Comparison

Clary vs knoself

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

Head to head
About

Clary

This AI-powered productivity app offers frictionless task capture through voice, text, or photos. It intelligently organizes your to-dos, schedules them, and provides tools like a Pomodoro timer and Eisenhower Matrix to boost focus and goal achievement.

Highlights
  • AI-powered task capture (voice, photo, text)
  • Smart scheduling and prioritization
  • Kanban board and list views
  • Pomodoro timer and Eisenhower Matrix
  • Google Calendar sync
  • Home screen widgets
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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We didn’t just update Clary; we completely reimagined it. We realized that for a productivity app to actually work, it needs to disappear. It shouldn't feel like "using an app"—it should feel like an extension of your brain. So we rebuilt everything—from the UI to the AI—to create the first frictionless planner. Clary is designed for "zero-thinking" capture. You don't fill out forms. You don't manually set dates. You simple speak, type, or snap, and Clary's completely overhauled AI engine understands exactly what you mean, where it goes, and when you should do it. It just works. Clary is different. We believe organizing your life shouldn't feel like a chore. It should feel like a conversation with a brilliant executive assistant who just gets it. Clary is the first task manager designed to be your AI co-pilot, handling the administrative drag so you can focus on what you do best: achieving your goals. WHY CLARY? Most to-do apps feel like data entry. Clary feels like magic. We use advanced AI to handle the tedious parts of planning—sorting, tagging, scheduling, and breaking down tasks—so you can focus on doing the work that matters. CAPTURE ANYTHING, ANYHOW Speak Your Mind: Just say, "Remind me to email the proposal tomorrow morning and follow up next week." Clary understands the context, sets the due date, and prioritizes it for you. Snap Your Notes: Have a messy whiteboard or a handwritten sticky note? Snap a photo. Clary's AI reads it and converts it into a digital checklist instantly. Brain Dump Freely: Overwhelmed? Type a messy paragraph of everything on your mind. Clary will deconstruct it into clear, manageable subtasks and organize them into your projects. MASTER YOUR WORKFLOW Smart Scheduling: Clary doesn't just list tasks; it helps you plan them. Our AI respects your wake-up times and working hours to suggest the best times to get things done. Visual Clarity: Switch between a powerful Kanban board for projects or a standard list for daily agendas. Focus Tools: Built-in Pomodoro timer to help you work in sprints, plus an Eisenhower Matrix to ensure you’re always working on what’s actually important, not just what’s urgent. Gamified Consistency: Build a productivity streak with our "Reflect" system. Track your progress daily and stay motivated. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION Google Calendar Sync: See your events alongside your tasks. Never double-book yourself again. Home Screen Widgets: distinct and beautiful widgets keep your goals front and center. Siri & Shortcuts: Capture tasks completely hands-free while driving or walking. CLARY FREE The perfect starting point for getting organized. Unlimited tasks and notes Standard reminders Up to 2 projects Basic AI capture CLARY PRO Unlock your ultimate productivity potential. Unlimited AI Intelligence: Unlimited voice-to-task, photo-to-task, and brain dump breakdown. Calendar Sync: Real-time 2-way sync with Google Calendar. Unlimited Projects: Organize every aspect of work, home, and side hustles. Advanced Analytics: Deep insights into your productivity trends and streaks. Stop fighting with your planner. Start getting things done. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.tryclary.com/privacy.html

About

knoself

Effortlessly track your time across work, study, and daily activities. Turn your efforts into detailed time cards with notes, tags, and photos for insightful review. Organize tasks with reminders and integrate with Apple Health for a holistic view of your day.

Highlights
  • Quick start timing from multiple widgets
  • Detailed time cards with notes and photos
  • Integrated reminders and calendar view
  • Multi-dimensional tagging for context
  • Apple Health data synchronization
  • Insightful review charts and AI reflection tools
  • Multi-device support with local-first storage
Features
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If you move between work, study, rest, and everyday life but cannot clearly say where your time went, knoself connects planning, time tracking, time logs, and review in one personal app. knoself includes: 【Quick Start】Start from the Action Button, Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, Today's Reminders widget, an in-app task, or a system calendar event. Add text, tags, and photos while the timer runs, or adjust its start time. 【Time Cards】Every period of real effort becomes a time card. Along with time spent, keep notes, ideas, mood, context, and takeaways so you can understand the moment later. 【Journal Timeline】Pick a journal-style timeline or a continuous stream. Days get clear dividers, so timers, journals, and reflections read in order; an All-day journal entry captures the day without adding focused time. 【Images and Clipboard to Tasks】Share an image, text, or link from Photos or another app, or explicitly read supported clipboard content. On-device text recognition extracts useful details; confirm the title, date, time, and destination before creating a task or calendar event. 【Tasks and Calendar】Create tasks with dates, times, repeats, alerts, photos, and tags. View the week as an agenda or board. With Calendar access, view events and start timing from one, then write completed records to your calendar when you choose. 【Multi-dimensional Tags】Use # tags for projects, contexts, state, energy, or mood, then review your time from different angles. 【Health Data】Bring mindfulness, sleep, and workout periods from Apple Health together with manual time records. 【See That Moment】Open a time card to find nearby photos and videos and view Screen Time context. These details are read only after you open this view. They are not written to the record or uploaded. 【Daily Highlights】Revisit selected time cards from your past each day. Add a fresh reflection without replacing the original, and exclude tags you do not want to see again. 【Review and Reflection】Use time breakdowns, 24-hour distribution, yearly heatmaps, tags, and task statistics to see what takes your time and when you enter a focused, productive state. Open the cards behind each chart, or share selected records with AI tools for review using Three Good Things, KPT, or the 4P model. On Mac, a local MCP service lets AI assistants query and control timers with your confirmation. 【Multi-device and Local-first】Use knoself on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Records stay on the device by default, with optional iCloud Sync. Sharing and export happen only when you choose. What knoself is good for - Record real effort across work, study, reading, exercise, quick tasks, and everyday life. - Organize to-do lists, repeating items, and calendar plans, including plans captured from images, text, or links. - Add context with time logs, notes, journals, thoughts, mood, photos, and takeaways. - Review your rhythm through tags, charts, time distribution, photo context, and rest state. - Open related time cards or share selected content with AI tools for deeper reflection. What knoself is not for knoself is not designed for team timesheets, client billing, or full calendar management. It does not monitor every app or website in the background. Screen Time context appears only after you deliberately open See That Moment, inside the system-provided read-only report. Privacy and Data - Records are stored locally by default - Image text recognition runs on the device - iCloud Sync is optional - Sharing and export are initiated by you - No account is required to start recording A time tracker gives you more than a list of minutes. It gives you real evidence of your attention, mood, habits, and daily rhythm. Start recording this minute. Agreements Subscription Agreement: https://knoself.com/en/iap_policy/ Privacy Policy: https://knoself.com/en/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://knoself.com/en/terms/

Screenshots

Clary4 screens
knoself4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: knoself at 5.0 against Clary's 4.4. knoself also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Clary's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Clary sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and knoself sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

knoself holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clary has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clary ships an update every 5 days, knoself every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clary versus knoself: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClaryknoself
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB121 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMonish Saravana Kumar Divya Sundarihu chundong

Customer experience

Clary

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

knoself

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Clary

Subscriptions4
  • tudu Pro Monthly Discounted$4.991 Month
  • tudu Pro Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Tudu Pro Yearly Discounted$34.991 Year
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  • tudu Pro Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • tudu Pro Lifetime$69.99
3 purchases

knoself

Subscriptions2
  • Knoself Pro monthly subscription1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Knoself Pro yearly subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime Member$14.99

Questions

Is Clary free?
Clary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is knoself free?
knoself is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clary or knoself?
knoself is rated higher. Clary averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while knoself averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Clary or knoself have ads?
Neither Clary nor knoself shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clary or knoself?
Clary ships an update every 5 days, and knoself every 2 weeks. Most recently, Clary was updated on October 10, 2026 and knoself on October 24, 2026.

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