Comparison

Lucid vs ibPocket

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

Head to head
About

Lucid

Organize your thoughts with a minimalist, gesture-driven note-taking app. Connect and nest ideas fluidly with block-based editing. Bookmark sections and navigate easily with intuitive gestures.

Highlights
  • Minimalist and intuitive design
  • Fluid, block-based editing
  • Gesture-driven navigation
  • Bookmark any section
  • Spacebar caret navigation
Features
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■ Beautifully minimal Intuitive & clean design that keeps you in the flow. A note-taking app that gets out of your way. ■ Connect ideas Organize thoughts as they form. Freely move and nest ideas with fluid, block-based editing. ■ Gesture driven • Swipe right to focus on any subsection • Swipe left to collapse a section • Navigate through parent blocks by swiping from the edge • Pull down to add a block at the top or tap empty space to add at the bottom ■ Other features • Bookmark any section, not just top-level notes • Easily move the caret between blocks by holding the spacebar (not possible in other outliners) ■ Roadmap Lucid is in early development and many more features are coming soon: • External links • Bidirectional linking • Desktop app & iCloud sync • More themes and customization options For the philosophy and reasoning behind the app, visit https://thelucidnotes.com/

About

ibPocket

Features
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The only iOS organizer that keeps everything for a topic in one place — your notes, links, files, photos, locations, tasks, AND your contacts. NEW IN v2: Map and Todo card types Pin locations to Apple Maps. Track tasks with built-in checklists. Now seven card types in one beautifully simple app. > THE PROBLEM IB POCKET SOLVES You're heading into a meeting. You need the contract (in email), the client's phone number (in Contacts), your talking points (in Notes), the meeting location (in Maps), and your prep checklist (in Reminders). Five apps. Five searches. Every. Single. Time. iOS has great apps for individual things. IB Pocket is the missing organizer that brings them together — by topic. > SEVEN CARD TYPES, ONE TOPIC BLOCK Text — Quick notes, ideas, and reminders URL — Save any link or website File — PDFs, documents, anything from Files app Contact — Picked from your iOS Contacts Photo — Straight from your photo library Map — Save locations, open in Apple Maps Todo — Built-in checklists with progress tracking > HOW PEOPLE USE IT - Client meetings: contract + client contact + talking points + meeting location + prep checklist - Travel: boarding pass + hotel address (mapped!) + local contacts + sightseeing checklist - Projects: brief + deliverables + team contacts + reference photos + task list - Shopping: gift ideas + store locations + budget notes + people you're shopping for > WHY IB POCKET IS DIFFERENT - The only iOS organizer with native Contacts integration - Now with Apple Maps and Todo lists built in - Beautiful dark mode - Native iPhone + iPad app (not a web wrapper) - Free forever — no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases > BUILT FOR APPLE IB Pocket is built entirely in SwiftUI with SwiftData and CloudKit — Apple's modern frameworks. Uses native pickers for Contacts, Photos, Files, and Maps. Adaptive layouts for iPhone and iPad, with split-view sidebar on iPad. Privacy by design — your data syncs through your iCloud, never our servers. > FROM AN INDIE DEVELOPER InfoBlocks Pocket is built by a solo developer who got tired of opening five apps before every meeting. Built on weekends, polished with care, and free because that felt right. Have feedback, feature ideas, or want to say hello? Email us anytime — we read every message. Stop scattering. Start organizing by topic. Download IB Pocket free today.

Screenshots

Lucid4 screens
ibPocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lucid and ibPocket are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucid ships an update every 2 weeks, ibPocket fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lucid versus ibPocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucidibPocket
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerillia chabanDmitrii Ulianov

In-app purchases

None

Lucid

No in-app purchases

None

ibPocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lucid free?
Lucid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ibPocket free?
ibPocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lucid or ibPocket have ads?
Neither Lucid nor ibPocket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucid or ibPocket?
Lucid ships an update every 2 weeks, and ibPocket fortnightly. Most recently, Lucid was updated on October 31, 2026 and ibPocket on October 25, 2026.

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