Comparison

Stash vs CursorBeam

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

Head to head
About

Stash

Features
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Synthesize the world through your lens. Stash is your AI second brain for the articles that matter to you. You read. You forget. The insight that felt important disappears by the next morning. Stash is built to fix that, not by collecting more content, but by helping you actually absorb and own what you read. HOW IT WORKS Share any article to Stash from Safari, Chrome, X, or any app. Stash's AI reads the article and gives you two things: a clean summary and context tailored to you, based on your interests, knowledge gaps, and reading history. Not generic. Not one-size-fits-all. Swipe right to save it to your library. Swipe left to move on. Every decision you make teaches Stash more about who you are and what you care about. Over time, Stash becomes an extension of your memory, a living record of how your thinking evolves. WHY STASH IS DIFFERENT Most read-later apps are passive archives. Most AI tools give you generic summaries. Stash does something different: it connects what you read to what you already know, building a second brain that grows with you. - Save from any source โ€” NYT, WSJ, Substack, X, and more - Context tailored to your background, not a generic summary - Swipe-based interface that makes every save intentional - Your knowledge base, built article by article Stash is built for curious people who don't just want to read more โ€” they want to think better.

About

CursorBeam

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Control your MacBook wirelessly using intuitive touch gestures - right from your iOS device You can: 1. Right-click 2. Left-click 3. Scroll up and down 4. Swipe up with 3 fingers to open Mission Control.

Screenshots

Stash3 screens
CursorBeam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CursorBeam at none against Stash's shown. CursorBeam also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Stash versus CursorBeam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStashCursorBeam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCRESTA K.K.TRIVINIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD

In-app purchases

None

Stash

No in-app purchases

None

CursorBeam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stash free?
Stash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CursorBeam free?
CursorBeam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stash or CursorBeam have ads?
Stash shows ads; CursorBeam does not.

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