Prism Notes vs Git Sync Markdown Notes
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)
Git Sync Markdown Notes
A fast, native markdown notebook that stores your notes in markdown format. Sync your notes with a Mac app via Git and integrate with other markdown note applications. You retain full ownership of your data.
- Markdown with inline preview
- Task lists for todos
- Sync via Github
- Works with existing markdown notes
- Wikilinks for personal wiki
- Fast search across notes
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A fast, native markdown notebook that stores your notes as markdown. Sync with mdnb for mac via Git and works with other Markdown note apps. No proprietary format. You own your data & have the right to use it in the best interface for you. We hope & think mdnb is the right place for your notes. - Markdown with inline preview - Track todos with task lists - Sync via Github - Works with your existing markdown notes from apps like Obsidian, Bear & iA Writer - Link notes with [[wikilinks]] to build a personal wiki / second brain - Spotlight-backed search across every note, in milliseconds A local-first markdown editor for people who want to own their notes. Fast, native & intuitive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Git Sync Markdown Notes at none against Prism Notes's 2. Prism Notes's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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 1 one-off in-app purchase. Git Sync Markdown Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Prism Notes against 5.0 for Git Sync Markdown Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prism Notes has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Prism Notes ships an update every 4 days, Git Sync Markdown Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prism Notes | Git Sync Markdown Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tommy Joseph | Nicholas Ritschel |
Customer experience
Prism Notes
Git Sync Markdown Notes
In-app purchases
Prism Notes
- Lifetime Unlock2 variants$4.99
Git Sync Markdown Notes
No in-app purchases





