Afterthought vs Cross

Afterthought turns spoken thoughts into prepared actions for the apps you already use — and longer recordings into Sessions you can review. Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button. Afterthought transcribes your voice, understands what you meant and prepares notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and other actions while keeping you in control of what happens next. NEW IN 2.6 — SESSIONS Sessions are a deliberate workflow for longer recordings. Choose Meeting, Interview, Lecture or Thinking and keep the original audio, final transcript and useful overview together. • Record meetings, interviews, lectures and longer thinking • Follow a provisional on-device transcript while recording • Keep the original audio and final transcript • Review an Apple Intelligence summary on supported devices • Recover interrupted recordings • Share Overview + transcript, Overview only, or Transcript only QUICK CAPTURE • Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button • Capture on Apple Watch even when your iPhone is away, then transfer later • Choose Transcribe Only, Classify & Review or Classify & Send • Turn speech into notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and more • With Pro, split one natural recording into several ordered, reviewable actions • Review and edit content, dates, fields and destinations before sending • Correct prepared actions by typing or speaking YOUR APPS, YOUR WORKFLOW Prepare content for Apple Notes, Reminders, Apple Calendar, Apple Journal, Todoist, Notion, Slack, Things 3, Bear, Obsidian, TickTick, Day One, Evernote, Messages, Email, Shortcuts and other supported workflows. Afterthought does not replace your notes app, task manager, calendar or journal. It makes voice an easier way into them. PRIVATE, CONTROLLED INTELLIGENCE Capture and transcription are local-first. Apple Intelligence, Classic and downloaded Local AI Models process on device. Optional Cloud AI sends transcript text only to the provider you configure. External destinations receive content only when you use them. Free includes unlimited capture and transcription, review, supported Apple workflows and a monthly classification allowance. Pro adds unlimited classification, multi-action splitting, writing actions, third-party destinations, extra Nature Mode options, Local AI Models and optional Cloud AI. Speak once. Make it happen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Cross — Tasks, Done Your Way €4.99. Once. Forever. No subscriptions. No free tier. No compromises. Cross is built for people who take their workflow seriously — and who know that the best tools don't come with monthly invoices. Your notes already live in Notion. Your tasks should too. Cross connects directly to your Notion databases and keeps your to-dos exactly where your thinking happens. Add, complete, and organize tasks without opening a browser tab. No copy-pasting. No drift. WHAT YOU GET — Native Notion sync, always in real time — Minimalist Mode — Smart folders to cut across projects — Focus Timer to lock in and finish what you start — Home screen widgets for at-a-glance priorities — Clean, minimal design with nothing in the way BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T SETTLE Cross isn't for everyone. It's for the people who have already tried every productivity app and realized the problem isn't their system — it's that their tools don't talk to each other. Cross fixes that, quietly, without asking for anything more. ONE PRICE. YOURS FOREVER. Pay once. Get everything. Every future update, included. No upsells, no locked features, no subscription guilt. Just a tool that works — every single day.