Weave Thoughts vs Liubai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weave Thoughts
Capture and organize fleeting ideas, quotes, and insights with a powerful search and filtering system. Visualize your thought patterns and maintain complete privacy with local data storage. Organize thoughts using threads, tags, and colors for instant retrieval.
- Unlimited thoughts and threads
- Full-text search with tag filtering
- Color-coded organization
- Favorites system
- Analytics and insights
- Offline and private data storage
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Weave - Capture & Find Your Thoughts Never lose a brilliant idea again. Weave helps you capture fleeting thoughts, powerful quotes, book insights, and daily observations—then find them instantly when you need them most. Organize Your Way - Threads: Group related thoughts together (books you're reading, project ideas, daily journal) - Tags: Add hashtags like #productivity, #habits, or #ideas for flexible organization - Colors: Visually organize with six color options - Favorites: Star your most important thoughts for quick access Find Anything, Fast - Powerful Search: Full-text search across all your thoughts - Tag Filtering: Type #tagname to instantly filter by any tag - Favorite Filter: Type @favorite to see only starred items - Smart Tokens: Visual search tokens make filtering intuitive Track Your Progress - Insights Dashboard: See your thought patterns over time - Activity Charts: Visualize when you're most creative - Tag Analytics: Discover your most-used topics - Thread Statistics: Track favorites, books, and total thoughts Beautiful & Private - Dark Mode: Easy on the eyes, perfect for late-night insights - Clean Design: Focus on your thoughts, not clutter - Fully Private: All data stays on your device with SwiftData - No Account Required: Start capturing immediately Whether you're collecting wisdom from books, building better habits, or simply capturing life's moments—Weave keeps everything organized and instantly retrievable. Download Weave and start weaving your thoughts together. Key Features: - Unlimited thoughts and threads - Full-text search with tag filtering - Color-coded organization - Favorites system - Analytics and insights - Books and general thought categories - Completely offline and private - Clean, native iOS design
Liubai
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Liubai is a private notes app for ideas, reminders, and short thoughts. It is built for fast capture and simple organization. Save the notes you want to keep, sort them with notebooks, find them later with search, and protect them with backup and privacy lock. Features: - Capture notes, ideas, reminders, and short personal thoughts - Organize with notebooks, favorites, and search - Restore notes from Recently Deleted - Export and import notes with backup tools - Lock the app with Face ID or device passcode Liubai is a good fit if you want: - A cleaner alternative to cluttered note apps - A simpler place for quick personal notes - More privacy for everyday thoughts and saved lines - Better control over backup and recovery
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Weave Thoughts at Free against Liubai's $0.99. Weave Thoughts also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Weave Thoughts is free to download; Liubai costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weave Thoughts ships an update every 10 days, Liubai every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weave Thoughts | Liubai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Sites | 文逵 张 |
In-app purchases
Weave Thoughts
No in-app purchases
Liubai
No in-app purchases
