Comparison

Cogno vs Etzly

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

Head to head
About

Cogno

Features
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Cogno is an AI-managed workspace designed to help individuals and teams stay organized, aligned, and consistently moving forward. Track tasks, manage priorities, and maintain clarity with an AI system that supports your workflow—not by acting as a teammate, but by enhancing the way you work. Capture ideas, break down goals, and stay aware of what matters most. Whether you're working solo or collaborating across a team, Cogno keeps your workspace structured and your progress visible. With real-time insights, automatic organization, and simple collaboration tools, Cogno removes friction from everyday work so you can focus on getting things done. Stay organized. Stay aligned. Work with clarity.

About

Etzly

This visual note-taking application helps you organize thoughts and ideas by creating connected trees. Expand on initial concepts with detailed branches and sub-branches, keeping information contextually relevant. It's designed for users who prefer a non-linear approach to organizing information.

Highlights
  • Organize ideas visually
  • Create connected branches and sub-branches
  • Write rich notes with formatting and links
  • Search and jump to specific thoughts
  • Keep work and personal ideas separate
  • Local data storage
Features
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Think in branches with Etzly, a visual note-taking app that turns ideas into connected trees. Start with a big thought, then add branches and sub-branches as your thinking grows. Every branch has its own note, so details stay beside the idea they belong to. Use Etzly to: • Organize ideas, projects, research, and goals visually • Move between the full tree and a focused branch • Write rich notes with bold, italic, underline, lists, checklists, and links • Search your tree and jump straight to any thought • Keep work and personal ideas connected without flattening them into one long list Etzly is made for visual thinkers, writers, students, makers, and anyone whose ideas do not fit into a straight line. No account is required. In the current version, your trees, branches, and notes are stored locally on your device. Find the structure in your thinking, keep the context around every idea, and follow each branch where it leads. https://etzly.com/terms/ https://etzly.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Cogno4 screens
Etzly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Etzly at weekly against Cogno's every 8 months. Etzly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cogno ships an update every 8 months, Etzly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cogno versus Etzly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCognoEtzly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuichi MatsuokaTEXTMYLINK LLC

In-app purchases

None

Cogno

No in-app purchases

None

Etzly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cogno free?
Cogno is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Etzly free?
Etzly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cogno or Etzly have ads?
Neither Cogno nor Etzly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cogno or Etzly?
Cogno ships an update every 8 months, and Etzly weekly. Most recently, Cogno was updated on October 20, 2026 and Etzly on October 4, 2026.

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