Goldfish Notes vs Claradrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goldfish Notes
Capture and organize your thoughts effortlessly with AI-powered note-taking. This app transforms messy ideas into structured notes, automatically selecting the best format and highlighting key information. It also offers seamless integration with Obsidian for centralized note management.
- AI-powered thought capture
- Automatic note formatting
- Extracts key information
- Obsidian integration
- Intuitive interface
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Goldfish is the most intuitive way of capturing your fleeting thoughts the go. It transforms your messy thoughts into clear, structured notes using AI—automatically choosing the best format and keeping only what matters. It also integrates seamlessly with Obsidian, making it easy to manage all your notes in one spot.
Claradrive
Organize, edit, and share all your media files, including music, photos, videos, and documents. Back up and sync to the cloud for access on any device. Collaborate on documents and manage links visually.
- Cloud backup and sync
- Organize music into playlists
- Visual boards for photos/videos
- Collaborate on online documents
- Secure file sharing
- Version comparison for files
- Manage links visually
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Claradrive is the best place for creatives to experience, edit, share, and organize their media. Back up and sync your photos, videos, audio, documents, 3D models, and other files to cloud storage and access them from any device. Music - Organize your tracks into audio folders, allowing you to listen to your music like a playlist - Download files locally to listen anywhere - Queue songs and listen to them while you use other apps - Compare versions of files - Track your listening stats - Listen to your songs in slowed and reverb, nightcore, and 8D audio - Edit file metadata - See and control who listens to your projects - Share audio files securely with our internal messaging system or manage links to share projects - Create workspaces for different projects - Add notes, comments, and tasks Photo & Video - View your media in visual boards - Manage all file types (RAWs, Live Photos, etc.) - Share custom galleries with custom links - See and control who views your projects - Edit and color grade - Store files as versions and compare them - Geotag files - Add notes, comments, and tasks Documents - Create Claradrive Docs to edit and collaborate on online documents - Store documents or spreadsheets from any software Links - Visually store and manage links to documents, websites, photos, etc., just as you would any file
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Claradrive at 15 against Goldfish Notes's 1. Goldfish Notes's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Goldfish Notes against 5.0 for Claradrive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Claradrive has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Goldfish Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, Claradrive every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goldfish Notes | Claradrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ka Man Carmen Li | Claradrive Inc. |
Customer experience
Goldfish Notes
Claradrive
In-app purchases
Goldfish Notes
No in-app purchases
Claradrive
No in-app purchases









