Comparison

DriveFlash vs Captured!

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

Head to head
About

DriveFlash

Features
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【Your Cloud Drive Now Answers You.】 DriveFlash is an AI-powered personal knowledge management assistant. Transform your scattered cloud drive documents into an intelligent knowledge base you can chat with and query anytime. Two Login Options, Your Choice Sign in with Apple: Your knowledge stays in iCloud Drive, completely private Google Sign-in: Your knowledge stays in Google Drive, synced across platforms Both methods offer identical functionality—use either one to access all AI features. Ask Your Documents Directly RAG Smart Q&A (vector search + Gemini AI) with three-layer intelligent retrieval (Wiki index → vector similarity → keyword matching). AI answers come with clickable source document links and related topic suggestions. Convert Multiple Content Sources to Notes in One Click YouTube videos, Podcasts, web articles, PDFs (including scans), eBooks (EPUB/DOCX), photos (OCR), audio files—9 built-in analysis modes + custom modes: Detailed summary, study notes, meeting minutes, academic seminar User manuals, knowledge extraction, eBook quick-read Convert to Markdown, transcript organization Custom analysis mode (add your own prompts to process source content) Auto-Generate Knowledge Reports AI daily/weekly/monthly reports automatically organize and review your newly added content and knowledge direction. Meeting Todos → Reminders Automatically extract action items from meeting notes and add them to iOS Reminders app in one click, with bidirectional deep links for seamless navigation. Learning Verification + Course System Quiz: Daily/weekly/monthly tests auto-generated from your knowledge base Lesson: AI-generated short course cards to refresh your memory Learning reminders to help you maintain momentum AI Assistant Built-in "Prompt Architect" with one-click professional templates Custom prompts: add, edit, delete personalized templates Multi-file attachment support with content persisting across conversations Privacy First No proprietary servers: data flows directly between your device and cloud API keys encrypted in Keychain, never uploaded to any server 【Key Features】 RAG smart Q&A + source attribution AI daily/weekly/monthly reports Cloud drive folder browsing Full-text search + vector search 9 built-in analysis modes (detailed summary / study notes / convert to Markdown / meeting minutes / academic seminar / user manual / knowledge extraction / eBook quick-read / transcript organization) EPUB / DOCX eBook parsing YouTube / Podcast subtitle extraction and analysis Learning verification Quiz + Lesson cards Meeting todos → iOS Reminders integration 5 languages (Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / English / Japanese / Korean) Completely free, with optional developer support 【Prerequisites】 Apple ID or Google Account (one or the other) Gemini API key (free signup at aistudio.google.com) 【Minimum System Requirements】 iPhone: iOS 26.2 or later iPad: iPadOS 26.2 or later (Required to access iOS 26 exclusive APIs like Apple SpeechAnalyzer and NLContextualEmbedding)

About

Captured!

This app acts as a universal clipboard, saving links, photos, videos, audio, files, and texts shared from other applications. It offers on-device processing for previews, AI descriptions, OCR, and transcription, with smart organization and full-text search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Universal content capture from any app
  • Automatic previews and AI enrichment
  • On-device OCR and transcription
  • Smart organization with folders and views
  • Full-text search and Spotlight integration
  • iCloud sync for selected folders
  • JSON backup and restore
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Tired of losing links, photos, videos, audio, files or texts shared from your apps? Captured is your universal clipboard. Tap Share from any app and choose Captured — everything is instantly saved, previewed and enriched, on-device by default. UNIVERSAL CAPTURE Accepts URLs, photos, videos, audio, files and text from any app. Automatic source detection (Safari, YouTube, Instagram, X, Photos...). AUTO-GENERATED PREVIEWS Every item gets a thumbnail: web pages via live browser, photos/videos from first frame, files via QuickLook, audio as waveform, text as typographic render. Thumbnail gallery with on-demand regeneration. AI DESCRIPTION, OCR & TRANSCRIPTION AI image/video description: Apple Vision (free, on-device), OpenAI GPT-4 Vision or Anthropic Claude. Built-in OCR on photos and videos. Audio speech-to-text transcription — all on-device by default, no cloud required. SMART ORGANIZATION Folders with batch move/delete and drag-and-drop reorder. Smart Views: All, Recent (7 days), Unread, With Location, With AI. Configurable sort: manual, newest, oldest, title, source. Filter by type: URL, file, photo, video, audio, text. FULL-TEXT SEARCH & SPOTLIGHT Instant search across titles, URLs, notes, AI descriptions and transcriptions. All items indexed in system Spotlight — searchable from the home screen. RICH METADATA Auto-fetch of web page title and last-modified date (bold title signals updated content). Reverse geocoding of GPS coordinates in photos. WIDGET WidgetKit widget in small, medium and large sizes showing unread items in real time. BACKUP & RESTORE Full JSON export/import (items, folders, settings, thumbnails) with Replace or Merge mode. PRIVACY All your data stays on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Network calls only when you explicitly enable web fetching or AI description via your own API key. iCloud sync, folder by folder Choose exactly which folders you want to find on your other devices. A long press on a folder offers "Sync with iCloud": its photos, videos, files and links — including previews — automatically appear on your iPhone, iPad and Mac linked to the same Apple account. Folders that are not synced remain strictly local. A "Resync iCloud" option lets you reconcile state across devices in one gesture. Link previews: lock, zoom, crop You can now lock a link's preview so it never changes, or enlarge the preview by a factor of 2 to better see thumbnails from your favorite sites. A new setting automatically crops the white or black bands surrounding some previews. Organization: everything by drag-and-drop Reorganize your folders by dragging them in the sidebar. Move an item from one folder to another simply by dragging it onto the destination folder. No more drop-down menus. Paste a link from the clipboard A new menu entry lets you directly add the currently copied link, without going through another app's "Share" menu. Manage your space better The info panel now shows the space used in iCloud when sync is active. A long press on each line gives access to quick actions. The "Delete local data only" option frees up space while keeping your synced folders intact.

Screenshots

DriveFlash4 screens
Captured!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Captured! at none against DriveFlash's 1. Captured! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence and device support 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. DriveFlash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Captured! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DriveFlash ships an update every 3 weeks, Captured! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DriveFlash versus Captured!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriveFlashCaptured!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMING HWA LEEAlexandre Fenyo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DriveFlash

One-time1
  • Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
None

Captured!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DriveFlash free?
DriveFlash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Captured! free?
Captured! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DriveFlash or Captured! have ads?
DriveFlash shows ads; Captured! does not.
Which is updated more often, DriveFlash or Captured!?
DriveFlash ships an update every 3 weeks, and Captured! fortnightly. Most recently, DriveFlash was updated on October 28, 2026 and Captured! on October 31, 2026.

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