Prism Notes vs Thinglo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Texting-like note capture
- AI-suggested tags
- Threaded idea development
- Review mode for notes
- Sync across devices
- Natural language reminders
- Lock screen capture
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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)
Thinglo
Easily save and organize articles, videos, documents, and more from any app. AI analyzes content for smart summaries, key insights, and auto-generated titles. Set smart reminders and find anything instantly with powerful search.
- Save content from any app
- AI-powered content analysis
- Automatic organization by type
- Smart reminders based on content
- Instant search and filtering
- Document scanning with OCR
- Private and secure storage
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Thinglo is the simplest way to save and organize everything that matters to you. Found an interesting article? A recipe video? An important invoice? A document you need later? Just tap Share from any app, and Thinglo saves it instantly. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share content from any app — Safari, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X/Twitter, WhatsApp, Mail, Photos, Files, and more. Save links, videos, images, PDFs, documents, invoices, receipts, and notes in one tap. AI INSIGHTS Thinglo uses AI to deeply analyze your saved content and extract what matters most. Get smart summaries and key points from articles and videos. Discover locations on an interactive map, full recipes with ingredients and steps, product details, movie and event info — all pulled out automatically. Browse all your insights in one place, filter by type, and add your own personal notes. MUSIC RECOGNITION Identify songs from any saved video with built-in Shazam-powered recognition. Thinglo finds the song title, artist, album, and artwork — and links directly to Apple Music. FOR YOU — YOUR SMART FEED Your personal feed shows today's reminders, upcoming tasks, recently saved items, and favorites — all in one place. The Rediscovery Engine surfaces forgotten items you saved weeks or months ago, so nothing gets lost. SMART ORGANIZATION Thinglo automatically detects the content type and organizes it into categories — Websites, Videos, Images, Screenshots, Documents, and Notes. Create your own custom categories and set a default category for quick access. AI-POWERED TITLES Thinglo uses AI to analyze your saved content and generate descriptive titles automatically, so you always know what you saved at a glance. SMART REMINDERS Never forget what matters. Thinglo suggests the ideal reminder time for each item based on its content type — articles in the evening, work documents in the morning, videos on weekends. Smart Reminders learn your personal habits and adapt suggestions to match your schedule. RICH NOTES Add rich-text notes to any saved item with bold, italic, headings, and lists. Or create standalone notes with full formatting support. INSTANT SEARCH Find anything you saved in seconds. Search by title, notes, or URL. Filter by date, platform, and category. Your items are also searchable through iOS Spotlight. DOCUMENT SCANNER Scan physical documents, receipts, invoices, and business cards with built-in OCR. Go paperless effortlessly. PRIVATE & SECURE Lock sensitive items with Face ID or passcode. Your data is stored on your device with optional iCloud sync. No tracking, no ads. Privacy-first design. CLIPBOARD PASTE Paste content directly from your clipboard — images, links, or text — and save it instantly without leaving the app. FAVORITES & VIEW MODES Mark items as favorites for quick access in your For You feed. Switch between card, list, and gallery views to browse your way. iPAD SUPPORT Fully optimized for iPad with a sidebar navigation layout and adaptive design for the bigger screen. MULTI-LANGUAGE Full support for English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Portuguese with right-to-left layout support. Free to use with up to 30 saves. Upgrade to Thinglo Pro for unlimited saves, AI insights, music recognition, smart reminders, and Face ID lock — monthly, yearly, or lifetime. Terms of Use: https://thinglo.app/#terms Privacy Policy: https://thinglo.app/#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Prism Notes at free against Thinglo's freemium. Prism Notes also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (32 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Prism Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Thinglo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Prism Notes against 5.0 for Thinglo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prism Notes has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Prism Notes ships an update every 4 days, Thinglo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prism Notes | Thinglo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tommy Joseph | Assaf Suissa |
Customer experience
Prism Notes
Thinglo
In-app purchases
Prism Notes
- Lifetime Unlock$6.99
- Lifetime Unlock$12.99
Thinglo
- Thinglo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Thinglo Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Thinglo Pro Lifetime$39.99









