Comparison

Embark Reader vs ADHD Notes

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

Head to head
About

Embark Reader

Organize and track research papers from arXiv. Browse daily updates, mark papers as read, download PDFs for offline access, and manage your reading list with folders. It also tracks linked GitHub repositories and imports browser tabs.

Highlights
  • Browse daily arXiv paper drops
  • Mark papers as read
  • Download PDFs for offline reading
  • Organize papers with folders
  • Track linked GitHub repos
  • Import Chrome tabs
Features
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Read, organize, and track arXiv research papers. If you're drowning in browser tabs full of papers you'll "read later," this is for you. Browse daily arXiv paper drops by category, mark papers as read, download PDFs for offline reading, and organize everything with folders. Finally bring order to your research reading list. Track GitHub repos linked to papers to see when "code coming soon" actually ships. Import your existing Chrome tabs to escape tab bankruptcy, search arXiv directly from the app. Download the app for desktop too. Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability. Embark Reader was not reviewed or approved by, nor does it necessarily express or reflect the policies or opinions of, arXiv.

About

ADHD Notes

This app helps manage tasks and reminders for individuals with ADHD. It offers a simple, flat interface to capture thoughts and provides focus tools, gentle reminders, and a daily summary to reduce mental clutter.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts from anywhere
  • Focus mode with quiet timer
  • Recurring nudges and daily briefs
  • Full context on every task
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Low-stimulation mode
Features
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Your head, but quieter. ADHD Notes is a calmer task and follow-up app built for brains that run many threads at once. Stop holding everything in your head. Capture it, keep it in context, and let the app surface what needs you next. WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Most task apps make you file everything into projects and nested folders. For an ADHD brain, too much structure becomes friction. ADHD Notes keeps work visible on one flat board with a simple promise: get it out of your head, and let the tool carry it. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE Type it, paste an email, speak it, use Siri, or tap the Home Screen widget. The assistant can turn messy thoughts into clean tasks with the right dates, people, and context. ONE THING AT A TIME A focus mode with a quiet timer, gentle check-ins, and a live countdown on your Lock Screen. No noise, no nagging. IT REMEMBERS FOR YOU Recurring nudges resurface what slips. Follow-ups can move out of sight until tomorrow. A plain-language Daily Brief tells you where things stand. Reminders bring tasks back exactly when you asked. FULL CONTEXT ON EVERY TASK People, customers, meetings, notes, subtasks, links, and history live on the task card. Nothing scattered, nothing lost. RIGHT FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch support. Ask Siri to capture a thought. Find tasks with Spotlight. MADE FOR YOUR BRAIN Flat by design, with no nesting to get lost in. Calm colors, quiet motion, lighter visual noise, and forgiving undo patterns. Deleted items wait in Trash for 30 days, so mistakes are easy to recover. Free to start. You could be carrying less in five minutes.

Screenshots

Embark Reader3 screens
ADHD Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Embark Reader at 5.0 against ADHD Notes's 4.2. Embark Reader also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). ADHD Notes's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Embark Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADHD Notes has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Embark Reader's written reviews are positive against 67% of ADHD Notes's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Embark Reader versus ADHD Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbark ReaderADHD Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaan LabsUseful Tools LLC

Customer experience

Embark Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ADHD Notes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Embark Reader

No in-app purchases

None

ADHD Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Embark Reader free?
Embark Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ADHD Notes free?
ADHD Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Embark Reader or ADHD Notes?
Embark Reader is rated higher. Embark Reader averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ADHD Notes averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Embark Reader or ADHD Notes have ads?
Neither Embark Reader nor ADHD Notes shows ads.

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