SpillStack vs PhiNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpillStack
Capture and organize all your thoughts, from voice notes to text entries. This AI-powered tool automatically categorizes your input into tasks, ideas, projects, and more, providing summaries and tags for effortless management.
- Capture voice and text input
- AI-powered categorization
- Automatic summarization
- Automated tagging
- Organizes into tasks, ideas, projects, learning, research
- Cross-device compatibility
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SpillStack lets you dump anything (voice or text) into one place. The AI instantly reads it, understands it, and sorts it into: - Tasks - Ideas - Projects - Learning - Research and more. It adds summaries and tags automatically. Your thoughts go in messy... they come out organized.
PhiNote
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PhiNote is a private notes app with a real AI built in — and it never leaves your phone. Write your notes like you always do. Then ask PhiNote anything about them: "What did I write about SN2 reactions?" or "Summarize chapter 4." The AI reads your notes and answers instantly, because it's running locally with Qwen3 — not in the cloud. Studying for a test? Tap Quiz Me and PhiNote turns any note into a quiz on the spot. Get scored, see exactly which questions you missed, and review before your next session. Why on-device matters: • Your notes and questions never touch a server • Works with zero internet connection • No accounts required to use the AI • Nothing to leak, nothing to subscribe to just to feel safe Built for iPhone and iPad, with a proper split-view layout on iPad so your notes and chat sit side by side. Free to write, organize, and read your notes. Unlock on-device AI — chat and Quiz Me — with a one-time purchase. Private by design. Smart by default.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SpillStack at none against PhiNote's 1. SpillStack also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PhiNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SpillStack asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpillStack ships an update daily, PhiNote every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpillStack | PhiNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damian Mathews | PHIORANEX PRIVATE LIMITED |
In-app purchases
SpillStack
No in-app purchases
PhiNote
- PhiNote Pro$0.99
