Tana vs Reflect Open
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tana
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Meetings that ship work. Tana turns meetings into finished work. Capture meetings from Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams on desktop, or host calls directly in Tana. Then stay on top of your day, ask questions about past conversations, review the work your meetings created, and join Tana calls from your iPhone. Tana for iOS is the companion app that let's you: Stay on top of your day See what needs your attention at a glance. Review upcoming meetings, out-of-office updates, and work waiting on you. Chat with your meetings Ask Tana about past meetings, status updates, and shared context with your team. View docs, issues, and projects Open the work your meetings created. Review context, acceptance criteria, attached documents, and the details you need to keep moving. Get the gist, even if you weren't there Catch up quickly with clear meeting summaries and outcomes. See what was decided, what needs to happen next, and open the details when you need them. Join Tana meetings on the go Join calls from your iPhone, see who's in the room, and keep the conversation connected to the work. Tana goes beyond notetaking and helps you file issues, update CRMs, send updates, and complete the docs, before the meeting ends. -- Try the full experience with a 30-day free trial, then continue on the free plan with meeting transcripts, documents, and basic AI search, or subscribe for expanded AI, unlimited hosted meetings, meeting agents, and powerful integrations.
Reflect Open
This app offers a local-first note-taking experience using plain Markdown files. It supports daily notes, wiki-style linking, and on-device AI features for enhanced privacy and personal knowledge management.
- Daily notes with quick capture
- Wiki links and backlinks
- On-device semantic search
- Bring-your-own-key AI chat
- Audio memos with transcription
- iCloud Drive or Git sync
- Markdown source of truth
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Reflect Open is a local-first note-taking app for daily notes, linked thinking, and private AI over your own files. Start each day in a daily note, capture meetings, ideas, tasks, and journal entries, then connect people and projects with wiki-style links. Reflect builds a personal graph from ordinary Markdown files, with fast search, backlinks, and optional semantic search that runs on-device. Your notes stay yours. Reflect has no account, no telemetry, and no Reflect-hosted cloud service. Notes are stored as plain Markdown in a folder you choose, with a rebuildable local SQLite index beside them. Optional AI chat, transcription, and sync features only run when you connect your own provider or storage, and private notes are blocked from external AI calls. Highlights: - Daily notes first, with quick capture into today. - Wiki links and backlinks instead of folders. - Full-text search and optional on-device semantic search. - Optional bring-your-own-key AI chat over your notes. - Audio memos with optional BYOK transcription. - iCloud Drive or Git-based sync using files you own. - Markdown source of truth for long-term portability. - Keyboard-native, minimal interface built for focus. Terms of Use: https://reflect.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://reflect.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tana at none against Reflect Open's 2. Reflect Open's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Reflect Open sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Tana asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tana ships an update every 6 days, Reflect Open every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tana | Reflect Open |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tana | Reflect App, LLC |
In-app purchases
Tana
No in-app purchases
Reflect Open
- Reflect Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Reflect Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.001 Year









