Comparison

Stacks vs cyberWriter

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

Head to head
About

Stacks

Organize and share moments, ideas, and lists with others. Create private or shared collections for anything from restaurants to trip plans, and collaborate with friends and family by adding photos, links, and places.

Highlights
  • Create private or shared stacks
  • Add photos, videos, text, links, and places
  • Organize lists, plans, recommendations, and memories
  • Collaborate with friends and family
  • React, comment, and keep ideas moving
  • Quickly save content into the right stack
Features
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Stacks helps you organize and share moments, ideas, plans, and everyday lists with the people who matter. Create a stack for anything: restaurants to try, trip plans, grocery lists, photos, links, places, chores, quotes, games, or ideas you do not want to lose. Add cards, keep everything in one place, and invite others to view or contribute. Whether you are planning with friends, saving recommendations, or keeping track of life’s little details, Stacks makes shared organization feel simple and visual. Key features: - Create private or shared stacks - Add photos, videos, text, links, and places - Organize lists, plans, recommendations, and memories - Collaborate with friends and family - React, comment, and keep shared ideas moving - Quickly save content into the right stack Stacks is a flexible home for the things you want to remember, plan, and share.

About

cyberWriter

This app offers a comprehensive Markdown editing experience with live WYSIWYG, split-screen editing, and the ability to link notes into a knowledge graph. It supports diagrams, charts, and math, with a built-in terminal for vault management and optional AI integration. All data is stored locally and offline.

Highlights
  • Live WYSIWYG Markdown editing
  • Knowledge graph with wikilinks
  • Built-in GLOW terminal with AI
  • Support for diagrams, charts, and math
  • Offline and private by design
  • Export to PDF, Word, and HTML
Features
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cyberWriter turns plain Markdown into a live studio - write in true WYSIWYG, split screen editing, link your notes into a knowledge graph, and drop in diagrams, charts, drawings from excalidraw, and KaTeX math. All native, all offline, no account required. Even use the built in GLOW terminal to manage, script and create docs in your vault, with your own AI models if you'd like. Bring your own vault from any popular markdown editor and unleash your potential. It reads and writes ordinary .md files in your own folders - including iCloud Drive - so your notes stay portable, future-proof, and yours. WRITE • Live WYSIWYG editing with a one-tap raw-Markdown toggle • Tables, callouts, task lists, footnotes, code blocks • Split view, focus mode, and beautiful themes • Clip a web page → clean Markdown, images and all * New TOML Support and Pageless PDF exports POWER TOOLS • GLOW terminal - a built-in command line for your vault, with your AI model on the prompt • Live data blocks - pull from any API straight into a note • Typed YAML properties with an inline editor • Dataview-style query blocks to list and filter across your vault • Templates, find & replace, snippets, and media embeds (audio, video, PDF, CSV) LINK • [[Wikilinks]] and automatic backlinks across your vault • #tags, a quick-open switcher, and hover previews • An interactive 3D knowledge graph of your notes SHOW • Mermaid diagrams - flowcharts, sequence, Gantt, and more • Vega-Lite charts straight from your data • Excalidraw hand-drawn diagrams • LaTeX math, beautifully typeset • Play any note as slides or spaced-repetition flash cards CAPTURE & EXPORT • Voice notes and on-device dictation • Export to PDF, Word, and HTML - no external tools, no cloud PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Fully offline. No account, no sign-up, no telemetry, no ads • Optional AI connects only to a provider you choose - a local server (Ollama, LM Studio, oMLX etc), your own API key, or Apple Intelligence on supported devices. Nothing leaves your device unless you set it up. One purchase. Your notes, your device, your rules.

Screenshots

Stacks1 screens
cyberWriter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stacks at Free against cyberWriter's $14.99. cyberWriter's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On rating, 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

Stacks is free to download; cyberWriter costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stacks against 5.0 for cyberWriter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stacks ships an update every 4 months, cyberWriter weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stacks versus cyberWriter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStackscyberWriter
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDerainged LLCJohn Taverna

In-app purchases

None

Stacks

No in-app purchases

None

cyberWriter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stacks free?
Stacks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is cyberWriter free?
cyberWriter costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stacks or cyberWriter?
Stacks and cyberWriter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Stacks or cyberWriter have ads?
Neither Stacks nor cyberWriter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stacks or cyberWriter?
Stacks ships an update every 4 months, and cyberWriter weekly. Most recently, Stacks was updated on October 31, 2026 and cyberWriter on October 31, 2026.

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