Comparison

Prism Notes vs Oareo

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

Oareo

Capture indoor spaces as accurate 3D models using LiDAR technology. Explore, measure, and generate 2D floor plans with customizable styles. Export in various 3D and 2D formats, all while keeping your data private and offline.

Highlights
  • LiDAR-powered 3D room capture
  • Interactive 3D viewer with style customization
  • Precise measurement tools (ruler, area)
  • Automatic 2D blueprint generation
  • Export to multiple 3D and 2D formats
  • Offline and private by design
  • AR Quick Look preview
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Oareo is a professional LiDAR-powered app for capturing indoor spaces as accurate 3D models — entirely offline and private by default. CAPTURE Choose the workflow that fits your project: • Single Room — fast one-room results with real-time progress • Multi-Room — walk through connected spaces in one session • Structure — build and expand larger projects over time, adding rooms across sessions EXPLORE • Interactive 3D viewer with pan, zoom, and orbital controls • Layer toggles for walls, floor, ceiling, furniture, and openings • Camera presets: Top, Front, Side, Isometric • Style Studio — customize floors with textures, walls with individual colors, and recolor every object • Free Roam — walk through your capture in first person with dual-joystick controls • AR Quick Look — preview any model in your real environment MEASURE • Ruler mode for precise point-to-point distances on 3D surfaces • Area mode for multi-point polygon measurements • Drag to adjust points with real-time recalculation FLOOR PLANS • Automatic 2D blueprint generation with walls, doors, windows, and furniture • Dimension lines with perimeter measurements • Multi-room and multi-floor support • Export to PDF (vector) or PNG (raster) EXPORT • 3D formats: USDZ, OBJ, STL, PLY, XYZ • Floor plans: PDF, PNG • Screenshot editor with annotation tools • Native iOS share sheet MANAGE • Visual library with structure and room cards • Rich room info: dimensions, detected objects, location map, technical specs • iCloud backup (optional, disabled by default) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data on-device — works 100% offline • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party services • No account required • Optional iCloud backup uses your private CloudKit container Requirements: • LiDAR-capable iPhone or iPad (iPhone 12 Pro+, iPad Pro 2020+) • iOS/iPadOS 17 or later

Screenshots

Prism Notes4 screens
Oareo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Oareo at none against Prism Notes's 2. Prism Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Prism Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Oareo 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 Oareo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prism Notes has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prism Notes ships an update every 4 days, Oareo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prism Notes versus Oareo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrism NotesOareo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (29 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTommy JosephVenkata Sai Dutt Ganduri

Customer experience

Prism Notes

All ratings29 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Oareo

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Prism Notes

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

Oareo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prism Notes free?
Prism Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oareo free?
Oareo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prism Notes or Oareo?
Oareo is rated higher. Prism Notes averages 4.9 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Oareo averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Prism Notes or Oareo have ads?
Neither Prism Notes nor Oareo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prism Notes or Oareo?
Prism Notes ships an update every 4 days, and Oareo every 2 months. Most recently, Prism Notes was updated on September 30, 2026 and Oareo on August 27, 2026.

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