Shinodo vs ContextorAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shinodo
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Shinodo listens to your day and gives it back to you as structured knowledge. Record a thought, a meeting, a lecture or a call — from your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Mac. Shinodo transcribes it, identifies who spoke, writes a structured protocol, and pulls out the actions you agreed to. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE • Apple Watch — start a recording from your wrist, no phone needed • Broadcast recording — capture calls, podcasts and lectures playing on your device • Share Sheet — send audio and video from any app • YouTube — subscribe to channels and playlists, get summaries of what you never had time to watch • Calendar and Health — every recording carries the context of where you were and how you felt FROM AUDIO TO ACTION • Structured protocols, not raw transcripts • Protocols that show who said what in group conversations • Ask follow-up questions in chat about any recording • Actions and projects — next steps pulled from what you actually said, in the spirit of Getting Things Done • Daily, weekly and monthly reports: what you discussed, who you met, what patterns emerge • Language lessons built from your own conversations WORK TOGETHER • Shinodo Social — connect with people, share reports, build a shared knowledge network • Teams — a shared workspace for your organisation • Share any report as a public link EVERYWHERE YOU WORK iPhone, iPad with split view, Apple Watch, Mac, and the web. Connect Claude and other AI tools to your knowledge via MCP. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • EU data residency, GDPR compliant • Your recordings are never used to train AI models • Zero-knowledge architecture — your data stays yours, by design, not by policy MADE FOR • Self-awareness — track your thoughts and growth • C-level and managers — meeting protocols and decisions • Coaches and therapists — session notes and client insights • Creators — capture ideas on the go • Students — organize lectures and notes • Expats — multilingual life, captured in every language • ADHD and neurodivergent minds — thoughts that move faster than typing Free to start — 20 quants (over three hours of recording) are on us. Pro unlocks longer recordings, actions and projects, and more daily processing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shinodo.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://shinodo.com/terms
ContextorAI
This app transforms your notes into a personalized knowledge base powered by AI. Chat with an AI that understands your context and previous research, ensuring nothing gets lost. Capture anything, organize smartly with auto-generated tags, and access your knowledge across devices.
- Personalized AI knowledge base
- Capture notes, photos, and text from images
- AI chat with your notes as context
- End-to-end encrypted private notes
- Instant sync between iPhone and Mac
- Automatic tag and title generation
- Search text within images
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ContextorAI turns your notes into a personal knowledge base your AI actually knows about. Most note apps store your thoughts and leave them there. ContextorAI connects them to AI — when you chat, the AI already knows your context, your previous research, your conclusions. Nothing gets lost between sessions. CAPTURE ANYTHING Write notes, take photos, Text from images is extracted automatically so everything becomes searchable. AI THAT KNOWS YOU Chat with AI using your notes as context. Ask questions about your own knowledge base. The AI answers based on what you have saved, not just general knowledge. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Private notes are end-to-end encrypted. Nobody can read them but you, not even us. Cloud notes are used for AI features like semantic search and auto-tagging. WORKS EVERYWHERE Notes sync instantly between iPhone and Mac. Start on your phone, continue on your Mac. SMART ORGANIZATION Tags and titles are generated automatically. Search finds text inside images too. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ContextorAI at none against Shinodo's shown. ContextorAI also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Shinodo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and ContextorAI sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shinodo ships an update every 5 weeks, ContextorAI every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Shinodo | ContextorAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shinodo, LLC | Coiner.Cab Corp |
In-app purchases
Shinodo
- Shinodo Base$7.991 Month
- Pro Plan$16.001 Month
- Mini Pack$2.00
- 30 Quants Pack$4.00
- 100 Quants$10.00
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- 200 Quants$24.00
ContextorAI
- ContextorAI$9.991 Month
- ContextorAI$19.991 Month
- ContextorAI$79.991 Year
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- ContextorAI Pro$149.991 Year









