Aside vs OneThing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aside
Consolidate all your saved content, from links and notes to photos and files, into a single, searchable library. Utilize a personal agent to process and summarize your saved materials, making information retrieval and organization effortless.
- Save links, text, photos, and files from other apps
- Personal agent for summarizing and processing saved content
- Searchable library by content type, tags, and collections
- Automatic content type recognition and tagging
- Offline access with local library
- Cross-device syncing via Arc Space
- Publish collections as shareable web pages
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The things you want to keep end up everywhere—browser tabs, screenshots, messages, and app bookmarks. Aside brings links, text, photos, and files into one library, so you can find them when you need them and put them to work. SAVE FROM OTHER APPS Use the Share Sheet to save links, text, photos, and files to Aside. LEAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR PERSONAL AGENT Connect through Arc Space and leave instructions on a saved item or collection—such as turning saved desk notes into a checklist or summarizing reading guides. Your Personal Agent works with the materials you saved and sends a readable Brief back to Aside under Instructions. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Search saved items or browse by content type, tags, and collections. ORGANIZE WITH LESS WORK Aside recognizes supported content types automatically. On supported devices, optional on-device AI can help add tags and categories without sending content to a cloud AI service. START WITHOUT SIGNING IN Save and organize in the Local Library on your device. No account or sign-in required. Local Library remains available offline. CONTINUE ACROSS DEVICES Sign in with DID to sync your saved content through Arc Space, then keep browsing, organizing, and collaborating with your Personal Agent across devices. PUBLISH YOUR COLLECTIONS After signing in and connecting to Arc Space, publish a collection as a page and share its link. You choose which collections to publish.
OneThing
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OneThing cuts through the ADHD fog and shows you one thing at a time. It's an ADHD focus & task planner. You have tasks in Google Tasks, events in Google Calendar, emails in Gmail, reminders in Apple Reminders, items in Todoist — and a brain that freezes when choosing where to start. OneThing reads all of it, scores by urgency, and hands you a single swipe card: the one thing to do right now. HOW IT WORKS Swipe right to commit and mark done. Swipe left to defer. Swipe up to delete. Swipe down to pin as your Do Now. Each swipe brings the next card — no lists, no overwhelm. WHAT YOU GET • Decision queue that merges calendar events, tasks, and emails into one prioritised stack • AI assistant you can voice-ramble to — it turns your thoughts into tasks and actions • Google Calendar, Google Tasks, and Gmail sync — see your whole day without switching apps • Apple Reminders sync • Todoist sync • Do Now mode: one thing, front and centre, for the next hour BUILT FOR ADHD No lists. No folders. No endless settings. Just one card, one choice, one tap. PRIVACY OneThing reads your calendar events, tasks, and email metadata (subject, sender, date). We never read email bodies without your explicit opt-in. Your data is never sold and never used for advertising.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: OneThing at 15.1 against Aside's 17.4. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Aside | OneThing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ArcBlock, Inc. | mirre snelting |
In-app purchases
Aside
No in-app purchases
OneThing
No in-app purchases









