Clone+ vs Nowio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Clone+
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Clone+ is your AI-powered second brain โ 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 โ 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 โข Connect notes with bidirectional links โข Visualize your knowledge network as a graph โข AI suggests related notes and link candidates โข Record why you linked two notes โ 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. โข AI Chat โ answers cite the notes they drew on, so you can open the source โข Web Search โ look things up mid-conversation when the AI needs to โข Agent โ ask the AI to create notes, link them, and add tags, with a review step before anything is saved โข Auto-Capture โ turn URLs, YouTube videos, and images into notes automatically โข Quiz Generation โ create quizzes from your notes to reinforce learning โข Smart Note Refinement โ 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 โข Offline support โข Cloud sync across devices โข Home screen widgets โข Rich text editing โข Auto-save โข OCR text recognition from images โข Color themes โข Connectors โ let outside AI tools read and write your notes Capture thoughts anytime without breaking your flow. ## Your Notes Stay Yours โข Offline-first experience โข Synced securely across devices โข 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 โข People who want to organize notes as knowledge โข People practicing the Zettelkasten method โข Students and lifelong learners โข Researchers, writers, and creators โข People who want AI-assisted thinking and idea development โข 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 โ download Clone+ today.
Nowio
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Nowio gives every day its own page. Everything you write is encrypted on your device before it syncs. No account, no server of ours in between โ your journal stays yours. Write down what happens while it happens, tick things off, and let a quick line grow into something structured. Notes, tasks and events live on the same page instead of in three different apps. A PAGE FOR EVERY DAY Open Nowio and today is already there. Come back to any day whenever you need it. NOTES AND TASKS TOGETHER Text, checklists, bullets, quotes and events in one place. Anything still open yesterday moves itself to today, so nothing quietly disappears. IT GROWS WITH THE THOUGHT Any entry can hold sub-entries. Start with a line, end with a document. Link entries to each other, tag them with #hashtags, or mark them Important, Work, Personal, Idea or Someday and filter by that. PHOTOS, VOICE AND MORE Add photos and video inline. Record a voice note and it turns into text by itself. YOUR CALENDAR, IN CONTEXT The day's events appear on the matching page. Nowio only reads them โ nothing is changed or stored. ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE Rewrite a paragraph, summarize an entry, or pull the tasks out of a wall of text with Apple Intelligence, without your words leaving the device. SPACES Keep work, personal life and each project apart. Invite someone into a space and write the day together. WIDGETS AND MORE Today's note and tasks on your Home Screen, tickable without opening the app. A Live Activity while the day is running. Reminders, Spotlight search, Siri shortcuts and a share extension. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads. Your notes live on your device and sync through your own iCloud. There is no server of ours in between, and we cannot read a word of it. NOWIO PRO Nowio is free and unlimited for notes, tasks and everything about writing. Nowio Pro adds more spaces, shared spaces, Apple Intelligence, voice transcription, recurring tasks, your own templates and PDF export. Privacy Policy: https://todo-eight-sigma-63.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://todo-eight-sigma-63.vercel.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nowio at none against Clone+'s shown. Nowio also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Clone+'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Clone+ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and Nowio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clone+ ships an update monthly, Nowio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clone+ | Nowio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shohei Tada | Muhammed Karayazi |
In-app purchases
Clone+
- Clone+ Premium$9.991 Month
Nowio
- Pro Monthly โ AI Organizer$5.991 Month
- Pro Yearly โ AI Organizer7 Days trial$44.991 Year









