Comparison

Loominote vs Afterthought

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

Head to head
About

Loominote

This app transforms voice notes, documents, and text into organized summaries, action items, and scheduled tasks. It helps you execute plans, generate emails, and create content, moving beyond simple note-taking to drive productivity.

Highlights
  • Capture voice, text, and scanned documents
  • Automatic summaries and action items
  • Task creation and scheduling
  • Generate emails and content
  • Multi-device sync
  • Privacy-first design
Features
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Talk it out. Loominote turns your meetings, voice notes, and thought dumps into action items you'll actually do. - Record meetings & voice notes (or capture from Apple Watch) - AI summaries & auto-detected action items - Schedule tasks straight from your notes - Scan PDFs, paste text — Loominote understands it all - Mind maps & AI quizzes for students - Beautiful, distraction-free design users love Built for busy professionals, ADHD thinkers, doctors, and students who think faster than they can write. ——— HOW IT WORKS 1. Capture — Talk, type, scan, or upload from anywhere. Even from your wrist with Apple Watch. 2. Clarify — Loominote summarizes and pulls out the action items hidden in your words. 3. Execute — Schedule tasks, draft emails, build study guides, and move forward. Notes become motion. ——— LOVED BY "Best-designed notes app I've used." — App Store review "Finally, an AI app that helps me act on my thoughts." — Pro user "The app I didn’t know that existed" — Pro user "Vaccine for ADHD" — App Store review Lifetime subscribers find us by word-of-mouth and email us asking to buy. Real product, real users. ——— LOOMINOTE PRO • Unlimited voice, file & text capture • AI summaries + action items • Task scheduling from your notes • AI emails, posts, blogs, mind maps & quizzes • Apple Watch capture • Multi-device sync • Priority support Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24h before the period ends. Manage in your Apple ID settings. Privacy first. Your audio, files, and transcripts are stored securely and never shared and encrypted in between servers. Privacy: https://loominote.app/privacy Terms: https://loominote.app/terms Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Afterthought

Capture thoughts, tasks, and notes using your voice on Apple Watch and iPhone. Leverage AI to process your input and prepare it for your favorite productivity apps. Designed for quick capture when opening other apps is inconvenient.

Highlights
  • Voice capture from Apple Watch and iPhone
  • AI-powered detail extraction
  • Integration with notes, tasks, and calendar apps
  • Draft emails and Slack messages
  • Journal entry creation
  • Review and edit captured content
  • Pro writing actions
Features
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Afterthought turns spoken thoughts into prepared actions for the apps you already use, and longer recordings into Sessions you can review. Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button. Afterthought transcribes your voice, understands what you meant and prepares notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and other actions while keeping you in control of what happens next. NEW IN 2.7 — SEARCH, COLLECTIONS & RECORDING Find saved thoughts by voice or text straight from Home. Bring related notes and actions together in collections, with optional summaries to help make sense of them. • Search by voice or text straight from Home • Organise related notes and actions into collections • Pause and resume Quick Capture and Session recordings • Smoother recording visuals on iPhone and Apple Watch, clearer controls and accessibility improvements SESSIONS Sessions are a deliberate workflow for longer recordings. Choose Meeting, Interview, Lecture or Thinking and keep the original audio, final transcript and useful overview together. • Record meetings, interviews, lectures and longer thinking • Follow a provisional on-device transcript while recording • Keep the original audio and final transcript • Review an Apple Intelligence summary on supported devices • Recover interrupted recordings • Share Overview + transcript, Overview only, or Transcript only QUICK CAPTURE • Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button • Capture on Apple Watch even when your iPhone is away, then transfer later • Choose Transcribe Only, Classify & Review or Classify & Send • Turn speech into notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and more • With Pro, split one natural recording into several ordered, reviewable actions • Review and edit content, dates, fields and destinations before sending • Correct prepared actions by typing or speaking YOUR APPS, YOUR WORKFLOW Prepare content for Apple Notes, Reminders, Apple Calendar, Apple Journal, Todoist, Notion, Slack, Things 3, Bear, Obsidian, TickTick, Day One, Evernote, Messages, Email, Shortcuts and other supported workflows. Afterthought does not replace your notes app, task manager, calendar or journal. It makes voice an easier way into them. PRIVATE, CONTROLLED INTELLIGENCE Capture and transcription are local-first. Apple Intelligence, Classic and downloaded Local AI Models process on device. Optional Cloud AI sends transcript text only to the provider you configure. External destinations receive content only when you use them. Free includes unlimited capture and transcription, review, supported Apple workflows and a monthly classification allowance. Pro adds unlimited classification, multi-action splitting, writing actions, third-party destinations, extra Nature Mode options, Local AI Models and optional Cloud AI. Speak once. Make it happen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Loominote4 screens
Afterthought4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Loominote at 35 against Afterthought's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Loominote sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Afterthought sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Loominote against 5.0 for Afterthought. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loominote has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loominote ships an update every 6 days, Afterthought every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Loominote versus Afterthought: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoominoteAfterthought
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinaryVlueToco Labs Ltd

Customer experience

Loominote

All ratings34 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Afterthought

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Loominote

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Loominote Pro - Yearly$47.991 Year
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  • Loominote Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Loominote Pro – Yearly Discounted$79.991 Year
  • Loominote Pro$95.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$199.99
2 purchases

Afterthought

Subscriptions2
  • Afterthought Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Afterthought Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Loominote free?
Loominote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Afterthought free?
Afterthought is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Loominote or Afterthought?
Afterthought is rated higher. Loominote averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Afterthought averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Loominote or Afterthought have ads?
Neither Loominote nor Afterthought shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loominote or Afterthought?
Loominote ships an update every 6 days, and Afterthought every 5 days. Most recently, Loominote was updated on October 30, 2026 and Afterthought on October 31, 2026.

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