Comparison

Koala vs Found

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

Head to head
About

Koala

Transform lectures and notebook images into personalized study guides. This tool helps students learn more effectively by creating custom study materials from existing notes and audio. It's designed to make studying smarter and more efficient.

Highlights
  • Convert lectures to study tools
  • Transform notebook pictures
  • Personalized study materials
  • Smarter learning approach
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Koala-AI lets you transform CART transcripts into personalized study tools!

About

Found

Features
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Found is an archival research and discovery tool for exploring millions of public-domain films, photographs, audio recordings, books, and historical documents from the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons. Browse, read, watch, and listen — completely free. Found surfaces the license and attribution for every item, so you always know exactly how a piece of media can be used. DISCOVER THE ARCHIVE Explore one of the largest collections of human culture ever assembled. Search by year, media type, creator, subject, and license type. Found's on-device recommendation engine learns your interests privately — no accounts, no tracking, no data leaves your device. ORGANIZE YOUR RESEARCH Save items to personal collections. Follow archive creators and channels. Build a research library around any topic — history, film, music, literature, science, or culture. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Every item in Found displays its source, license type, and rights information. Found Pro users get a one-tap attribution generator that produces properly formatted credit text for any item — ready to copy into a paper, article, video description, or creative project. FOUND PRO — THE SERIOUS ARCHIVE TOOLKIT Found Pro is for researchers, educators, journalists, designers, and creators who work with archival media regularly. Pro includes: — Unlimited saved items and collections — Offline research library (cache selected items for reading and viewing without internet) — Advanced license filters: search specifically for CC0, Public Domain, CC-BY, and commercial-friendly works — Attribution generator with copy-ready credit text — Citation export: MLA, APA, Chicago, BibTeX, and Markdown — PDF reader with bookmarks, highlights, and notes — Collection export: Markdown, CSV, and PDF reading list — Creator tools: source overlays, caption text, thumbnail export, and vertical crop for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts — Bulk metadata export FEATURING: — Millions of public-domain and Creative Commons items — Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons integrated — License and rights display on every item — On-device ML recommendations — 100% private — No accounts. No tracking. No ads. — Dark and Light mode Found does not host any media files. All content is accessed directly from its original source. Found helps you find, understand, credit, and organize archival media responsibly. Privacy Policy: https://foundarchive.netlify.app/privacy.html Copyright & DMCA: https://foundarchive.netlify.app/dmca.html Support: https://foundarchive.netlify.app/faq.html

Screenshots

Koala3 screens
Found4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Koala at none against Found's 3. Koala also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Found's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. Found sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Koala asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Koala ships an update every 8 days, Found every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Koala versus Found: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoalaFound
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB77 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEd SahakianJeffrey Asante

In-app purchases

None

Koala

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Found

Subscriptions2
  • Found Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Found Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Found Pro Lifetime$129.99

Questions

Is Koala free?
Koala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Found free?
Found is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Koala or Found have ads?
Neither Koala nor Found shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Koala or Found?
Koala ships an update every 8 days, and Found every 3 weeks. Most recently, Koala was updated on October 20, 2026 and Found on October 25, 2026.

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