Comparison

Blackmount vs Etched

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

Etched

Features
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Stop losing your own notes. Etched finds what you wrote by meaning — not just by keyword. Ask for "the note about slowing down to think" and it surfaces, even if those exact words were never written. Everything runs on your device. Write in plain markdown and watch it render as you type — no symbols, no preview pane, no modes. What you see is the file. Your notes stay portable .md, yours forever. FREE, and complete: • On-device semantic search — find notes by meaning • Live WYSIWYG markdown — bold, headings, lists, quotes, code • Tables, callouts, code blocks, footnotes, highlights, links • iCloud sync across your devices • Export to .md (raw or with rendered images), PDF, plain text ETCHED PRO — one-time purchase, yours forever: • Flashcards + spaced repetition — turn notes into memory • Diagrams from plain text (flowcharts, sequences, mind maps) • Typeset math and chemistry (LaTeX) • Charts from a few rows of data • Sheet music from ABC notation • Handwriting / sketches • Present mode — turn a note into full-screen slides • Per-note themes Reading every format is always free — Pro unlocks creating them. No subscription, ever. Pay once and keep it. Coming from Apple Notes, Obsidian, or Bear? Your markdown imports as plain .md, and you finally get search that finds notes by meaning — privately, with no account. Private by design: your notes never leave your devices except through your own iCloud. No account, no tracking, no ads. Your notes, etched in memory. — Made by Hyojin Mo. Support: support@vibeland.app

Screenshots

Blackmount3 screens
Etched4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Etched at every 2 days against Blackmount's fortnightly. 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 Etched sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackmount ships an update fortnightly, Etched every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Blackmount versus Etched: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackmountEtched
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlackmount.ai IncSoyeon Noh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Blackmount

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

Etched

One-time1
  • Etched Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Blackmount free?
Blackmount is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Etched free?
Etched is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blackmount or Etched have ads?
Neither Blackmount nor Etched shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blackmount or Etched?
Blackmount ships an update fortnightly, and Etched every 2 days. Most recently, Blackmount was updated on October 17, 2026 and Etched on October 25, 2026.

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