Comparison

SaveIt vs AI Notes

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

AI Notes

Features
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AI Notes: Smart Writing helps you capture ideas, edit notes, and use intelligent tools to work faster and more effectively. Write naturally, organize your content, and access helpful AI features directly inside your notes. Clean Note Editing Create and edit notes in a simple, focused workspace designed for clarity and productivity. Built-in AI Tools Access smart tools while writing: - Chat — ask questions and get instant help - Quiz — review content with practice questions - Translate — understand text across languages - AI Summary — turn long notes into short highlights Import Content Easily Bring information into your notes using: - Speech - OCR - PDF - Image Stay Organized Keep your notes structured and easy to manage so you can find important information quickly. One Workspace for Everything From writing and reviewing to translating and summarizing, AI Notes: Smart Writing brings everything together in one smooth experience. AI Notes: Smart Writing is designed to help you stay organized, save time, and make better use of your ideas.

Screenshots

SaveIt4 screens
AI Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Notes at none against SaveIt's 6. AI Notes also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.1). SaveIt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price 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. AI Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, AI Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
SaveIt versus AI Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaveItAI Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeokwoo HongThu Bui Thi Minh

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
None

AI Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SaveIt free?
SaveIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Notes free?
AI Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SaveIt or AI Notes have ads?
AI Notes shows ads; SaveIt does not.
Which is updated more often, SaveIt or AI Notes?
SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, and AI Notes monthly. Most recently, SaveIt was updated on October 23, 2026 and AI Notes on October 28, 2026.

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