Comparison

Aside vs Savehive

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

Head to head
About

Aside

Save links, text, photos, and files from any app with a single tap. This app uses on-device AI to automatically tag and categorize your saved content, organizing it into smart collections for easy access. It offers a clean, private, and offline experience, syncing data via iCloud Drive.

Highlights
  • Save from any app via Share Extension
  • Capture Now rapid-fire collection mode
  • On-device AI auto-tagging and categorization
  • Smart Collections for automatic sorting
  • Customizable collections and tagging
  • Offline functionality with iCloud sync
  • Privacy-first design with no account required
Features
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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. SAVE FROM OTHER APPS Use the Share Sheet to save links, text, photos, and files to Aside. 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 and organizing on another device. 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.

About

Savehive

Features
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Save it now, find it in seconds — even a word you only saw inside a screenshot. Savehive is the private, offline home for every link, note, photo and idea worth keeping. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Two taps from any app's Share Sheet — Safari, Photos, Maps, X, anywhere. • Links arrive with rich previews: title, description and cover image. • One home for six kinds of things: links, notes, photos, screenshots, videos, PDFs and places. FIND IT — EVEN INSIDE IMAGES • Blazing full-text search across titles, notes, links and tags. • Savehive reads the text inside your screenshots, so you can search a phrase you saw in a picture and jump straight to it. • Stop scrolling your camera roll — search your screenshots instead. ORGANIZE WITHOUT THE WORK • Group everything into Stashes — your own collections — and tag anything. • A calmer read-later: stash articles and videos for when you actually have time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Offline-first — your hive lives on your device. • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no trackers. Ever. SAVEHIVE PRO • Unlimited stashes and items, custom tags, and advanced search & filters. • Cross-device sync is on the way. Free to start: 3 stashes with 100 items each. Save anything. Find everything. Give your hive room to grow. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://savehive.app/privacy

Screenshots

Aside4 screens
Savehive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aside at none against Savehive's 2. Savehive's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Savehive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Aside asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aside ships an update every 2 weeks, Savehive every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aside versus Savehive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsideSavehive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.416.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArcBlock, Inc.MATKO SETNIK

In-app purchases

None

Aside

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Savehive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$0.991 Month
  • Pro$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Aside free?
Aside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Savehive free?
Savehive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aside or Savehive have ads?
Neither Aside nor Savehive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aside or Savehive?
Aside ships an update every 2 weeks, and Savehive every 2 days. Most recently, Aside was updated on October 24, 2026 and Savehive on October 16, 2026.

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