Comparison

SNAB vs masterfile

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

Head to head
About

SNAB

Features
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Every day, the same questions. Where does this go? Did I handle that? Why am I deciding this again? You’re not disorganized. You’re re-deciding. Every note, task, idea or message forces a decision: Where to put it. What to call it. What to do with it. Nothing has a default route. So everything stays active in your head. SNAB fixes that. Everything you capture gets handled. Not stored. Handled. ______ Decide once. Never re-decide again. You define a situation once: A tax letter. A client message. A reminder. Where it goes. What it becomes. What happens next. Next time? You don’t think. You just capture. It’s already decided. ______ Speak it. It’s handled. β€œCall the insurance tomorrow at nine. Finish the presentation by Friday. And we need milk.” Three inputs. Handled instantly. No typing. No sorting. No rethinking. ______ Your mind finally gets quiet. Most apps store things. SNAB gives everything a route. That’s why nothing lingers. Nothing loops. Nothing gets lost. ______ Capture from anywhere. Voice. Scan. Share. Email. One tap from your lock screen. Everything flows into the same system. ______ No guilt. No pressure. No streaks. No red warnings. No fake urgency. Just a calm view of what’s real. ______ Privacy is not a feature. No ads. No tracking. European servers. Built for GDPR from day one. ______ Free vs Gold SNAB is free with core features. Gold unlocks the full system: β€’ Unlimited capture β€’ Advanced transcription & OCR β€’ Cloud integrations β€’ Offline mode β€’ Cross-device sync Free gives you tools. Gold gives you a system. ______ SNAB is not a to-do list. Not a notes app. It’s a system that removes decisions. Stop re-deciding. ______ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://snab.app/legal/privacy/ Subscription Information: Gold is an auto-renewable subscription. Available as monthly and yearly plans. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.

About

masterfile

Features
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masterfile is five everyday tools in one quiet place. Scratch, Vault, Budget, Notes+, and Kanban. Built for people who'd rather think than juggle apps and for those ready to start tracking. β€” Scratch β€” Type anything. As you write, a chip appears suggesting where the line belongs, tap it to promote. Credentials go to Vault, money goes to Budget, ideas go to Notes+, tasks go to Kanban. One note keeps your mind clear, the modules keep your day organized. β€” Vault β€” Logins, cards, and credential keys, locked behind your device's authentication and stored only on your device. No account, no sync, no tracking. Real device-level encryption underneath as masterfile just makes it pleasant to use. β€” Budget β€” Multi-currency budgeting that actually understands how Filipinos, especially freelancers and remote workers earn. β‚±, $, Β₯, €, and 20+ more currencies tracked in parallel. Net worth stacked by currency, category-level budgets, calendar view, and a calm pie chart of where the month went. β€” Notes+ β€” Plain notes for the quick stuff, rich notes when you need them. Folders, tags, internal linking, checklists, bookmarks, document-scanning, camera, attachments. Reading mode opens each note like a printed page you set yourself. Highlights, links, and headings all preserved where you put them. β€” Kanban β€” Every project, sorted into columns. Priority flags, due dates, color labels, archived cards, and an aging indicator that quietly tells you which cards have been waiting too long. β€” Widgets, Notifications, the rest β€” 19 home-screen widgets across all five modules. Credit card due dates, budget thresholds, friendly nudges. Soft prompts to keep you tracking, organizing, and checking in. Every alert opt-in, every one off by default. β€” How masterfile stays calm β€” No account. No tracking. No ads. masterfile lives on your device, owned by you. One purchase unlocks every module, every widget, every alert. Yours forever, no subscription, no renewal. Launch special β€” one-time unlock at the launch price, until July 31. Regular pricing returns on August 1.

Screenshots

SNAB4 screens
masterfile4 screens

Verdict

The call

SNAB and masterfile are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. SNAB sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and masterfile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SNAB ships an update every 10 days, masterfile weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SNAB versus masterfile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSNABmasterfile
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size50 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian MonninghoffLouis Cada

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SNAB

Subscriptions2
  • SNAB Gold Member7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • SNAB Gold Member7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • SNAB Platinum$99.00
  • SNAB coFunder$199.00
1 purchases

masterfile

One-time1
  • masterfile unlock$2.99

Questions

Is SNAB free?
SNAB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is masterfile free?
masterfile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SNAB or masterfile have ads?
Neither SNAB nor masterfile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SNAB or masterfile?
SNAB ships an update every 10 days, and masterfile weekly. Most recently, SNAB was updated on October 3, 2026 and masterfile on October 13, 2026.

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