Comparison

ZettelkastenNote vs Clipps

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

Head to head
About

ZettelkastenNote

This app helps you build a personal knowledge base by capturing ideas as interconnected cards. It offers features like AI-powered suggestions, a link graph visualization, and a clean interface for organizing thoughts and discovering connections. Your data is kept private and can optionally sync across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Capture ideas as atomic cards
  • Visualize knowledge as a link graph
  • AI-powered similar-Zettel suggestions
  • Search by meaning
  • Scan text from photos
  • Hand-drawn diagrams and notes
  • Local-first privacy design
Features
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Turn your knowledge into a growing asset. ZettelkastenNote is a card-based knowledge management app inspired by the Zettelkasten method — a system where you capture ideas as small cards and connect them to build a growing web of knowledge. # Organize Your Thinking - Capture ideas as atomic cards (Zettels) with notes - Group related ideas together - Turn scattered thoughts into structured insights # Discover Connections - See your knowledge as a link graph - Get automatic similar-Zettel suggestions (on-device AI) - Search by meaning, not just keywords - Skim recent notes in a timeline # Intuitive & Simple - Drag & drop to reorder freely - Swipe for quick access - Clean, distraction-free interface - Scan text from photos straight into your notes - Sketch diagrams and notes by hand, and add to them later - Web links appear as rich cards with titles - Light and dark appearance # Privacy First - Local-first design - Your data stays on your device and (optionally) in your private iCloud - No tracking, no ads, no third-party data sharing # Sync Across Devices (Optional) - iCloud sync across all your Apple devices - Toggle sync on/off anytime in Settings - Works fully offline when sync is off # Perfect For - Capturing fleeting ideas before they disappear - Organizing what you learn from books and articles - Building a personal knowledge base over time - Collecting problem-solving insights Download free and start building your knowledge system today.

About

Clipps

This app acts as a personal knowledge base, saving and organizing content from any online source. It uses AI to process saved items, providing transcripts, summaries, and smart tagging for easy searching and retrieval across devices.

Highlights
  • Save content from any app
  • AI-powered content processing
  • Automatic transcripts and summaries
  • Smart topic tagging
  • Searchable personal library
  • Organize with custom lists
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Stop losing the things you find online. Clipps is your personal knowledge base that saves, organizes, and understands your content, leading to relevant links. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share a link from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X, or any app and Clipps saves it instantly. Works with videos, articles, web pages, PDFs, images, audio, and notes. AI-POWERED UNDERSTANDING Every piece of content you save gets automatically processed: - Full transcripts for videos and audio - AI-generated summaries and key takeaways - Smart topic tagging and categorization - Recipe extraction from cooking videos - Deep analysis with frame-by-frame breakdowns - links to subjects or topics from each SEARCH YOUR KNOWLEDGE Find anything you have ever saved. Search across transcripts, summaries, topics, and notes. Your personal library becomes fully searchable. ORGANIZE WITH LISTS Create custom lists to group related content. Build collections around projects, interests, or goals. WORKS ACROSS DEVICES Access your library from your iPhone, the web, or the Chrome extension. Everything stays in sync. PRIVACY FIRST Your data is encrypted and private. You control what you save and how it is used.

Screenshots

ZettelkastenNote4 screens
Clipps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clipps at 5.0 against ZettelkastenNote's 3.5. Clipps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). ZettelkastenNote's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, 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. ZettelkastenNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clipps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clipps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
ZettelkastenNote versus Clipps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZettelkastenNoteClipps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShoetsu KawasatoMENDELEY K WELLS

Customer experience

ZettelkastenNote

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Clipps

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ZettelkastenNote

One-time1
  • ZettelkastenNote Pro$1.99
None

Clipps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZettelkastenNote free?
ZettelkastenNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clipps free?
Clipps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZettelkastenNote or Clipps?
Clipps is rated higher. ZettelkastenNote averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Clipps averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ZettelkastenNote or Clipps have ads?
Neither ZettelkastenNote nor Clipps shows ads.

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