Comparison

Vox.md vs CommaForge

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

Head to head
About

Vox.md

Quickly capture text, links, photos, scans, sketches, and voice notes into your Obsidian vaults or Markdown folders. Organize notes with custom presets and access them from various devices. Enjoy private voice transcription and plain file exports.

Highlights
  • Capture text, links, photos, files, scans, sketches, and voice
  • Organize notes with custom capture presets
  • Integrates with Obsidian vaults and Markdown folders
  • Private on-device voice transcription
  • Capture from Share Sheet, custom keyboard, widgets, and Apple Watch
  • Export notes as plain Markdown, TXT, JSON, or YAML
Features
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Vox.md is a local-first quick capture app for Obsidian vaults and Markdown folders. Send text, links, photos, files, document scans, sketches, and voice to the right note without stopping to organize first. CAPTURE MORE THAN VOICE Add typed Markdown, a URL, photos or screenshots, files, a document scanner with on-device OCR, a sketch, or a voice recording. Combine several items in one capture, preview the result, then save it as plain Markdown. SEND IT WHERE IT BELONGS Capture Presets remember the destination and formatting for workflows such as your inbox, journal, task list, or meeting notes. Create a note, append or prepend to an existing file, insert beneath a heading, or write to rolling daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly notes. Each preset can keep its own template, metadata, attachment folder, filename rules, placement, and processing preferences. Override a destination or template for one capture without changing the preset. CAPTURE FROM MORE PLACES Use Vox.md from the app, Share Sheet, custom keyboard, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Shortcuts, or Apple Watch. Pending and failed deliveries remain available for retry, so a temporary folder permission or sync issue does not lose your work. PRIVATE VOICE TRANSCRIPTION Transcribe speech into text on your device with Apple Speech, Whisper, or Parakeet, depending on your settings and device. Audio and transcripts are never sent to Vox.md servers. Use offline dictation and voice typing from the custom keyboard, record on Apple Watch, or export transcripts as TXT, Markdown, JSON, or YAML. PLAIN FILES, NO LOCK-IN Vox.md writes standard Markdown to the folders and Obsidian vaults you choose. You do not need an account or a proprietary notes database. Your files remain readable in any Markdown app. FREE TO TRY New users receive 15 minutes of free transcription and 10 successful Capture deliveries. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited use. There is no recurring subscription. PRIVACY Capture contents, exported notes, audio, transcripts, keystrokes, file paths, and bookmarks are not sent to Vox.md servers. Vox.md collects limited, privacy-safe onboarding analytics to understand setup problems. Microphone, camera, photo, and file access are used only when you choose those capture types.

About

CommaForge

Features
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CommaForge is a fully offline CSV toolbox for iPhone and iPad. Every operation runs locally on your device, with no network access, no data collection, no ads, and no in-app purchases. Convert CSV files to JSON, XML, Markdown tables, HTML tables, TSV, Plist, or SQL INSERT statements, and convert JSON or TSV back to CSV. Switch delimiters freely between comma, semicolon, tab, and pipe. Automatically detect and repair encoding issues in Excel-exported files across UTF-8, GBK, Big5, and Latin-1. Preview large spreadsheets with a frozen header row, delete rows and columns, reorder columns, remove duplicates, and drop empty lines. Split oversized CSV files by row count and merge multiple files into one with column consistency checks. Import from the Files app or the share sheet, and export results through the system share sheet or save directly back to Files. Reusable presets and history make repeat conversions instant. Dark Mode and Dynamic Type are fully supported.

Screenshots

Vox.md4 screens
CommaForge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CommaForge at none against Vox.md's 3. CommaForge also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 17.6). Vox.md's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Vox.md sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CommaForge asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vox.md versus CommaForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVox.mdCommaForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.613 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCody Russell BontecouLawler Ryan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vox.md

One-time3
  • Vox.md Family Upgrade$4.99
  • Voxboard Unlimited$9.99
  • Vox.md Family Unlimited$14.99
None

CommaForge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vox.md free?
Vox.md is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CommaForge free?
CommaForge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vox.md or CommaForge have ads?
Neither Vox.md nor CommaForge shows ads.

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