Comparison

MyZettel vs Index

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

Head to head
About

MyZettel

This app helps you build a connected network of ideas using the Zettelkasten method. It offers an infinite canvas for brainstorming and spatial exploration, with features like floating panels and inline previews to keep you in flow.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for spatial idea exploration
  • Floating panels for multiple notes
  • Inline previews for linked content
  • Minimap for navigation
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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We learn better when we write. Putting an idea in our own words forces us to understand it. Connecting it to other ideas helps it last. MyZettel is a canvas for that work. Each thought gets its own short note. Related notes sit near each other. Links come as you write. Over time, the canvas becomes a map of what you understand. - An infinite canvas: put notes where they make sense, and move them as your thinking changes. - Links from writing: link a note while you write. Every link shows which way it goes, even to a note far away. - Read in place: open a linked note without leaving the one you are reading. - Note types: keep rough thoughts, your own conclusions, and ideas from a source apart. - Search and a minimap to find any note on a large canvas. - Made for iPhone, iPad and Mac. - Free to use. No sign-up. No third-party servers. MyZettel is inspired by the Zettelkasten method, but you do not need to know it to start. A sample canvas in the app shows how it works. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://myzettel.innerworks.one/privacy.html Contact: myzettel@innerworks.one

About

Index

Organize and recall information from various sources like links, notes, and documents. Discuss complex ideas with your saved content and get answers grounded in your personal knowledge base. Capture information quickly using the share sheet and maintain control over your data.

Highlights
  • Save links, notes, and documents
  • Organize personal knowledge
  • Discuss complex ideas with saved content
  • Extract readable page content
  • Syncs across devices
  • Delete data anytime
Features
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Save anything. Think with everything. Index is a personal knowledge workspace for the context you do not want to lose. Share a link, note, or document from your iPhone, and it becomes part of a calm, organized brain you can return to later. ASK YOUR BRAIN Discuss complex ideas across everything you have saved. Index grounds answers in your own context and links citations back to each source. CAPTURE WITHOUT BREAKING FOCUS Use the iOS share sheet to save useful links, selected text, files, and quick notes in seconds. TURN LINKS INTO CONTEXT Index extracts readable page content, creates a concise summary, and keeps your own note beside it. STAY IN CONTROL Your account syncs across devices. Delete individual items and conversations whenever you want, or permanently delete your account and its captures, files, chats, and feedback from inside the app. Built for founders, researchers, and knowledge workers who want less friction between finding something useful and thinking with it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://index-legal.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

MyZettel4 screens
Index4 screens

Verdict

The call

MyZettel and Index are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. MyZettel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Index sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MyZettel versus Index: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyZettelIndex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunsong LiSunset Capital, llc

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MyZettel

Subscriptions2
  • Plus (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Plus (Yearly)$9.991 Year
2 purchases

Index

Subscriptions2
  • Index Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Index Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is MyZettel free?
MyZettel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Index free?
Index is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MyZettel or Index have ads?
Neither MyZettel nor Index shows ads.

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