Comparison

SaveIt vs Verbatim

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

Head to head
About

SaveIt

Organize your digital life with a minimalist, privacy-focused app. Save links, notes, and bookmarks with zero tracking and no ads. Enjoy rich visual previews and intuitive organization for a clutter-free experience.

Highlights
  • Save links and notes
  • Zero tracking and ads
  • Rich visual previews
  • Intuitive organization with tags
  • Secure hidden mode with Face ID
  • Seamless iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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SaveIt keeps everything you want to save in one place. Add a link, write a note, or capture what's in front of you, and it's there on every device, ready when you need it. Saving links and notes is free, with no limits. So are tags, search, Archive, Hidden Mode, and iCloud sync. FREE, ALWAYS • Save unlimited links, with a title, icon, and preview added automatically when available • Write notes in Markdown, styled as you type and drawn right on your cards • Save from any app with the Share sheet, or scan a QR code to save where it points • Organize with tags, and narrow any list by kind, date, or the words inside • Archive what you're done with: out of your lists, but never deleted • Hidden Mode locks private items behind Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID • Find anything with fast search, or with Spotlight from the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and Finder • A widget, Control Center, the Lock Screen, and the Action button put a new note, link, or search one tap away • Ask Siri to save a link or a note, and on iOS 27, to find and open what you saved • Sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro with your own iCloud, with your notes on Apple Watch • Export notes as text, Markdown, or PDF, links as QR codes, and whole selections to a folder as real files • Your items stay private: on your device and in your own iCloud, never on our servers SAVEIT PRO When you want to keep more than links and notes, Pro unlocks the rest. Save anything • Images, videos, audio, and files of any kind, kept in your own iCloud • Take a photo or video, record a voice memo, or start from a blank image, right in the app • Search inside your media on device, so the text in a photo or a PDF can be found Stay organized • Feeds keep the views you use most in the sidebar, sorted and styled the same on every device • Reminders on any saved item, so nothing slips away • Detailed stats on when you save and what you come back to Make it yours • Accent colors and custom app icons • Premium note fonts, for all your notes or just one • Icons and colors for your tags, and your own thumbnails for any link or media item SaveIt Pro is a yearly subscription, with a free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Either way, it covers all your devices. Links and notes are the heart of SaveIt, and they're yours for free, along with Hidden Mode and sync across your devices. Pro is there for the day you want to save everything else. -- Questions or ideas? Email disfordave@proton.me Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://saveitbydave.com/privacy

About

Verbatim

Record audio and video, then instantly get a transcript and AI-powered summary on your device. Supports 99 languages and works offline, keeping your data private.

Highlights
  • On-device AI transcription
  • Import audio/video files
  • Supports 99 languages
  • Translate to English
  • Smart AI summaries
  • Searchable recordings
Features
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Private AI voice-to-text, transcription, and dictation — right on your iPhone. Record meetings, lectures, interviews, conversations, and voice notes, or speak directly into supported apps and text fields using the Verbatim Voice Keyboard. Verbatim turns your audio into searchable text and useful notes while keeping transcription and AI processing on your device. PRIVATE, ON-DEVICE PROCESSING Your recordings do not need to be sent to a cloud transcription service. Verbatim uses AI models on your iPhone for transcription, summaries, search, and text processing. Once the required models are installed, supported processing works offline. RECORD AND TRANSCRIBE • Record conversations and voice notes • Import supported audio and video files • Create searchable transcripts on your device • Detect supported spoken languages • Translate supported speech into English • Review the original audio alongside its transcript DICTATE IN YOUR APPS Enable the Verbatim Voice Keyboard to dictate in supported apps and text fields. Tap the microphone, speak, and Verbatim inserts the completed text where you were typing. SUMMARIZE AND FIND WHAT MATTERS • Generate concise summaries and key points • Search across saved transcripts and summaries • Ask questions about your recordings • Copy, export, and share your results NO MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION Try every feature during the free trial. Unlock Verbatim Pro once to keep unlimited access — no recurring subscription. Custom keyboards are unavailable in secure fields, phone-pad fields, and apps that disable third-party keyboards. AI-generated transcripts and summaries may contain errors; review important information before relying on it.

Screenshots

SaveIt4 screens
Verbatim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SaveIt at 5.0 against Verbatim's 2.3. SaveIt also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. SaveIt sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Verbatim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SaveIt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, Verbatim weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SaveIt versus Verbatim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaveItVerbatim
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.126.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB2.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeokwoo Hongglen bucy

Customer experience

SaveIt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Verbatim

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

SaveIt

Subscriptions1
  • SaveIt Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Tip Jar - Small$1.99
  • Tip Jar - Medium$4.99
  • Tip Jar - Large$9.99
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  • SaveIt Pro (Upgrade to Lifetime)$19.99
  • SaveIt Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
1 purchases

Verbatim

One-time1
  • Verbatim Pro Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is SaveIt free?
SaveIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Verbatim free?
Verbatim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SaveIt or Verbatim?
SaveIt is rated higher. SaveIt averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Verbatim averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do SaveIt or Verbatim have ads?
Neither SaveIt nor Verbatim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SaveIt or Verbatim?
SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, and Verbatim weekly. Most recently, SaveIt was updated on October 23, 2026 and Verbatim on October 24, 2026.

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