Comparison

ClipNotes vs Ink

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

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About

ClipNotes

Transform YouTube videos into organized notes with AI. Capture key information from tutorials, lectures, and more, saving you time and enhancing your learning. Organize and export your notes for easy access.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Export notes to PDF
  • Organize notes into folders
  • Quick search and sorting
  • Clean, distraction-free interface
Features
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Turn any YouTube video into organized notes in seconds. ClipNotes uses advanced AI to transform lengthy YouTube videos into clear, detailed summaries—so you can learn more in less time. Whether you're exploring a new hobby, following tutorials, or expanding your knowledge, ClipNotes helps you capture and organize what matters most. Why ClipNotes? Stop rewatching videos to find that one important detail. ClipNotes gives you comprehensive notes from any YouTube video instantly, helping you retain information and build your personal knowledge library. Features: - AI-Powered Summaries – Get detailed, accurate notes from any YouTube video in seconds - Export to PDF – Save your notes as beautifully formatted PDFs to read anywhere, anytime - Smart Organization – Create folders to organize notes by topic, project, or interest - Easy Sorting – Find your notes quickly with intuitive search and sorting options - Clean Interface – Distraction-free design that puts your learning first Perfect for: - Tutorial watchers who want to save key steps - Curious minds exploring new topics - Anyone building a personal knowledge base - Learners who prefer reading to rewatching How it works: - Paste any YouTube link - Get AI-generated notes instantly - Organize into folders - Export and share as PDFs Start learning smarter today with ClipNotes. All products and company names are trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase or after the free trial period if offered. Your subscription will automatically renew unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings in the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. CONTACT If you have any questions, please write to us at clipnotes@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/getclipnotes/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/getclipnotes/terms-of-service-eula

About

Ink

Transform spoken words into organized notes and lists with AI-powered transcription and editing. Features include collaborative sharing, customizable shelving, and multiple daily planning views. Print beautifully formatted documents and track your productivity habits.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text transcription
  • AI-powered editing
  • Collaborative list sharing
  • Customizable shelves for organization
  • Multiple daily planning views
  • Printable notes and lists
  • Productivity statistics tracking
Features
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Ink turns your voice into finished notes and lists. No re-typing, no cleanup. Tap the microphone, speak naturally, and watch your words land as a clean list, a note, or a tidy paragraph. Ink shapes the transcript while you watch, so you see the result before it's saved. WHAT'S INCLUDED, WHAT'S PRO Notes, to-dos, reminders, repeats, links, shelves, Markdown export, and iCloud sync are free, no account required. Pro adds dictation with AI formatting, file import, your own templates, version history, a focus timer, ledger mode, the richer copy formats, shared lists, Today layouts you can arrange, font packs, accent colors, and paper tones. Your 14 days of Pro don't begin when you install. They begin the first time you open something Pro, so the two weeks are two weeks you spend. EARLIER VERSIONS OF EVERY PAGE Ink keeps a version of a page as you leave it. Read last week's draft beside today's, lift a paragraph back out, or bring the whole thing back as a new page, which leaves everything you have written since where it is. Stored on your device, the newest 50 per page. THE INDEX AT THE BACK OF THE NOTEBOOK Every unfinished checkbox scattered through your notes, gathered on one page. Every passage you marked, on another. Check something off and it leaves the index on its own. Nothing to file, nothing to keep tidy. TEMPLATES FOR THE THINGS YOU DO AGAIN Turn a list you already keep into one you can run again. Ink clears last time's checkmarks and amounts, then asks for a name and a date, so "book transport seven days before" lands on the right day this time. PULL THE WORDS OUT OF A FILE Send a PDF, a document, or a photo of a page to Ink, or tap + and choose Import, and it reads the words into a note. Ink keeps the words, not the file. Scans and photos are read on your device, so nothing is sent anywhere. ON YOUR WRIST Ink on Apple Watch shows what's due and lets you check it off without reaching for your phone. Put the next thing on your watch face and it's there at a glance. ASK SIRI, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Say "Add an item to Ink" or "Show my Ink today" and it happens. Every action works in Shortcuts and on the Action Button, and your notes turn up in Spotlight. DATES YOU CAN JUST TYPE Write "Dentist Friday 4pm" or "rent next week" and Ink reads the date and leaves the title clean. A chip shows what it heard, so you can wave it off and keep your exact words. DESIGNED LIKE A BOOK, NOT AN APP Ink draws from print: warm cream paper, ink-dark serif type, the editorial details of well-made books. Four Today layouts to open to, from a newsprint spread to a magazine front page. WRITE IT THE WAY YOU MEAN IT Bold, italic, strikethrough, underline. Section headers. Checklists inside a note, tap a line to check it off. REMINDERS, ONLY IF YOU ASK One quiet notification on the day something is due, at the time you choose. Off by default. Set an item to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly and it comes back on its own. A TIMER FOR SITTING DOWN TO WORK Set 15, 25, 45, or 60 minutes and Ink keeps a quiet countdown, then sounds a soft chime you choose. SHARE A LIST, KEEP IT IN SYNC Invite another Ink user by email. Check off, add, reorder, even dictate, and both copies stay in sync. A quiet byline shows who added each item. LISTS THAT KEEP A LEDGER Flip a list into Ledger mode and it keeps score. Type signed amounts (+$25, -$10, +200) and Ink totals each section, then the whole list. BRING IT WITH YOU, OR TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE • Import PDFs, HTML, rich text, Markdown, plain text, and photos of a page • Copy any note or list as Markdown, or as plain text, HTML, or rich text with Pro • One-tap JSON backup and one-tap restore • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac • Universal purchase, buy once, use everywhere Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy

Screenshots

ClipNotes4 screens
Ink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Ink at 4 against ClipNotes's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ClipNotes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Ink 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 — 5.0 for ClipNotes against 5.0 for Ink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ClipNotes versus Ink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClipNotesInk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis GalvanSean Trapani

Customer experience

ClipNotes

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

Ink

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ClipNotes

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Access$6.991 Month
  • Pro Access$9.991 Month
  • Pro Access$34.991 Year
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  • Pro Access$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Ink

Subscriptions2
  • Ink Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ink Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ClipNotes free?
ClipNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ink free?
Ink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ClipNotes or Ink?
ClipNotes and Ink are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do ClipNotes or Ink have ads?
Neither ClipNotes nor Ink shows ads.

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