Recall Notes vs Reflect Open
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recall Notes
This app helps you find notes by understanding the meaning behind your search queries, not just keywords. It uses on-device AI for instant, offline searches and keeps all your data private. Ideal for students, developers, and writers who need to quickly locate information.
- Search by meaning with on-device AI
- Contextual and concept-based search
- Instant and offline search functionality
- Private by design, no cloud or tracking
- Export notes as text files
- Distraction-free interface
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Finally find that note you're looking for. Search by concept, not keywords. Type "red fruit" → find notes about apples, strawberries, or that farmer's market visit Type "bug fix" → find debugging sessions, error logs, or solution snippets Recall understands what you meant, not just what you typed. SMART SEARCH THAT ACTUALLY WORKS - Find notes by meaning using on-device AI - Searches understand context and related concepts - Works instantly, even offline - No exact keywords needed PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Everything stays on your device - No accounts, no cloud, no tracking - Your thoughts remain yours alone - Export notes anytime as text files ZERO FRICTION - Start writing immediately - no setup - One infinite note - no folders needed - Search finds everything instantly - Works offline, always PERFECT FOR - Students: Find lecture notes by topic, not exact phrases - Developers: Locate code snippets by what they do - Writers: Rediscover research by theme - Thinkers: Capture ideas without organizing SIMPLE BY CHOICE - Clean, distraction-free interface - Customizable themes and fonts - Fast, native iOS experience - Built for iPhone and iPad Stop losing thoughts in folders and tags. Let Recall remember so you don't have to. Download now and never lose a note again.
Reflect Open
Capture daily notes, meeting details, and journal entries with wiki-style linking for connected thinking. This app builds a personal knowledge graph from your Markdown files, offering fast search and on-device AI capabilities without compromising privacy.
- Daily notes and quick capture
- Wiki links and backlinks
- On-device semantic search
- Private AI chat over your notes
- Audio memos with transcription
- iCloud Drive or Git sync
- Markdown as source of truth
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Reflect Open is a local-first note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI over your own files. Start each day in a daily note, capture meetings, ideas, tasks, and journal entries, then connect people and projects with wiki-style links. Reflect builds a personal graph from ordinary Markdown files, with fast search, backlinks, and optional semantic search that runs on-device. Your notes stay yours. Reflect has no account, no telemetry, and no Reflect-hosted cloud service. Notes are stored as plain Markdown in a folder you choose, with a rebuildable local SQLite index beside them. Optional AI chat, transcription, and sync features only run when you connect your own provider or storage, and private notes are blocked from external AI calls. Highlights: - Daily notes first, with quick capture into today. - Wiki links and backlinks instead of folders. - Full-text search and optional on-device semantic search. - Optional bring-your-own-key AI chat over your notes. - Audio memos with optional BYOK transcription. - iCloud Drive or Git-based sync using files you own. - Markdown source of truth for long-term portability. - Keyboard-native, minimal interface built for focus. Terms of Use: https://reflect.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://reflect.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Recall Notes at 5.0 against Reflect Open's 3.0. Reflect Open's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Recall Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reflect Open sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Recall Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Recall Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, Reflect Open every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recall Notes | Reflect Open |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Lampert | Reflect App, LLC |
Customer experience
Recall Notes
Reflect Open
In-app purchases
Recall Notes
- Text Export$0.99
Reflect Open
- Reflect Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Reflect Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.001 Year









