SwipeNote vs Gravity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwipeNote
Rediscover and organize your past notes with a unique swipe-based interface. Automatically categorize thoughts, set reminders, and use AI to expand on ideas. Your notes remain private and on your device.
- Swipe-based note navigation
- Automatic organization by category
- AI-powered idea expansion
- Customizable reminders
- Privacy-focused local storage
- Distraction-free design
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Most of us treat our Notes app like a junk drawer — a place for half-finished ideas, reminders, random drafts, etc. But once written, those notes rarely see the light of day. SwipeNote is my solution to that. SwipeNote helps you rediscover forgotten ideas and organize your notes effortlessly. Swipe through your past notes one by one — left to dismiss, right to organize. SwipeNote creates a read-only copy of your notes that stay on your device and will not be able to be read by anyone. Your original notes in the Apple Notes app are never changed, moved, or deleted. Each note you swipe right on gets automatically sorted into the right category, helping you build an organized collection of your thoughts. Then, you can set a reminder to be notified of your genius so it doesn't just collect dust. Your notes are half an idea. If you want to make a complete thought, SwipeNote uses AI to grow your seedling by giving you action items, insights, and related notes. We understand notes contain private, sensitive content. This is a privacy first app. Your notes stay on your device. They are stored only in local memory. Deleting the app will delete all the data. Locked notes will be ignored in the import. Features - Swipe-based navigation through your past notes - Automatic organization by category - Minimal, distraction-free design - Optional AI expansion - Smooth animations and a delightful tactile feel - Option to share a specific note snippet - Notifications to be reminded of a specific note snippet This is perfect for: - Creatives looking to rediscover old ideas. - Anyone who loves productivity tools with personality. - People who want to organize notes while going on a journey of the past.
Gravity
This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience by eliminating folders and tags, focusing on a single, continuous stream of thoughts. Capture ideas instantly and use simple gestures to manage your notes, prioritizing what matters most.
- Instant note capture
- Single stream organization
- Swipe gestures for actions
- Attention-based prioritization
- Private iCloud sync
- Lightweight prefixes for filtering
- Fast search functionality
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one stream, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the stream. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It matches parts of words and ignores accents. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the stream. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no accounts and no analytics, and it doesn't collect any data. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from three text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SwipeNote at Free against Gravity's $9.99. SwipeNote also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). Gravity's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
SwipeNote is free to download; Gravity costs $9.99 up front. SwipeNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gravity asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gravity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of SwipeNote's written reviews are positive against 92% of Gravity's.
SwipeNote ships an update every 3 days, Gravity every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwipeNote | Gravity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #108 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mehar Nallamalli | Tristan Manchester |
Customer experience
SwipeNote
Gravity
In-app purchases
SwipeNote
- SwipeNote Pro - Lifetime$1.99
Gravity
No in-app purchases









