Comparison

Inkiostro vs Telos Note

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

Head to head
About

Inkiostro

This app offers a versatile writing experience for plain text files, allowing users to create notes, documents, and novels. It features both a Markdown and a visual editor, with options for advanced formatting, previewing, and exporting to various formats like PDF and ePub. Users can also benefit from version history and cloud synchronization.

Highlights
  • Markdown and visual editing modes
  • Side-by-side preview
  • LaTeX and Mermaid diagram support
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, ePub, HTML)
  • Version history and backups
  • iCloud Drive sync
Features
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Inkiostro is a Markdown editor for people who write — notes, documentation, theses, novels. Plain text files that stay yours, a preview that looks like a finished page, and exports ready to hand over. Write in Markdown, or in the visual editor and never see a symbol. Buy once, no subscription. No account, no tracking. WRITE, SEE, FINISH • Two ways to write: the Markdown editor shows the symbols, the visual editor formats as you type, like a word processor. Either way the file stays plain Markdown. (Visual editor: Pro, free for 7 days) • A complete Markdown toolbar: headings, lists, tables and code blocks, one tap away. • A side-by-side preview that comes back exactly where you left it. • LaTeX formulas typeset by KaTeX, and Mermaid diagrams drawn as you type. • 27 preview styles, 11 of them free: GitHub, Sepia, Nord, Solarized and more. With Pro, Manuscript, Book, Report, Academic and others set the page like print. • Focus and Typewriter modes, a live word count and a daily writing goal. FROM DRAFT TO BOOK • PDF with selectable text, formulas and diagrams included. Free, with a small credit line in the footer. • A professional ePub: real chapters, a cover, ISBN, series, footnotes that open over the page, and the accessibility declaration Europe requires. The export sheet tells you what a store would reject — before you send it. (Pro) • A book made of many files: one chapter per file, in a folder, in the order you choose. Arranging it is free; exporting it as a single ePub or a single PDF is Pro. • Self-contained HTML, and page setup for PDF: paper, margins, headers and page numbers. (Pro) NEVER LOSE A WORD • Version history: Inkiostro saves versions as you write. Search them, compare them line by line, and bring back a single word or a whole draft. (Pro) • Backups of your whole library: a dated zip archive with your version history inside, offered when one is due, while the app is open, in a folder you pick. Open it in the Files app and your Markdown files are right there. (Pro) YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Unlimited documents, as plain .md files you can open anywhere. • Folders, color labels and tags, with search that filters by tag. • iCloud Drive sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no setup. • External folders: work directly inside any folder on your device or in iCloud Drive. (Pro) INKIOSTRO PRO — ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE One purchase unlocks Pro on iPhone, iPad and Mac, forever. Try it free for 7 days. • The visual editor • Version history with search, comparison and a year of versions • Backups of your library • Professional ePub, HTML, and books made of many files • PDF page setup • Focus and Typewriter modes • External folders • 24 app themes, the Pro preview styles and any font installed on your device MADE FOR • Writers: novels and essays in plain text, out as a real ebook • Students and researchers: notes and theses with proper formulas • Developers: READMEs, documentation and technical notes with diagrams • Anyone tired of paying every month for a text editor • Anyone new to Markdown: the visual editor works like a word processor PRIVACY Your documents stay in your iCloud Drive or on your device. No servers of ours, ever. Inkiostro collects only anonymous, aggregated usage statistics — never personal data, never the content of your documents — and you can turn them off in Settings.

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Telos Note

Features
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Telos Note is an AI meeting and notes recorder for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Record a thought, capture a meeting, then turn it into useful notes. On Mac, keep your prep beside the call, ask questions while the meeting is happening, catch up on what you missed and search the live transcript. When you are ready, create clear summaries, decisions, actions and follow-up emails. RECORD THOUGHTS AND MEETINGS Capture voice notes and in-person meetings on iPhone and iPad. On Apple Watch, start a meeting or voice note from your wrist. Recordings transfer to your iPhone, where Telos turns them into notes. On Mac, capture microphone and meeting audio directly without adding a meeting bot. Transcribe in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese. Some languages require a one-time download. YOUR MEETING NOTEPAD ON MAC Keep a compact Notepad beside your video call with: • Prep • Your Notes • Live transcript • Ask this meeting • Catch me up • Transcript search Your prep is ready when the meeting starts, while Your Notes stay separate from the transcript of what was said. TURN MEETINGS INTO USEFUL NOTES When you choose to create AI meeting notes, Telos can produce: • Summary • Decisions • Actions with owners where identified • Open questions Your transcript remains available as the record of what was said. Telos can also create a follow-up email from the meeting, ready to copy or open in Mail. ASK YOUR NOTES Ask questions about an individual note or across your saved library. Ask Library answers from your notes and shows the sources behind the answer, so you can see where the information came from. During a meeting on Mac, use Ask this meeting, Catch me up or transcript search without leaving the Notepad. PREP BEFORE THE MEETING See upcoming meetings from Apple Calendar, or create your own meeting prep without a calendar event. With iCloud Sync enabled, your notes and Prep can be available across your Apple devices. TELEPROMPTER BUILT IN Use the built-in teleprompter for presentations, calls and recorded content on Mac, iPhone and iPad. Keep your words close to the camera, with controls for speed, text size and presentation. IMPROVE AND ORGANISE YOUR NOTES Use Telos Note to: • Improve Note • Summarise • Ask questions about a note • Ask across your note library • Translate notes • Star and archive notes • Organise notes into folders and move multiple notes at once PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Telos account is required. Notes are stored locally and can optionally sync through your iCloud account across your Apple devices. Transcription runs on-device on iPhone, iPad and Mac in supported languages. AI actions run only when you choose them, sending the relevant text for processing. Voice-note audio is retained with the note. On iPhone, meeting audio is temporary and is discarded after transcription has been safely saved. Telos Note does not use advertising or third-party tracking. Record it. Telos writes it up. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://telosnote.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Inkiostro4 screens
Telos Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Inkiostro at weekly against Telos Note's every 2 months. Inkiostro also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Inkiostro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Telos Note sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkiostro ships an update weekly, Telos Note every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Inkiostro versus Telos Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkiostroTelos Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlo Di GiuseppeRoger Alfred J Hamilton

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Inkiostro

One-time1
  • Inkiostro Pro$19.99
6 purchases

Telos Note

Subscriptions6
  • Telos Note Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Telos Note Pro+ Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Telos Note Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
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  • Telos Note Pro Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Telos Note Pro Annual$69.991 Year
  • Telos Note Pro+ Annual$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Inkiostro free?
Inkiostro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Telos Note free?
Telos Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inkiostro or Telos Note have ads?
Neither Inkiostro nor Telos Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inkiostro or Telos Note?
Inkiostro ships an update weekly, and Telos Note every 2 months. Most recently, Inkiostro was updated on November 12, 2026 and Telos Note on November 12, 2026.

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