Comparison

SaveIt vs Purgd

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

Purgd

This app helps declutter your mind by capturing thoughts via voice or text and automatically organizing them into actionable categories. It prioritizes tasks and offers a focused mode to help you concentrate on what matters most.

Highlights
  • Voice and text capture
  • Automatic task sorting
  • Prioritized 'Today' view
  • Focus mode with timer
  • Calendar awareness
  • Locked vault for sensitive data
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Your brain isn't broken. Your to-do app is. Dump whatever's in your head (by voice or text) and Purgd sorts it into Today, Next, Someday, Reference, or a locked Vault. Automatically. Then it shows you what matters and stays quiet until you ask. No 47-item list staring you down. Features • Voice capture in under 2 seconds. Hold, talk, release -- Purgd extracts the urgency, date, and project in one step. • Today shows three actions. Picked by urgency, due dates, and your patterns. Not a wall of tasks. • Focus mode with a timer. It reads the task out loud. Finish one, the next appears. • Calendar aware. Reads your events, never writes to them. Packed day? Smaller tasks. • Locked vault. Biometric unlock. Your personal context stays on your phone. • Fully offline. Optional Pro backup is encrypted with your passphrase. We cannot read it. Privacy • No tracking. No ads. No data sold. • Analytics off by default. You opt in, not out. • Local storage encrypted. Pro • Encrypted cloud backup (beta during launch -- contact support for new-device restore) • Custom categories • AI routing with offline fallback • Focus session insights and weekly review Free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings. Note on ADHD: Purgd is designed with ADHD brains in mind. It is not a medical tool and does not treat, diagnose, or cure any condition. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: support@purgd.app

Screenshots

SaveIt4 screens
Purgd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: SaveIt at free against Purgd's freemium. SaveIt also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and device support (5 vs 1). Purgd's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Purgd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SaveIt against 5.0 for Purgd. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, Purgd fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SaveIt versus Purgd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaveItPurgd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeokwoo HongFlyFission Consulting Group

Customer experience

SaveIt

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

Purgd

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SaveIt

Subscriptions1
  • SaveIt Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • SaveIt Pro (Upgrade to Lifetime)$19.99
  • SaveIt Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
2 purchases

Purgd

Subscriptions2
  • Purged Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Purgd Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is SaveIt free?
SaveIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Purgd free?
Purgd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SaveIt or Purgd?
SaveIt and Purgd are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SaveIt or Purgd have ads?
Neither SaveIt nor Purgd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SaveIt or Purgd?
SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, and Purgd fortnightly. Most recently, SaveIt was updated on November 5, 2026 and Purgd on October 31, 2026.

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