Prod vs BookStax

Most ideas aren't bad. They're lost. Thinking is a resource. Most people waste most of it by accident — wrong moment, wrong friction, no tool at hand. The gap between having an idea and losing it is where most good thinking goes. Prod exists because that's a waste worth fixing. Capture in seconds Ideas are fleeting. Prod gets out of your way so you can catch a thought the moment it arrives. No setup, no ceremony. Review with a swipe Not every idea needs action right now. Swipe to mark ideas as Active, Paused, or Archived — you can also send an idea to be actioned elsewhere. Stay focused on what matters without losing anything. Timely prods The difference between an idea and something real is usually just timing. Prod handles the timing. Discover your patterns Learn when your mind is sharpest. Prod tracks your ideation habits — your most productive times, your best days, your streaks — so you can work with your creativity, not against it. Prod is not a project manager. It is not a notes app. It is the thing you reach for in the first three seconds of an idea arriving — and the reason that idea still exists tomorrow. Available on iPhone, iPad. Some features require a subscription or in-app purchase. EULA — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

BookStax brings your self-hosted BookStack wiki to iPhone and iPad as a native app. Read, write and search – directly on your own server. Read • Shelves, books, chapters and pages – the same structure as in BookStack • Images, callouts, tables and collapsible blocks look like they do on the web • Favorites and recently opened pages on the home screen Write • Markdown editor with preview, or the visual editor • Upload images, add tags, insert callouts • Quick Note: capture an idea – without a connection it is uploaded later Search • Full-text search with filters for content type and tag • Find downloaded pages in Spotlight, too Notifications (Pro) • Push notifications from your wiki: new and updated pages, comments, new chapters and books • For admins: keep an eye on new users, registrations, API tokens and changed settings • Choose the events per server – BookStax sets up the webhook in BookStack Offline and widgets • Download books and shelves and browse them without a connection, images included • Widgets for your favorites and an overview of your wiki AI helpers for your pages • Summarize, translate or proofread your own pages • With Apple Intelligence right on your device, or with an AI service you connect yourself Privacy • Your API token is stored in the iOS Keychain. If you like, Face ID or Touch ID locks the app. • BookStax connects to your BookStack server. AI requests go only to the service you set up yourself. • For notifications, BookStack sends events to the BookStax push service. It only forwards the ones you choose to Apple and stores no content. • Anonymous usage statistics (e.g. first launch, server connected) help improve the app – no server addresses, content or personal data. You can turn them off in Settings under "Security". Free and Pro Reading, writing, search, offline reading, widgets and AI are free. BookStax Pro, a one-time purchase, adds: • Notifications from BookStack: pages, comments, books and administration • Shortcuts & Siri: search, open and create pages, fetch content for your own automations • Sharing & export: share page links, export as PDF, Markdown, HTML or text, save text, links and photos from other apps to BookStack • Offline editing with automatic sync • Multiple server profiles • Three premium reader themes, a custom accent colour, one colour per server Requirements • Your own BookStack instance and an API token from your BookStack profile • No server yet? You can try BookStax with the BookStack demo server right in the app. Good to know — BookStax is an independent client and not an official product of the BookStack project. It requires your own self-hosted BookStack server and does not include a server of its own. About the project: https://www.bookstackapp.com / BookStax Pro is a one-time purchase – no subscription, no automatic renewal. Purchases can be restored in the app. / Terms of use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/