plain Markdown notes - Daily notes, tasks, templates, links, and backlinks - Keyword search, Smart Search, knowledge graph, and canvas - Save text and links from other apps with the Share Extension - Create, search, and summarize notes with App Shortcuts and Siri - Import, backup, and export your vault - Use Apple Speech for dictation in supported languages FREE - A complete local Markdown vault - Smart Search and knowledge graph - Encrypted notes - Basic dictation - Local attachments up to 5 MB - Import, backup, and export CORTEX PLUS - End-to-end encrypted sync across devices - Ask, Recall, Insights, and semantic Connections - Advanced dictation commands - On-device OCR and audio transcription - Attachments larger than 5 MB Cortex requires no account and contains no ads or tracking. AI inference and embeddings run on your device. If you enable sync, Cortex encrypts your notes before sending authenticated ciphertext to the managed relay or a relay you configure; the relay cannot read note contents. Terms of Use: https://cortex.jtrlabs.com/legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cortex.jtrlabs.com/legal/privacy.html