Comparison

IdeaDock vs KoeNote

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

Head to head
About

IdeaDock

Features
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Open IdeaDock and start writing. No account, no email, not even an anonymous one โ€” your first list is already waiting. Keep it that way, or sign in when you want your lists on every device and shared with the people you plan with. CAPTURE IT BEFORE YOU FORGET IT Type it, or hold the mic and say it. A thought you have on the stairs is in the right list before you reach the top. A LIST FOR EVERY PART OF LIFE Groceries, work, the weekend, the thing you keep meaning to fix. Every list gets its own icon, so you find it without reading. SHARE ONE LIST, NOT ALL OF THEM Invite someone to a single list by email. They add, tick off and edit, and you both see it happen. Everything else stays yours. No more planning in a chat thread. IT TIDIES ITSELF Priorities, pinning, filters and sorting. Deleted tasks sit in the trash for 30 days before they go for good, so nothing vanishes by accident. BUILT TO STAY PRIVATE Your notes are encrypted before they are stored, with a separate key for every list. Without an account, nothing leaves your device at all. Free. No ads. No account required.

About

KoeNote

Features
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You open the coffee app. You fill in the form. You open the journal app. You fill in the form. You open the spreadsheet. You fill in the form. People said LLMs would change how we interact with software. The form is still there. KoeNote changes that. Tap record. Speak naturally. KoeNote transcribes your voice, sends it through an AI model using a template you define, and saves the structured result directly to your GitHub repository โ€” in seconds. Your coffee tasting note becomes a formatted json file. Your workout log becomes a structured entry. Your journal becomes a timestamped record. No forms. No friction. Just speak and move on. What makes it different KoeNote is not a notes app. It is a capture layer. Your GitHub repository is the destination โ€” what you build on top of it is entirely up to you. Connect it to Obsidian, trigger a GitHub Action, build a personal dashboard, pipe it into a database. KoeNote gets the data in. You decide what happens next. Templates you own Templates are simple instructions you write once: "Format this as a coffee brewing log with fields for dose, ratio, and tasting notes." KoeNote applies your template to every recording. Different activity, different template โ€” the output is always exactly what you defined. Don't want to write one from scratch? Just speak what you want to capture โ€” KoeNote generates the template for you instantly. Already have a record and want to add more? Speak your update and KoeNote merges it into the existing entry. Your data stays complete, not scattered across separate files. Your data, your keys KoeNote has no backend. There is no KoeNote account. Your API keys for Claude and OpenAI are stored exclusively in your device's Keychain โ€” never transmitted to or stored by KoeNote. Your GitHub personal access token lives in the same place. Nothing leaves your device except the API calls you explicitly authorize. Set spending limits directly in your LLM provider's dashboard. KoeNote never touches billing โ€” your keys, your budget, your control. What you need to get started - A GitHub account and a personal access token (with `contents: write` permission on your target repo) - An API key from Anthropic (Claude) or OpenAI - About five minutes to set up your first template Supported LLM providers - Anthropic Claude (`claude-haiku-4-5` default โ€” fast and cost-efficient for structured extraction) - OpenAI (`gpt-5.4-nano` default โ€” fast and cost-efficient for structured extraction) You can change the model name in Settings. Google Gemini support is planned for a future release.

Screenshots

IdeaDock4 screens
KoeNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: IdeaDock at 3 against KoeNote's 1. IdeaDock also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
IdeaDock versus KoeNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeaDockKoeNote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKacper OselkaJumpei Hirono

In-app purchases

None

IdeaDock

No in-app purchases

None

KoeNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IdeaDock free?
IdeaDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KoeNote free?
KoeNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IdeaDock or KoeNote have ads?
Neither IdeaDock nor KoeNote shows ads.

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