Comparison

MarkSchrift vs Grape

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

Head to head
About

MarkSchrift

Features
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MarkSchrift is the plain-text workspace for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write your meeting notes, your class handout, your next chapter - rendered live as you type. Plan your week, track your projects; your files go anywhere. Every document is an ordinary Markdown (.md) text file you own outright: readable in any editor, synced through your own iCloud, portable forever. No proprietary format, no lock-in. WRITE - Markdown styles itself as you type; you always see and edit the real text. - Tables you can edit cell by cell, pictures, footnotes, code with syntax coloring, and typeset math. - Wiki links connect your notes; backlinks and mentions show what points back. PLAN - Tasks are plain checkboxes with small tags for due dates, follow-ups, priorities, and people. - The Agenda gathers every open task across your notes: past due, due today, up next. - Projects roll up their notes, tasks, and people onto a home page; a week note plans your days, and recurring tasks come back on schedule. FIND - Search every note by word, phrase, #tag, or project. - The Binder lists your files, tags, and saved views in one sidebar. SHARE (beta) - Live co-editing with end-to-end encryption: the server only ever stores scrambled bytes it cannot read. - Share an editing link or a read-only link; read-only is enforced cryptographically, not by good manners. - Collaboration keeps maturing release by release: hardened key handling, signed changes, and sessions that stay fast over time. EXPORT - Print or export paginated PDF, Word, and HTML that match what you see. SUBSCRIPTION Collab is an optional subscription: $9.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial. You need it only to host a live session or a hosted project. Joining one that someone shares with you is free, and always will be. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. It renews each year unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the term ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://markschrift.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Your files are yours. That is the whole idea.

About

Grape

This AI-powered note-taking app helps you capture, organize, and instantly find information. It understands your notes to search, create, and edit them, supporting rich text, handwriting, voice recordings, and various file types. Study tools like flashcards and mind maps are also included.

Highlights
  • AI-powered note understanding and search
  • Rich text editor with multimedia support
  • Handwriting recognition and PDF annotation
  • Voice recording with AI transcription
  • Flashcard generation and adaptive quizzing
  • Mind map and slide deck creation
  • Cross-device sync and local storage
Features
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Think, write, and organize with AI. Grape is an AI powered note taking app that helps you capture ideas, organize knowledge, and find anything instantly. Unlike a chat app, Grape's AI understands your notes and can search, create, organize, and edit them for you. Whether you are taking meeting notes, studying, planning projects, or collecting ideas, Grape keeps everything in one place. AI that works with your notes - Chat with an AI that understands your whole workspace - Let the AI agent create, edit, move and organize notes for you - Search your notes by meaning, in plain language - Search the web without leaving your notes - Set custom instructions and save quick prompts you reuse - The AI remembers what matters to you across chats - Use Grape AI or bring your own API keys - Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, DeepSeek and more - Run local models with Ollama or LM Studio Capture everything - Rich text editor with headings, lists, highlights and spell check - Checklists and tables - Images, PDFs and audio files inside notes - Voice recordings with AI transcription - Speaker identification for meetings and interviews - Handwriting notebooks with pen, highlighter, rulings and page sizes - Write on PDFs and export a notebook as PDF - Handwriting that is searchable and readable by the AI - Drawing canvas - Links between notes and backlinks - Tags Study smarter - Generate flashcards from any note - Quiz yourself with adaptive difficulty - Build mind maps - Present a note as a slide deck - Make flashcards, quizzes, mind maps and slides by hand on any plan - Lay a note out as a shareable infographic - Watch a note as a short brainrot video - Summarize, extract key points and translate Stay organized - Folders and unlimited subfolders - Sort and group notes your way - Graph view - Pin important notes - Version history - Automatic backups - Templates with dynamic variables - Find text inside notes - Recover deleted notes Capture from anywhere - Share text, links and files to Grape from other apps - Home screen widgets for quick capture and recent notes - Clip web pages from Chrome - Import from Apple Notes and Markdown files - Desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux Make it yours - 24 themes plus light and dark mode - Accent colors - Your language and date format Your data stays yours - Local first storage, works offline - Cross device sync - Export as Markdown, HTML and PDF - No account required to get started Whether you are a student, developer, researcher, writer, or professional, Grape helps you think faster, remember more, and stay organized. Grape is free to use with unlimited notes. Grape Pro adds Grape AI, sync, voice transcription, the AI study tools, widgets and themes. Privacy Policy: https://grape.cool/privacy Terms of Service: https://grape.cool/terms

Screenshots

MarkSchrift4 screens
Grape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Grape at every 3 days against MarkSchrift's fortnightly. Grape also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. MarkSchrift sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Grape sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MarkSchrift ships an update fortnightly, Grape every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MarkSchrift versus Grape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkSchriftGrape
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRFRMD Word Labs LLCShiny Grape, LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

MarkSchrift

Subscriptions1
  • Collab14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Support for Development$1.99
  • Support for Development$4.99
  • Support for Development$9.99
3 purchases

Grape

Subscriptions3
  • Grape Sync Monthly$3.001 Month
  • Grape Plus Monthly$9.001 Month
  • Grape Pro Monthly$19.001 Month

Questions

Is MarkSchrift free?
MarkSchrift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grape free?
Grape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MarkSchrift or Grape have ads?
Neither MarkSchrift nor Grape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MarkSchrift or Grape?
MarkSchrift ships an update fortnightly, and Grape every 3 days. Most recently, MarkSchrift was updated on October 31, 2026 and Grape on November 5, 2026.

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