Comparison

Note Hoard vs AI Note Taker

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

Head to head
About

Note Hoard

Features
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Save anything from the web and Note Hoard turns it into a clean, organized note. Summarized, titled, and filed for you, automatically. No chatbot to interrogate. Just your stuff, ready the moment you come back to it. Bookmarks pile up and links get forgotten. A note that's already summarized, tagged, and filed is something you'll actually use. WHAT YOU CAN SAVE - Articles & web pages: the real content is extracted and cleaned up - Videos: from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X/twitter, all transcribed by AI into a searchable note - Images, IG carousels, & screenshots: OCR retrieves clean text - Files: support for PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Plain text: upload plaintext files, paste anything, & write your own notes when you need to HOW IT WORKS Tap Share on your phone and choose Note Hoard. That's it. A minute later you've got a clean note with a title, the key points, and tags, filed into the right folder for you. And when you need more control, you can create notes inside the app. AI ENHANCEMENT, HUMAN CONTROL Not every save needs AI. Switch the AI off for a quick bookmark, or set rules that decide exactly when and how it runs. Unprocessed saves are still fully captured and stored. Summarize them later, whenever you're ready. And there's no chatbot you have to prompt to get value: every note is clean and readable on its own. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Note Hoard files new notes into the right folder using a mix of AI and your own routing rules. Or you can place them by hand. Automation when you want it, control when you need it. No rigid system to learn, no "organize nothing" dogma. FIND IT AGAIN Search across every note and tag to resurface what you saved in seconds. YOUR DATA ISN'T TRAPPED Export clean Markdown files anytime. Sync notes straight to a Notion database. Cancel whenever you like. Your notes stay fully accessible. Open formats, no lock-in, ever. SECURELY PROCESSED BY AI AI processing of extracted content happens securely via OpenRouter through model providers with zero data retention policies. FREE TO START Start free with 30 one-time tokens and 3 tags per note. No credit card required. PLANS Note Hoard's AI runs on tokens: one token turns one save into a finished note (text and web pages cost 1 token, files and images 2, videos 5+, with longer videos costing a little more). Each plan includes a weekly token allowance plus a set number of tags per note. Unused tokens roll over for up to 4 weeks, so your balance can build up to 4Γ— your weekly allowance. Upgrade anytime; three plans, each available monthly or yearly: - Starter β€” 90 tokens/week, up to 5 tags per note - Pro β€” 300 tokens/week, up to 7 tags per note - Power β€” 1,200 tokens/week, priority processing, up to 10 tags per note Note Hoard Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Pricing and full renewal terms are shown in the app before you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AI Note Taker

This app transforms voice notes, written thoughts, and recordings into a private, searchable archive. It transcribes your input and organizes it into ideas, tasks, projects, and more, allowing you to easily find past thoughts and decisions.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts via voice, text, or recordings
  • Organize input into ideas, tasks, projects, and more
  • Searchable archive of original thoughts and context
  • Explore thinking through notes, timelines, and graphs
  • Ask questions across your personal archive
  • Capture from iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
  • Export your archive
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Your thoughts deserve better than β€œNew Recording 47.” Human Archives turns rambling voice notes, written thoughts, and long recordings into a private, searchable archive you can actually use. Talk while you walk. Write at 2 a.m. Record the whole complicated thing. Human Archives keeps the original, transcribes your words, and helps organize what is inside into ideas, tasks, projects, decisions, people, journal entries, references, and expenses. Later, find the sentence buried inside a 23-minute recording. Remember why you made a decision six months ago. Follow an idea as it develops across dozens of notes. Or ask your archive what Past You already figured out. USE HUMAN ARCHIVES TO β€’ Capture thoughts through voice, text, or recordings β€’ Turn scattered input into structured, searchable memory β€’ Preserve the original thought and its context β€’ Find ideas, decisions, tasks, people, and references β€’ Explore your thinking through notes, timelines, calendars, trees, and graphs β€’ Ask questions across your own archive β€’ Capture from iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch β€’ Export your archive when you want it Human Archives is built for founders, writers, researchers, artists, students, and anyone whose brain inconveniently does its best work while walking, cooking, or trying to fall asleep. AI should help you find your thinking - not replace it with its own. Speak now. Find it later. Build your Human Archive. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.humanarchives.app/privacy

Screenshots

Note Hoard4 screens
AI Note Taker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AI Note Taker at fortnightly against Note Hoard's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Note Hoard sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month and AI Note Taker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Hoard ships an update every 6 weeks, AI Note Taker fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
Note Hoard versus AI Note Taker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote HoardAI Note Taker
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationβ€”Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size84 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerakineticzen LLCMaria Nikitina

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Note Hoard

Subscriptions6
  • Starter$6.001 Month
  • Pro$18.001 Month
  • Power$58.001 Month
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  • Starter$60.001 Year
  • Pro$179.991 Year
  • Power$590.001 Year
7 purchases

AI Note Taker

Subscriptions4
  • Human Archives Basic Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Human Archives Max Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Human Archives Basic Yearly$79.991 Year
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  • Human Archives Max Yearly$159.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Boost$2.99
  • Popular Boost$6.99
  • Power Boost$14.99

Questions

Is Note Hoard free?
Note Hoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Note Taker free?
AI Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Note Hoard or AI Note Taker have ads?
Neither Note Hoard nor AI Note Taker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Hoard or AI Note Taker?
Note Hoard ships an update every 6 weeks, and AI Note Taker fortnightly. Most recently, Note Hoard was updated on October 31, 2026 and AI Note Taker on October 31, 2026.

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