Control Mark vs Chapterize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control Mark
Create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any webpage and place these shortcuts on your lockscreen, as action buttons, or as Control Center widgets for instant access.
- Add any webpage as a shortcut
- Share sheet extension for easy adding
- Customizable shortcut symbols
- Lockscreen quick actions
- Control Center widget integration
- Action Button support
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Control Mark lets you create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any website in the Control Mark or while browsing using the Add Page to Control Mark action. You can then place your favorite websites on your lockscreen as quick action button, as action for the Action Button, or as Control Center Widget. Features: - Add any webpage as Control Mark - Action Extension for the Share sheet to add a Control Mark directly from the browser - Choose an individual symbol for the Control Mark - Add Control Marks to your lockscreen as quick action, to the Control Center, or the Action Button
Chapterize
Easily add professional chapters to your podcasts with a unified workflow. Mark chapters while listening, add titles, images, and links, and export them for various platforms. Supports multiple audio file types and local transcript generation.
- Unified listening and chapter editing
- Add titles, images, and links to chapters
- Import chapters from text or JSON
- Export chapters for YouTube/show notes
- Generate local transcripts
- Supports MP3, M4A, and AIF files
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Chapterize is a complete post-production toolkit for podcasters. Add chapters, generate transcripts, export video clips, and keep an eye on your shows, all in one app that runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. CHAPTERS - Mark chapters as you listen, with a scrubbable waveform and one tap to drop a chapter at the playhead - Full chapter support: titles, artwork, and links - Import chapters from YouTube-style text, or from markers you set in Logic Pro and other DAWs - Copy your chapter list as text for YouTube or your show notes - Work on several episodes at once with tabs TRANSCRIPTS - Generate transcripts on device with Apple's Speech APIs. Your audio is never uploaded anywhere. - Have transcription start automatically as soon as a file finishes importing - Import and export SRT and VTT subtitle files - Tap any line to jump to it, search the whole transcript, and drag chapter markers to retime them SHOWS - Add your podcast by searching Apple Podcasts, or by pasting an RSS feed - See recent episodes, show notes, artwork, and your Apple Podcasts rating broken down by country - Copy episode links and embed codes, or download episode audio - Drop a new recording onto a show to start editing with the title and artwork already filled in VIDEO CLIPS - Export short transcript clips with karaoke-style captions, ready for social media FILES - Opens MP3, M4A, MP4, M4B, WAV, and AIFF - Always exports MP3 with chapters embedded, so your episode works in every podcast app PRICING - Free to try: 5 exports and 5 transcripts - One simple purchase unlocks everything. No subscription. System Requirements - iOS or iPadOS 26 or later Privacy policy https://birchtree.productions/apps/chapterpod/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chapterize at Free against Control Mark's $0.99. Chapterize also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Control Mark's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Chapterize is free to download; Control Mark costs $0.99 up front. Chapterize sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Control Mark asks for nothing beyond the download.
Control Mark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Control Mark ships an update every 3 months, Chapterize weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Mark | Chapterize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arno Appenzeller | Matt Birchler |
Customer experience
Control Mark
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In-app purchases
Control Mark
No in-app purchases
Chapterize
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