Comparison

ChatExport vs Simple Text Notes

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

Head to head
About

ChatExport

Securely save and export AI conversations from your device in various formats like PDF, Markdown, and HTML. Preserve images, code, and formatting while keeping your data encrypted and offline. Access your archived chats anytime with local search and optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Export AI chats to PDF, Markdown, HTML, TXT
  • Preserve images, code blocks, tables, and formatting
  • Offline and encrypted local storage
  • Face ID/Touch ID protection
  • Fast local search
  • iCloud sync across devices
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Your best ideas happen inside your AI chats - the explanation that finally clicked, the code that worked, the plan you spent an hour refining. ChatExport is the companion app that gets that thinking back out and into your hands. It sits right alongside the AI assistants you already use every day: you do the thinking in ChatGPT, and ChatExport gives it a home. Open any ChatGPT conversation, tap Share, and in one step it becomes a beautiful PDF, clean Markdown, an HTML page, or plain text - images, code, tables, and formatting all intact. What you saw on screen is exactly what you get in the file, because ChatExport renders your chats with an engine built in-house rather than a stripped-down converter that leaves your diagrams and code behind. It's private the way a tool you trust with your ideas should be. Everything is parsed and stored right on your iPhone and iPad, encrypted at rest, with no account to create and no browser extension to install. Nothing is ever uploaded to our servers. We don't collect, sell, or see your chats. Ever. When you just need a quick copy, paste a link, pick a format, and you're done. When you want to keep an archive, your conversations land in a searchable library you can pin, tag, and organize - with fast local search that finds any thread the moment you start typing. Lock the private ones behind Face ID or Touch ID, with real encryption underneath, and keep your iPhone and iPad in lockstep with iCloud sync. You can even tidy a thread before exporting: tweak the Markdown, trim sections, and apply a theme, then send it out. Researchers and students use it to archive and cite sources. Writers turn brainstorms into clean drafts. Engineers keep debugging threads with the code intact. Lawyers, consultants, and analysts keep confidential conversations off the cloud. And content creators pull threads straight into Markdown for Notion, Obsidian, or Ghost. Free to try, then upgrade when you're ready. ChatExport is free to try with 10 exports. Premium unlocks unlimited exports, themes, and multi-device sync. A few common questions Does it work with Claude or Gemini? Claude and Gemini support are on the roadmap - today ChatExport focuses on ChatGPT. Do my chats leave my phone? No. Everything is parsed and stored locally, encrypted at rest. Can I edit a chat before exporting? Yes - tweak the Markdown, trim sections, apply a theme, then export. Terms of Use / EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.aichatexport.app/privacy Independent app, not affiliated with OpenAI. ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI.

About

Simple Text Notes

Features
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Tired of note apps that make you jump through hoops just to write something down? Simple Text Notes strips everything back to what matters: a title, your words, and the save button. Write a quick idea. Paste in a recipe. Draft a message. Save a code snippet. Whatever's on your mind — Simple Text Notes captures it instantly and syncs it to all your devices via iCloud, so you never lose a thought. What makes it simple: - Open the app → create a note → done - Powerful search across all your notes - Automatic iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad & Mac - One-tap copy/paste from the clipboard - Your data, stored privately and securely on your devices and iCloud Simple by design. Powerful where it counts.

Screenshots

ChatExport4 screens
Simple Text Notes2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Text Notes at none against ChatExport's 2. Simple Text Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). ChatExport's advantage is iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. ChatExport sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Simple Text Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChatExport ships an update monthly, Simple Text Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChatExport versus Simple Text Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChatExportSimple Text Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBETTER APP INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYFutural UG (Haftungsbeschraenkt)

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ChatExport

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Simple Text Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChatExport free?
ChatExport is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Text Notes free?
Simple Text Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChatExport or Simple Text Notes have ads?
Neither ChatExport nor Simple Text Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChatExport or Simple Text Notes?
ChatExport ships an update monthly, and Simple Text Notes every 2 weeks. Most recently, ChatExport was updated on September 10, 2026 and Simple Text Notes on September 1, 2026.

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