Comparison

Prism Notes vs Gravity Notes

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

Head to head
About

Prism Notes

Capture thoughts and links quickly with a familiar texting interface. Organize ideas with AI-suggested tags and develop them across linked threads. Review notes to keep what matters and easily search by keyword or meaning.

Highlights
  • Texting-like note capture
  • AI-suggested tags
  • Threaded idea development
  • Review mode for notes
  • Sync across devices
  • Natural language reminders
  • Lock screen capture
Features
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Prism is the private place for quick thoughts and links. It feels like texting, rather than writing in a document. Capture easily, organize with tags, develop ideas across threads, review to keep only what matters. Free to try! Features: - Private and on-device - Opt in to iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac - Voice transcription and voice memos - Lock screen widgets for text and voice capture - AI-suggested tags to make organizing easy or automatic AI tagging (requires apple intelligence) - Review mode to keep notes alive or let them go - Threads to evolve a thought and link them together - Search by keyword - Natural language reminders - just say "remind me tomorrow at 2pm" (requires apple intelligence)

About

Gravity Notes

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.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Single stream organization
  • Swipe gestures for actions
  • Attention-based prioritization
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Lightweight prefixes for filtering
  • Fast search functionality
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one list, 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 list. 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 finds what you mean as well as what you typed: "sofa" finds your note about the couch. Typos, plurals, accents and shorthand like appt still find the note, and dates, phone numbers and amounts match however you write them. 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 list. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no ads and no analytics, and you don't need an account. 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. Gravity Sync (Beta) syncs with Android too, free during the beta. 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 five 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

Screenshots

Prism Notes4 screens
Gravity Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Prism Notes at Free against Gravity Notes's $9.99. Prism Notes also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Gravity Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Prism Notes is free to download; Gravity Notes costs $9.99 up front. Prism Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gravity Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Prism Notes against 5.0 for Gravity Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Prism Notes's written reviews are positive against 92% of Gravity Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prism Notes ships an update every 3 days, Gravity Notes every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Prism Notes versus Gravity Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrism NotesGravity Notes
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (39 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTommy JosephTristan Manchester

Customer experience

Prism Notes

All ratings39 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gravity Notes

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Prism Notes

One-time2
  • Lifetime Unlock$6.99
  • Lifetime Unlock$12.99
None

Gravity Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prism Notes free?
Prism Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gravity Notes free?
Gravity Notes costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prism Notes or Gravity Notes?
Gravity Notes is rated higher. Prism Notes averages 4.9 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Gravity Notes averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Prism Notes or Gravity Notes have ads?
Neither Prism Notes nor Gravity Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prism Notes or Gravity Notes?
Prism Notes ships an update every 3 days, and Gravity Notes every 11 days. Most recently, Prism Notes was updated on November 5, 2026 and Gravity Notes on November 5, 2026.

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