Comparison

Clone+ vs Ounie

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

Head to head
About

Clone+

Features
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Clone+ is your AI-powered second brain — a Zettelkasten-style note-taking app that connects ideas, deepens thinking, and turns scattered notes into a knowledge network that grows over time. Notes x Links x AI — in one app. Most note apps remember things for you. Clone+ helps you understand them. By linking your notes into a connected knowledge network and pairing them with an AI thinking partner, Clone+ helps you organize ideas, develop insights, and build knowledge you can revisit for years. ## Connect Ideas Into Knowledge • Connect notes with bidirectional links • Visualize your knowledge network as a graph • AI suggests related notes and link candidates • Record why you linked two notes — the AI follows your reasoning Your notes become more valuable as they connect together. ## Think With AI, Not Just Search Clone+'s AI is designed to help you think, not just retrieve information. • AI Chat — answers cite the notes they drew on, so you can open the source • Web Search — look things up mid-conversation when the AI needs to • Agent — ask the AI to create notes, link them, and add tags, with a review step before anything is saved • Auto-Capture — turn URLs, YouTube videos, and images into notes automatically • Quiz Generation — create quizzes from your notes to reinforce learning • Smart Note Refinement — AI summaries, auto-titles, and splitting long notes into reusable atomic notes Whether you are studying, researching, brainstorming, or reflecting, Clone+ helps organize and expand your thinking. ## Capture Thoughts Anywhere • Offline support • Cloud sync across devices • Home screen widgets • Rich text editing • Auto-save • OCR text recognition from images • Color themes • Connectors — let outside AI tools read and write your notes Capture thoughts anytime without breaking your flow. ## Your Notes Stay Yours • Offline-first experience • Synced securely across devices • You can turn off sending data to AI services at any time in Settings Designed for people who value long-term thinking, knowledge ownership, and privacy. Who Clone+ Is For • People who want to organize notes as knowledge • People practicing the Zettelkasten method • Students and lifelong learners • Researchers, writers, and creators • People who want AI-assisted thinking and idea development • Anyone building a personal knowledge management (PKM) system or "second brain" Free to start. Premium unlocks advanced AI features and more. Start building your second brain — download Clone+ today.

About

Ounie

Features
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Ounie is your build-your-own AI second brain. Add files, links, and notes, and Ounie turns them into an interlinked, searchable knowledge base — then answers your questions using ONLY your sources, with citations back to the exact pages. WHY OUNIE • Grounded answers — every reply is drawn from your own sources and cited, so you can trust it. • Your knowledge, organized — sources are synthesized into a clean wiki with links and a knowledge graph. • Ask anything — chat with one brain or browse the wiki and graph. CAPTURE EVERYTHING • Save links, notes, photos, PDFs, audio, and more. • A Share Sheet extension to send pages and text to a brain from any app. SHARE & DISCOVER • Make a brain public, follow brains, and star the ones you love. • Explore public brains created by the community. • Fork a public brain to start from someone else's knowledge. DO MORE • Sell access to a paid brain in the marketplace (credits per question). • Embed an "Ask" widget on your own website. PLANS Free to start. Pro and Team unlock more brains, sources, questions, widgets, and selling. Buy credit packs anytime. Privacy: answers are generated by third-party AI providers; only your typed message and the relevant brain content are sent — never your account details. You consent before any AI use. Terms: https://ounie.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy: https://ounie.com/privacy

Screenshots

Clone+4 screens
Ounie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ounie at none against Clone+'s shown. Clone+'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Clone+ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and Ounie sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Clone+ versus Ounie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClone+Ounie
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShohei TadaTabTab

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clone+

Subscriptions1
  • Clone+ Premium$9.991 Month
9 purchases

Ounie

Subscriptions6
  • PRO Monthly$12.991 Month
  • STUDIO Monthly$49.991 Month
  • TEAM Monthly$99.991 Month
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  • PRO Yearly$119.001 Year
  • STUDIO Yearly$479.001 Year
  • TEAM Yearly$959.001 Year
One-time3
  • Credits 1000$9.99
  • Credits 5000$39.99
  • Credits 20000$119.99

Questions

Is Clone+ free?
Clone+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ounie free?
Ounie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clone+ or Ounie have ads?
Clone+ shows ads; Ounie does not.

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