Comparison

LinkNote vs Dossier

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

Head to head
About

LinkNote

Features
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Ever know someone's name but not who they are? Business cards pile up. Your contacts list runs into the hundreds. Yet you can't recall who introduced you, or the name of their kid you asked about last time. The people keep growing. Your memory doesn't. That gap shows up at the next meeting. The moment you ask something they already told you, they feel it: "They don't remember me." In sales, beauty, coaching, freelancing โ€” any work where people are the work โ€” that one moment decides the next contract or the next visit. Your contacts app stores numbers. It doesn't store relationships. LinkNote draws the people you know and the connections between them as dots and lines. Instead of a list, you see the actual structure of your relationships. Open the map right before a meeting and in 10 seconds you know how everyone connects and what you last talked about. โ–  See distance at a glance People are colored by how close they are to you, so you spot who's near and who's drifting. โ–  Sort by group Split people into groups and tags โ€” work, clients, hobbies โ€” and show only the connections you need. โ–  Record on your own terms Create the fields you need for each person: preferences, family, who introduced them, anything. Notes have no length limit. โ–  Log who you met Attach people to a daily entry and keep track of who you met and when. LinkNote also shows who you haven't seen in a while. โ–  Check-in reminders Get a nudge at a time you choose about people you've lost touch with. โ–  Insights LinkNote reads your map and tells you where connections cluster and where they're thin. โ–  Straight from the home screen Long-press the app icon to add a person, write today's entry, or search. โ–  Stays on your device People, connections and entries are stored only on this device and never sent to a server. Save a backup file and bring everything to your new phone. โ–  Contacts never leave When you add from Contacts, only the people you pick are saved inside the app.

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Dossier

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Turn your X bookmarks into a searchable archive with AI titles, summaries, categories and tags. Dossier saves your archive on your device and lets you export it to the tools you use. PAY FOR WHAT YOU IMPORT Connect X to receive 20 free starter credits once per X account. One credit imports and organises one previously unimported bookmark. Already imported bookmarks are skipped without using credits. Check your available X bookmarks before importing: a completed scan costs 0.5 credits and shows how many remain and how many more credits you need. Buy 200 or 1,000 credits when you need more. Purchased credits never expire; no new subscription is required. Prices are shown in your local currency. RESUME YOUR ARCHIVE Imports use pages of up to 90 bookmarks and pause when fewer than one credit remains. Top up to continue the unfinished backlog, including the remainder of a page. Already imported bookmarks are skipped on later pulls; retrying the same interrupted delivery does not charge twice. X may omit unavailable posts, and a scan is a snapshot of the bookmarks X returns. Share individual X links to Dossier to queue them for import. YOUR SAVED ARCHIVE STAYS AVAILABLE Browse, search and export saved content even at zero credits. Credit balances follow your connected X account across devices. Existing purchases remain supported for their paid duration. AI AND PRIVACY With your permission, DeepSeek processes bookmark text, author names and content signals to organise your imports. Choose Apple AI in Settings > AI Engine to organise imports with Apple Foundation Models: Private Cloud Compute on eligible iOS 27 devices, subject to Apple's availability, locale and quota checks, or on-device models on supported devices running iOS 26 or later. Apple selection never switches to DeepSeek automatically. DeepSeek remains a separate choice and processes content only with your explicit permission. Your permanent archive stays on-device. The worker retains a temporary delivery copy for up to 24 hours to recover interrupted pulls, then deletes it, including for Apple imports. Apple AI does not change credit charges: one credit still imports and organises one previously unimported bookmark. Terms of Use: https://mashdev.co.za/terms

Screenshots

LinkNote4 screens
Dossier4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LinkNote at weekly against Dossier's every 3 months. LinkNote also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. LinkNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Dossier sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkNote ships an update weekly, Dossier every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
LinkNote versus Dossier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkNoteDossier
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size69 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeongbin ParkKamogelo Mashishi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LinkNote

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • LinkNote Pro (1-Year Plan)$15.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
4 purchases

Dossier

Subscriptions4
  • Dossier Standard Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Dossier Pro Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Dossier Standard Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
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  • Dossier Pro Yearly7 Days trial$109.991 Year

Questions

Is LinkNote free?
LinkNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dossier free?
Dossier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LinkNote or Dossier have ads?
Neither LinkNote nor Dossier shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LinkNote or Dossier?
LinkNote ships an update weekly, and Dossier every 3 months. Most recently, LinkNote was updated on October 25, 2026 and Dossier on October 25, 2026.

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