Comparison

Bamboo vs Kora

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

Head to head
About

Bamboo

This app is a Markdown note-taking tool for organizing knowledge and utilizing AI features. It allows users to capture ideas, write long-form content, and connect notes with wiki links. AI assistance is available for drafting, summarizing, and brainstorming, with users controlling their AI provider.

Highlights
  • Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
  • Wiki link creation for connecting notes
  • AI assistance for drafting and summarizing
  • Organize notes into collections
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Import and export content
Features
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Bamboo is a Markdown notes app for writing, organizing knowledge, and using AI on your own terms. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with Web Clipper support, Bamboo helps you capture ideas anywhere and continue working across devices. Capture quick notes, long-form documents, tasks, reminders, research, meeting notes, reading highlights, and personal knowledge. Bamboo keeps your notes in Markdown so they stay portable, readable, and easy to manage. WRITE AND CAPTURE Use a focused Markdown editor with syntax highlighting, task lists, tables, wiki links, footnotes, highlights, math, images, and attachments. Keep ideas, notes, reminders, and tasks together so writing, thinking, and planning stay in one place. ORGANIZE AND CONNECT Organize notes into collections for projects, areas, archives, or research spaces. Connect ideas with wiki links, pin important notes, star favorites, and build a knowledge base that stays easy to navigate as it grows. AI ASSISTANCE, UNDER YOUR CONTROL Bamboo Pro lets you connect supported AI providers and use assistant features directly in your notes. Draft, rewrite, summarize, brainstorm ideas, and work with selected content without leaving your workspace. You stay in control of the provider and model you use. KEEP YOUR NOTES YOURS Your notes stay in Markdown, making them easy to move, back up, and keep for the long term. Search across notes, revisit recent work, import and export your content, create backups, and keep your work available across devices with optional Bamboo Pro features such as iCloud Sync, HTML export, and PDF export. Bamboo includes optional auto-renewable monthly and yearly Pro subscriptions. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://zhigui.github.io/app-docs/bamboo/privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kora

Features
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Keep your essential documents organized, private, and ready when you need them. Kora brings IDs, passports, certificates, insurance documents, contracts, and family records into one calm, easy-to-navigate vault. Scan a card front and back, attach multiple images or PDFs, and add an expiration date so Kora can remind you in time. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan ID cards front and back • Store passports, certificates, policies, and personal records • Attach multiple photos or PDFs to each entry • Organize documents by profile and category • Track upcoming expirations with timely reminders • Protect access with Face ID • Search text recognized on device • Back up and restore your vault with iCloud • Create a portable emergency archive of original files with Kora Pro BUILT FOR PRIVACY Kora works without an account. Your document data stays on your device, and text recognition is performed locally. You decide whether to enable Face ID, notifications, Spotlight, and iCloud backup. KORA FREE AND KORA PRO Start free with the essentials. Kora Pro unlocks unlimited documents and profiles, custom categories, expanded attachments, iCloud backup, and the emergency archive. Monthly, annual, and lifetime options may be available in your region. Privacy Policy: https://kora.krzapps.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bamboo4 screens
Kora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Kora at 18.0 against Bamboo's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bamboo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Kora sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bamboo ships an update every 2 months, Kora monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Bamboo versus Kora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBambooKora
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志贵 陈Ismael Martinez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bamboo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Kora

Subscriptions2
  • Kora monthly$3.991 Month
  • Kora Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kora Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Bamboo free?
Bamboo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kora free?
Kora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bamboo or Kora have ads?
Neither Bamboo nor Kora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bamboo or Kora?
Bamboo ships an update every 2 months, and Kora monthly. Most recently, Bamboo was updated on October 16, 2026 and Kora on October 8, 2026.

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