Comparison

Ki vs PocketKnife Projects

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

Head to head
About

Ki

Capture, organize, and connect all your learning in one place. This app allows you to save notes, links, code snippets, and ideas, then link them together to build a web of knowledge. Find anything fast with full-text search and visual knowledge graphs.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, links, quotes, code snippets, and ideas
  • Organize with color-coded tags and custom topics
  • Connect notes with bidirectional linking
  • Visualize knowledge with interactive graphs
  • Full-text search and saved searches
  • Quick capture via floating button and widgets
  • Review workflow for managing notes
Features
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Ki-note is your personal knowledge base. Capture, organize, and connect everything you learn — all in one place. CAPTURE EVERYTHING • Notes, links, quotes, code snippets, ideas, and references • Quick capture with a floating + button from anywhere in the app • Save source URLs and titles for web content. You can share links from Safari to Ki-note! • Tag code snippets with their programming language (Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust) • You can insert notes, text, links, into Ki-notes using the Share functionality • You can insert notes using voice in the Control Center widget or using a shortcut with Siri ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Tags — color-coded labels to categorize your notes • Topics — group related notes under a single theme with custom icons • Smart Collections — automatic filters like Inbox, Favorites, Reading Queue, Unreviewed, Quotes, Ideas, Links, Untagged, and Unlinked • Configurable Quick Access dashboard on the home screen • Pin, favorite, and archive notes • Review workflow — track notes from Inbox → Unreviewed → Reviewing → Reviewed CONNECT YOUR KNOWLEDGE • Link notes together to build a web of ideas • Bidirectional linking — see which notes link to and from each note • Interactive Knowledge Graph — visualize all your notes and their connections • Customizable graph settings for colors, forces, and display options FIND ANYTHING FAST • Full-text search across all notes • Save frequently used searches for quick access • Browse by tags and topics • Filter by note type, status, or collection BUILT FOR YOU • 100% free — no ads, no subscriptions, all features unlocked • Local-first — your data stays on your device with SwiftData • Localized in 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese • Light and dark mode with customizable themes • Optional one-time tip to support development Ki-note is designed for students, researchers, developers, writers, and anyone who wants to build a personal knowledge base that grows with them.

About

PocketKnife Projects

Manage projects from start to finish with this lean, offline-first application. Organize tasks, track budgets, log expenses, and document decisions without subscriptions or cloud sync. All your project data stays securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Project organization by status and priority
  • Milestone tracking with dependencies
  • Real-time budget and expense logging
  • Meeting notes and action item capture
  • Risk and issue tracking
  • Decision logging
  • Offline functionality
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Your all-in-one project manager — lean, local, and always in your pocket. PocketKnife Projects gives you everything you need to run a project from start to finish, without the bloat of enterprise tools or the monthly subscription fees. All your data lives on-device, so it's fast, private, and works completely offline. ORGANIZE YOUR PROJECTS Create projects with a name, description, start and end dates, and a total budget. Assign a status — Pending, Planning, Active, On Hold, or Complete — and a priority level so you always know what needs attention first. Projects are grouped by status on your home screen for an instant snapshot of everything in flight. TRACK EVERY DETAIL Each project comes with a full suite of tools: Milestones — Define key deliverables, set due dates, assign owners, and chain dependencies so nothing falls through the cracks. Budget — Log expenses by category and track spending against your total budget in real time. Meetings — Record meeting notes, attendees, agendas, and outcomes all in one place. Action Items — Capture tasks from meetings with owners, due dates, and open/closed status. Risks — Log risks with probability and impact ratings, mitigation plans, and owners so you're never caught off guard. Issues — Track active problems with priority levels and link them to milestones or risks for full context. Decisions — Document key decisions, who made them, and what they were based on — a log you'll be glad you kept. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY WORK Clean, distraction-free design with full dark mode support. Smooth date pickers, collapsible sections, and thoughtful keyboard handling make data entry fast and frustration-free. No account required. No cloud sync. No subscription. Just your projects, on your phone.

Screenshots

Ki4 screens
PocketKnife Projects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PocketKnife Projects at none against Ki's 1. PocketKnife Projects also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Ki's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Ki sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PocketKnife Projects asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ki against 5.0 for PocketKnife Projects. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ki ships an update every 2 days, PocketKnife Projects every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ki versus PocketKnife Projects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiPocketKnife Projects
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan CasanuevaAurum Creative Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Ki

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PocketKnife Projects

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ki

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
None

PocketKnife Projects

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ki free?
Ki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PocketKnife Projects free?
PocketKnife Projects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ki or PocketKnife Projects?
Ki and PocketKnife Projects are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ki or PocketKnife Projects have ads?
Neither Ki nor PocketKnife Projects shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ki or PocketKnife Projects?
Ki ships an update every 2 days, and PocketKnife Projects every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ki was updated on October 18, 2026 and PocketKnife Projects on October 6, 2026.

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