Comparison

MeshNotes vs Cift

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

Head to head
About

MeshNotes

Features
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Now, configure your API key and enable "Allow sending notes to plugins" to use AI realtime chatting feature. Why MeshNotes? ► Simple And Focus • No ads, no clouds, no promotion, no VIP, no data harvesting, no KPI. • Just take your notes. ► Sync Across Devices – Without Cloud Service Securely sync notes between your own devices over LAN(Local Area Network) using a unique encryption key (requires MeshNotes installed on all devices). ► AI Refines Your Thought • Use voice UI to chat and generate your notes. • AI assistant to summarize, continue writing, inspire your ideas. * AI features require data transmission to Internet. Can turn off anytime. ► 100% Open Source Every line of code is in public. Anyone can get, contribute, modify, or release it.

About

Cift

Effortlessly organize your life by speaking or typing tasks. AI automatically categorizes them into life areas, and integrates them with your calendar. Enjoy a beautiful, fast interface with customizable colors and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Voice and text task input
  • Automatic life area organization
  • Calendar integration
  • Customizable life area colors
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart reminders
  • Task reordering and completion animations
Features
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Cift turns scattered thoughts into a plan you can visualise and act on. Speak, type, or add a photo. Cift separates a brain dump into tasks and calendar events, understands dates and times, groups related items, and files everything into categories you control. Capture without forms: Say "dentist Thursday at 3" and the task is ready with its date, time, and category. Speak naturally, type several things at once, or combine words and photos. No menus, rigid commands, or repetitive fields. Turn photos into actions: Add a screenshot, whiteboard, timetable, or handwritten list. Cift can turn what it sees into organized tasks and events while keeping the original image with the result for context. One plan, four calendar views: Move between day, week, month, and year using the calendar controls. Tasks and events share the same timeline, so your list and calendar never tell different stories. Pinch the day timeline to zoom the hours in or out. Connect the calendars you use: Bring in selected calendars from one or more Google accounts, with changes synced both ways. See Apple Calendar events alongside them, and connect Cift tasks to Apple Reminders. Edit by saying what changed: Swipe right on a task, group, or event, then describe the change in plain language. Select several tasks with two fingers, or edit the events in the day, week, or month you are viewing. Cift applies the changes directly. Build a system that fits you: Create categories, choose their colors, group related tasks, pin what matters, and add rich notes with headings, lists, fonts, and links. Open any note full screen when you need more room. Keep today close: Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your plan visible. Plus members can check, add, and edit tasks from Apple Watch, with changes synced back to iPhone. Private by design: Cift stores your core planning data on your device. Connected calendar and reminder data also live in the services you choose to connect. Cift does not sell your data or show ads. Limited usage and reliability data help us fix problems, and are never tied to your name, email, or anything you write. Cift is free to use. Cift Plus unlocks unlimited photo capture and Smart Editing, Smart Categories, Smart Details with auto-extracted context, Apple Watch actions, Apple and Google Calendar sync, Apple Reminders sync, Live Activities, and every future update. Choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime access. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MeshNotes4 screens
Cift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MeshNotes at none against Cift's 2. MeshNotes also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. MeshNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MeshNotes ships an update monthly, Cift every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MeshNotes versus Cift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeshNotesCift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYifan LiYousrAllah Allouani

In-app purchases

None

MeshNotes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cift

Subscriptions2
  • Cift Plus7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Cift Plus7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is MeshNotes free?
MeshNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cift free?
Cift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MeshNotes or Cift have ads?
Neither MeshNotes nor Cift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MeshNotes or Cift?
MeshNotes ships an update monthly, and Cift every 2 weeks. Most recently, MeshNotes was updated on May 16, 2026 and Cift on September 11, 2026.

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