Comparison

KnowledgeSaved vs Commonplace

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

Head to head
About

KnowledgeSaved

This app helps you capture, organize, and rediscover valuable ideas and quotes. It features OCR for book highlights, voice-to-text, and classic typing for input. Powerful tagging and smart filters allow for quick retrieval, while personalized daily quotes and community trends foster growth.

Highlights
  • Instant OCR for text capture
  • Voice-to-text input
  • Fast, clutter-free typing
  • Powerful tags and smart filters
  • Attribute authors and sources
  • Personalized daily quotes
  • Community trending insights
Features
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Build a Second Brain for the ideas that shape you. KnowledgeSaved turns fleeting highlights, big-idea quotes, and sparks of wisdom into a beautifully organized digital commonplace book. CAPTURE EVERY SPARK • Instant OCR – snap a photo, turn any book highlight into editable text. • Voice-to-Text – speak insights on the go. • Classic typing – fast, clutter-free entry. ORGANISE & CONNECT • Powerful tags and smart filters – find the right quote in seconds. • Attribute authors & sources to build a rich, interlinked library. REDISCOVER & GROW • Personalised Daily Quotes pulled from your own collection. • See what’s trending in a community of fellow thinkers. Stop letting wisdom slip through your fingers. Download KnowledgeSaved today and build the library that grows with you.

About

Commonplace

Capture, organize, and share memorable quotes from various media like articles, books, podcasts, and music. Build collections around your interests and access them across all your devices. Share insights with your community through interactive previews and styled images.

Highlights
  • Capture quotes from articles, books, podcasts, music
  • Scan physical text and search books
  • Share quotes as interactive previews or images
  • Organize quotes into collections
  • Sync quotes across all devices
  • Manually create quotes and sources
Features
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Save and share quotes from the content you read, watch, and listen to every day: articles, books, podcasts, music, movies, conversations, and more. Capture what resonates, share ideas with your community, and build collections around your interests. --- CAPTURE QUOTES • Save quotes from articles, books, podcasts, music, and more • Capture highlights without breaking your flow - no need to open the app • Scan pages of physical text and search millions of books • Share highlights of podcast transcripts and song lyrics directly from your streaming platform • Manually create quotes and sources --- IMPORT YOUR QUOTES • Bring your existing quotes and highlights into Commonplace • Import quotes from Apple Notes, Kindle, Readwise, or any other note taking app • Upload text and Markdown files and let Commonplace organize your quotes by source • Keep the books, articles, authors, and other source details attached to your quotes --- SHARE ANYWHERE • Share quotes as interactive quote previews • Give every quote its own landing page • Create beautifully styled quotes as previews or images • Share quote images to social media, stories, messages, and more --- BUILD COLLECTIONS • Organize quotes into collections around your interests • View quotes by source • Filter and search quotes by source type, author, and more --- YOUR LIBRARY IS YOURS • Quotes and account data are all private to you • Library is synced over encrypted connections • No data is sold or used in the training of AI • No ads --- ACCESS ANYWHERE • Sync your quotes and collections across all your devices • Pick up where you left off on any device --- COMMONPLACE IS PERFECT FOR • Readers and lifelong learners • Writers and creators • Students and researchers • Podcast listeners and book readers • Anyone who wants to remember more of what they consume --- FREE & PRO • The free version of Commonplace includes: • Unlimited quotes • Unlimited collections • Ability to quote from any website or app, millions of books, and custom sources • Importing your existing quotes and highlights • Upgrade to Commonplace Pro to unlock: • Unlock all custom fonts • Quotes from podcasts and music • Saving directly from your favorite streaming apps • Future premium source types Whether you’re saving a line from a book, a lyric from a song, an insight from a podcast, or a passage from an article, Commonplace helps you capture what resonates and revisit it later. --- Privacy Policy: https://www.usecommonplace.com/privacypolicy Terms of Service: https://www.usecommonplace.com/termsofservice

Screenshots

KnowledgeSaved4 screens
Commonplace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Commonplace at Free against KnowledgeSaved's $4.99. Commonplace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). KnowledgeSaved's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On 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

Commonplace is free to download; KnowledgeSaved costs $4.99 up front. Commonplace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. KnowledgeSaved asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Commonplace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Commonplace has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of KnowledgeSaved's written reviews are positive against 100% of Commonplace's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
KnowledgeSaved versus Commonplace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKnowledgeSavedCommonplace
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings217 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB59 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMobin AkhterDaniel Galvez

Customer experience

KnowledgeSaved

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Commonplace

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

KnowledgeSaved

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Commonplace

Subscriptions2
  • Commonplace Pro Monthy$1.991 Month
  • Commonplace Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is KnowledgeSaved free?
KnowledgeSaved costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Commonplace free?
Commonplace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KnowledgeSaved or Commonplace?
Commonplace is rated higher. KnowledgeSaved averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Commonplace averages 5.0 from 17 ratings.
Do KnowledgeSaved or Commonplace have ads?
Neither KnowledgeSaved nor Commonplace shows ads.

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