Comparison

Gravity vs StowLink

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

Head to head
About

Gravity

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience by eliminating folders and tags, focusing on a single, continuous stream of thoughts. Capture ideas instantly and use simple gestures to manage your notes, prioritizing what matters most.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Single stream organization
  • Swipe gestures for actions
  • Attention-based prioritization
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Lightweight prefixes for filtering
  • Fast search functionality
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one stream, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the stream. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It matches parts of words and ignores accents. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the stream. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no accounts and no analytics, and it doesn't collect any data. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from three text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

About

StowLink

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StowLink is a focused bookmark manager for saving, organizing, and revisiting the links that matter to you on iPhone. SAVE FROM ANY APP Use the Share Sheet in Safari and other apps to send a link directly to StowLink. New captures are stored immediately, then imported and synchronized automatically when iOS gives StowLink an opportunity to run. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create folders and nested folders that match the way you think. Add notes, move bookmarks between folders, and sort your library by date or title. FIND ANYTHING FAST Search saved pages and folders from one place. StowLink searches across your library, including links stored inside nested folders. READ AND WATCH See rich previews, open websites in the in-app browser, and play supported video links without leaving StowLink. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Optional iCloud sync can keep the same library available in StowLink for iPhone and StowLink for Mac. Your local library remains usable when you are offline. WORKS ON ITS OWN StowLink for iPhone is free and fully useful by itself. It requires no account, subscription, external purchase, or Mac. STOWLINK FOR MAC StowLink for Mac is a separate purchase. If you use both apps, sign in with the same Apple Account and enable iCloud in StowLink on both devices to keep one library available across iPhone and Mac. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.stowlink.app/privacy

Screenshots

Gravity4 screens
StowLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StowLink at Free against Gravity's $9.99. StowLink also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

StowLink is free to download; Gravity costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gravity ships an update every 11 days, StowLink every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gravity versus StowLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravityStowLink
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTristan ManchesterAshkan Sotoudeh

In-app purchases

None

Gravity

No in-app purchases

None

StowLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gravity free?
Gravity costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StowLink free?
StowLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gravity or StowLink have ads?
Neither Gravity nor StowLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gravity or StowLink?
Gravity ships an update every 11 days, and StowLink every 5 days. Most recently, Gravity was updated on October 20, 2026 and StowLink on October 13, 2026.

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