Comparison

Blackmount vs Kyle

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

Head to head
About

Blackmount

Capture and organize AI conversations, browser sessions, bookmarks, voice notes, and research. Search your saved content or ask AI questions across it, with source citations. Resume your work seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Save and search AI conversations
  • Capture browser tabs and sessions
  • Organize bookmarks and research
  • Record and transcribe voice notes
  • Ask AI questions across saved content
  • Resume work across devices
  • Source citations for AI answers
Features
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Save your AI chats and research. Search, ask, and resume anywhere. Blackmount helps you capture the work you do across AI conversations, browser sessions, bookmarks, voice notes, and research tabs — then search it or ask AI about it later. Never lose the conversation, source, tab, or note that helped you think through something important. AI CHAT MEMORY - Save and search your AI conversations in one place - Works with supported AI sites such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Meta AI - View full conversations with markdown formatting - Find useful prompts, answers, code, drafts, and research later - Captured through the Blackmount browser extension with user consent ASK AI - Ask questions across your captured content - Get answers grounded in your saved notes, sessions, voice recordings, and AI chats - Use source citations to trace where an answer came from - Draft follow-up emails, client updates, summaries, and action plans - Dictate questions with voice-to-text SAVE & RESUME RESEARCH - Save open Safari tabs as a session - Add a quick note about what you were working on - Restore your research later from another device or browser - Keep browser sessions, bookmarks, and notes organized by context - Stop losing research when you switch tasks VOICE NOTES - Record voice notes with live transcription - Use Apple’s on-device speech recognition for local recordings - Generate AI summaries from recordings when AI features are enabled - Search voice notes alongside your other captured work HOW IT WORKS 1. Use the Blackmount browser extension to capture AI chats, tabs, bookmarks, and research sessions 2. Save Safari sessions from your iPhone or iPad 3. Add notes or voice recordings when you want extra context 4. Open Blackmount to search, browse, or ask AI about what you captured 5. Resume your work from phone, tablet, browser, or desktop PERFECT FOR - Researchers managing many tabs, sources, and AI conversations - Consultants using AI tools for client work - Students collecting sources and drafts - Developers saving code explanations, docs, and debugging threads - Product managers tracking market and competitor research - Anyone who uses multiple AI tools and wants to find old conversations later WHY BLACKMOUNT - Search across AI chats, browser sessions, bookmarks, notes, and voice recordings - Ask AI questions across the content you captured - Private by default - AI features require explicit consent before data is shared with AI providers - No ads - No selling your data ALSO INCLUDES - Sync across devices - Safari extension for fast tab saves - Share extension from other apps - Dark mode - iPad-optimized layout Free to use. Pro subscription available for unlimited sync and AI credit. Additional AI credit available as an in-app purchase. Terms of Use: https://app.blackmount.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://app.blackmount.ai/privacy-policy

About

Kyle

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Kyle is a shared notebook for you and your AI. Write notes and manage tasks in a fast, native app — and connect any AI that speaks MCP so it can read, write, search, and organize right alongside you. NEW IN 2.1 — CONNECT YOUR AI IN ONE PASTE Sign in with Apple once. Pick your AI. Paste one URL. Kyle watches for the connection and tells you the moment it's made — no guessing whether it worked. • Claude signs in with your Apple ID; there's no key to copy • Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and any MCP client get a private URL — one click on the Mac • Kyle on a second device? Sign in and your notes are already there, even without iCloud Keychain BOARDS AND TASKS Your notes have company: tasks, and both live together on boards. • Boards are places. Swipe between them and the title tracks your finger. Each board has its own tint. Kyle reopens on the board you left. • Tasks take one tap to close. No stages, no ceremony. When something matters more, mark it priority from a long press. • The Priority board gathers your priority tasks from every board into one place — it's always first, so what matters most is one swipe away. • Link a task to the note it came from, so the reasoning and the work stay together. • On iPad and Mac, boards stand side by side in columns. On Mac, notes open in their own windows. YOUR AI WORKS HERE TOO Open Connect to AI, choose Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, or any MCP client, and follow three steps written for that client. Your AI can: • Save notes and create tasks while you talk • Search everything you've written • Update meeting notes, complete tasks, tag and file things on the right board • Build HTML dashboards you can open right in the app Ask for a summary at the end of a conversation and it's on your phone before you stand up. THEN TEACH IT TO USE KYLE Connecting lets your AI reach Kyle. Kyle also gives you the standing instruction to paste into your assistant, so it searches your notes before starting work and files what matters without being asked. Copy it from Connect to AI, or any time from Settings. TRULY OFFLINE Boards, notes, and tasks load from a local cache — a cold launch on a plane still shows your work. Create and edit offline; everything syncs when you're back. If an edit collides with a change from another device or your AI, Kyle keeps both versions. Nothing is ever silently overwritten. A REAL MARKDOWN EDITOR Headings, lists, task lists, tables, code blocks, blockquotes — written in plain text, rendered beautifully. Import text, Markdown, and HTML files. Export notes as HTML. BUILT INTO APPLE'S ECOSYSTEM Your notes and tasks are available to Siri, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence. Create a note by voice, find anything from Spotlight, and use App Shortcuts without opening the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Sign in with Apple — Hide My Email works — or skip and start writing; Kyle makes you an account either way, with no password. Your notes sync through your private account and are never used for training. You're asked once, plainly, what connecting an AI shares, and you can delete the account from Settings at any time. FREE TO START The whole app is free: notes, tasks, boards, the markdown editor, sync, offline, Siri and Spotlight, and Read Aloud with the best voice on your device. Kyle Pro adds one thing — the AI connection. Every account starts with a 60-day trial of it. Works with Claude (iPhone, Desktop, Web), Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP client. KYLE PRO Kyle Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, offered monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trykyle.com/privacy

Screenshots

Blackmount3 screens
Kyle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kyle at every 5 days against Blackmount's fortnightly. Blackmount's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Blackmount sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Kyle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackmount ships an update fortnightly, Kyle every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Blackmount versus Kyle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackmountKyle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlackmount.ai Incscott hall

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Blackmount

Subscriptions1
  • Blackmount Pro$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • AI Credit$0.99
2 purchases

Kyle

Subscriptions2
  • Kyle Pro$1.991 Month
  • Kyle Pro$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Blackmount free?
Blackmount is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kyle free?
Kyle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blackmount or Kyle have ads?
Neither Blackmount nor Kyle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blackmount or Kyle?
Blackmount ships an update fortnightly, and Kyle every 5 days. Most recently, Blackmount was updated on October 1, 2026 and Kyle on October 6, 2026.

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