Comparison

Cift vs Chat Notes

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

Head to head
About

Cift

Effortlessly organize your life by speaking or typing tasks. AI automatically categorizes them into life areas, and integrates them with your calendar. Enjoy a beautiful, fast interface with customizable colors and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Voice and text task input
  • Automatic life area organization
  • Calendar integration
  • Customizable life area colors
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart reminders
  • Task reordering and completion animations
Features
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Cift turns scattered thoughts into a plan you can visualise and act on. Speak, type, or add a photo. Cift separates a brain dump into tasks and calendar events, understands dates and times, groups related items, and files everything into categories you control. Capture without forms: Say "dentist Thursday at 3" and the task is ready with its date, time, and category. Speak naturally, type several things at once, or combine words and photos. No menus, rigid commands, or repetitive fields. Turn photos into actions: Add a screenshot, whiteboard, timetable, or handwritten list. Cift can turn what it sees into organized tasks and events while keeping the original image with the result for context. One plan, four calendar views: Move between day, week, month, and year using the calendar controls. Tasks and events share the same timeline, so your list and calendar never tell different stories. Pinch the day timeline to zoom the hours in or out. Connect the calendars you use: Bring in selected calendars from one or more Google accounts, with changes synced both ways. See Apple Calendar events alongside them, and connect Cift tasks to Apple Reminders. Edit by saying what changed: Swipe right on a task, group, or event, then describe the change in plain language. Select several tasks with two fingers, or edit the events in the day, week, or month you are viewing. Cift applies the changes directly. Build a system that fits you: Create categories, choose their colors, group related tasks, pin what matters, and add rich notes with headings, lists, fonts, and links. Open any note full screen when you need more room. Keep today close: Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your plan visible. Plus members can check, add, and edit tasks from Apple Watch, with changes synced back to iPhone. Private by design: Cift stores your core planning data on your device. Connected calendar and reminder data also live in the services you choose to connect. Cift does not sell your data or show ads. Limited usage and reliability data help us fix problems, and are never tied to your name, email, or anything you write. Cift is free to use. Cift Plus unlocks unlimited photo capture and Smart Editing, Smart Categories, Smart Details with auto-extracted context, Apple Watch actions, Apple and Google Calendar sync, Apple Reminders sync, Live Activities, and every future update. Choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime access. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chat Notes

Capture thoughts and ideas in a conversational, chat-like interface. Organize notes into threads and stacks, attach media, and enjoy fast, local storage. Personalize your experience with themes and fonts.

Highlights
  • Conversational note interface
  • Attach images and voice memos
  • Organize notes into Stacks
  • Create threaded replies
  • Local device storage
  • Link previews
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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Tired of rigid, formal note-taking apps? Say hello to Chat Notes, the refreshingly simple way to capture your thoughts, ideas, and memories as if you were messaging yourself. Our unique chat-style interface makes jotting down notes feel as natural and fluid as a conversation. Chat Notes is designed for speed and simplicity. Whether you're capturing a fleeting idea, saving a link, recording a quick voice memo, or snapping a photo, everything is organized into a beautiful, reverse-chronological timeline. It’s your personal thought stream, made visual and interactive. KEY FEATURES: Fluid Conversational Notes: Write notes that appear like chat bubbles. This intuitive format makes it easy to follow your train of thought and review your ideas at a glance. More Than Just Words: Why limit your thoughts? Attach images from your photo library to add visual context, or record high-quality voice memos on the fly. All attachments are stored securely on your device. Powerful Organization, Made Simple: Stacks: Group related notes into "Stacks" – perfect for organizing projects, trip plans, or different areas of your life. Threading: Reply to any note to create a focused thread. Keep follow-up ideas and discussions neatly bundled with the original thought. Fast & Local: All your notes are stored locally on your device, ensuring your data is private and accessible instantly, even without an internet connection. Link Previews: Paste a link and Chat Notes will automatically generate a beautiful preview, giving you context without having to open the browser. Make It Yours: Customize your experience with a variety of beautiful built-in themes and professional fonts. Find the look and feel that helps you think best. Instant Search: Find any note, reply, or stack in seconds with a powerful and easy-to-use search. Download Chat Notes today and start a better conversation with yourself!

Screenshots

Cift4 screens
Chat Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chat Notes at none against Cift's 2. Chat Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Cift's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Chat Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chat Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cift has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cift ships an update fortnightly, Chat Notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cift versus Chat Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCiftChat Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYousrAllah AllouaniMuhammed Mukhthar CM

Customer experience

Cift

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chat Notes

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cift

Subscriptions2
  • Cift Plus7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Cift Plus7 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

Chat Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cift free?
Cift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chat Notes free?
Chat Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cift or Chat Notes?
Chat Notes is rated higher. Cift averages 4.6 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Chat Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cift or Chat Notes have ads?
Neither Cift nor Chat Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cift or Chat Notes?
Cift ships an update fortnightly, and Chat Notes every 10 days. Most recently, Cift was updated on October 30, 2026 and Chat Notes on November 5, 2026.

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