Comparison

Linote vs Prep the day

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

Head to head
About

Linote

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Linote is inspired by Andrej Karpathy’s append-and-review note-taking approach. One continuous note. Append new thoughts at the top. Review occasionally. Let unimportant ideas naturally sink. This simple model works remarkably well, but managing it inside a generic notes app eventually creates friction. Linote is a purpose-built single-page notebook that keeps the same philosophy while making it faster and more practical for daily use. With Linote, every note lives on one flat page. You can quickly append ideas, move important ones back to the top with a swipe, select multiple notes to merge or clean up, and search instantly by keyword. No folders. No hierarchy. No context switching. Linote helps you unload thoughts quickly, trust that nothing is lost, and review when you are ready. It follows the original method, optimized for real-world use. Privacy Policy: https://empty.mt/privacy_policy_linote Terms of Use: https://empty.mt/termsofuse_linote

About

Prep the day

Features
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Prep the Day is a morning ritual for getting your day in order. Every morning, open the app and type out everything you need to do today β€” fast, messy, stream of consciousness. Don't think about order or priority. Just get it out of your head. Then the on-device AI takes over. It reads your dump, pulls out the real tasks, drops the routine "noise," and hands back a clean, prioritized list for the day. One brain dump in, one focused task list out β€” every morning. ON-DEVICE & PRIVATE β€’ All AI runs on your device using Apple Intelligence. Your text never leaves your iPhone or iPad. β€’ No account, no sign-in, no servers, no tracking. β€’ Works without an internet connection. WHY IT WORKS β€’ A cluttered head makes for a scattered day. Writing it down clears it. β€’ The AI does the sorting so you don't have to organize before you've even started. β€’ Five minutes in the morning saves hours of "what was I supposed to do today?" FEATURES β€’ Brain dump input β€” type everything on your mind β€’ On-device AI task extraction, powered by Apple Intelligence β€’ Noise filtering β€” trivial, routine items are dropped β€’ Priority sorting β€” the list comes back ordered β€’ Edit freely β€” add, rename, complete, and delete tasks β€’ Session history β€” every morning's prep is saved on-device β€’ English and Japanese Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence, with Apple Intelligence turned on. Prep the day. Then go live it.

Screenshots

Linote4 screens
Prep the day3 screens

Verdict

The call

Linote and Prep the day are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Linote versus Prep the day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinotePrep the day
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size0 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmpty StudioMikoto Perut

In-app purchases

None

Linote

No in-app purchases

None

Prep the day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Linote free?
Linote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prep the day free?
Prep the day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Linote or Prep the day have ads?
Neither Linote nor Prep the day shows ads.

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