Orita vs Scrib

Clear your mind. Keep what matters. Orita brings notes, projects, tasks, and meeting decisions into one personal workspace. New notes expire after 24 hours by default. Tap Keep for anything worth saving, or turn default expiry off in Settings. A HOME FOR YOUR IDEAS • Create workspaces and projects. • Connect related ideas with #hashtags. • Keep tasks and visual planning cards alongside your notes. • Search your notes and decisions. ORITA: ONE-TIME PURCHASE Try three active local notes without an Orita account. The one-time Orita upgrade unlocks unlimited local notes, with recordings and on-device AI on supported Apple devices. Optional private iCloud note sync uses your Apple account. Includes 300 on-device English transcription minutes per installation each UTC calendar month. Minutes measure recorded audio duration, not processing speed; summaries do not use those minutes again. On-device summaries require iOS 26 or later, compatible Apple Intelligence hardware, Apple Intelligence enabled, and its model downloaded. Language and regional availability apply. Settings explains your device’s current capabilities. A purchase does not make an incompatible device compatible. ORITA CLOUD Optional monthly or annual Cloud subscriptions provide account-based note sync, a signed-in web workspace, 600 cloud transcription minutes per UTC calendar month, and 25 GB of attachment storage. Existing Pro subscriptions remain supported. Cloud AI requires internet access and your explicit consent to send audio or transcript sections to OpenAI. Each attachment is limited to 20 MB. Structured notes and workspace text share a separate 2 MB library limit. Cloud transcription allowances do not roll over and have a one-minute minimum per audio segment. The one-time local purchase does not include cloud hosting or cloud AI. CHOOSE YOUR CALENDARS Cloud users can choose individual Apple/iCloud or Google calendars already configured in the device’s Calendar accounts, preview upcoming events, and confirm individual imports. Unselected calendars are excluded. This is device-calendar import, not a separate Google sign-in or automatic calendar sync. MEETINGS YOU CAN RETURN TO Record audio on your device and choose available transcription and summary options. Long transcripts are summarized in bounded sections, with saved progress for retries. Failed AI processing retains original audio and completed transcript progress. Recording audio remains on the original device; cross-device audio backup is not included in this version. Always review AI-generated decisions and action items. KEEPING IS YOUR CALL Editing does not extend a note’s expiry. Keep removes its deadline. Orita asks you to keep a meeting note before recording or processing. Turning off default expiry affects future notes. Tasks and planning cards are kept separately; exports and device backups are separate copies. Recording requires microphone permission and participant consent. Recording capacity depends on device storage. On-device AI stays local. AI results may contain mistakes. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation. Manage or cancel in Apple subscription settings. Prices and billing periods are shown before purchase. Restore purchases is available in Settings. Privacy: https://oritanotes.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://oritanotes.com/terms/ Support: https://oritanotes.com/support/

Scrib keeps your notes on your iPhone. There is no account to create, no server to sync with, and no analytics or advertising code in the app. Every note is stored in an encrypted database inside the app's private container, with the key held in the iOS Keychain. WHAT SCRIB DOES • Notes. Write in plain text. Markdown is fine if you use it, and ignored if you don't. • Folders. Group notes into folders, filter the home screen by folder, and search folder names. Folders can be switched off in Settings without deleting anything. • Checklists. Turn any line into a checklist item. Items and plain text can sit in the same note. Tap an item to check it off. • Tap to edit. Tap anywhere in a note and the cursor lands where you tapped. • Colors. 44 note colors, plus 14 text colors that can apply to the title and body or the body only. • Find in note. Search inside a long note; matches are highlighted. • Search. Plain-text search across all notes, on the device. • Import. Bring in .txt and Markdown files, or exports from Google Keep, Simplenote and Evernote (.enex). Checklists in those exports arrive as live checklists. Files are read through the iOS file picker and parsed on the device. • Trash. Deleted notes go to a trash bin and are removed for good after 30 days. Restore any of them before then. • PIN lock. An optional 4 to 6 digit PIN protects the app. Attempts are rate limited. • Vault. A separate, PIN-protected space for notes you want kept apart from the main list. • Share Scrib. One tap in Settings hands a short line and the App Store link to the share sheet. • Languages. English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Simplified Chinese. HOW YOUR DATA IS PROTECTED • Encryption at rest. Every note is written to an AES-256 encrypted database. The key is generated on the device and stored in the iOS Keychain. • Safe upgrades. When the storage format changes, the migration completes fully or not at all, so an interrupted upgrade cannot leave notes half converted. • Key loss detection. If encrypted notes are found without their key, Scrib shows a recovery screen instead of quietly creating a new key. • Save on switch. Pending edits are written to disk the moment you switch apps. WHAT SCRIB DOES NOT DO • It does not make network requests. • It does not ask you to create an account. • It does not sync your notes anywhere. • It does not collect analytics or crash reports. • It does not show ads. • It does not charge for the features listed above. Scrib is built and maintained by one developer, Patrick Colton, also known as Beeswax Pat, a U.S. Army veteran. Questions and requests: beeswaxpat@gmail.com Privacy policy: https://scrib.blog/privacy