Nomchy vs Retrace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nomchy
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Nomchy is your monster powered inbox. A friendly monster that eats everything you save and keeps it organized for you. SAVE ANYTHING • Photos & screenshots from your camera or library • Links & bookmarks from any browser • Text notes, ideas, and reminders • Share from any app using the Share Extension FIND IT INSTANTLY • Smart search across all your content • Auto-tagging powered by on-device AI • Filter by category, date, or favorites • OCR search — find text inside your photos MAKE IT YOURS • Choose from 4 beautiful color themes • Name your monster • Create custom categories • Organize your way PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data stored locally on your device • No accounts, no cloud, no tracking • Your content never leaves your phone Feed your Nomchy. Find it later easily. Everything is stored locally on your device.
Retrace
This minimal notes app automatically snapshots your writing every few seconds, allowing you to easily revisit and restore any past version. It offers a focused editing experience with inline checklists and image attachments, syncing seamlessly via iCloud.
- Automatic silent snapshots
- Scrub through past versions
- Restore previous states
- Focused editor with no menus
- Inline checklists
- Image attachments
- iCloud sync
- Export to Markdown, PDF, Image
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Retrace is a minimal notes app with a single promise: nothing you write is ever lost. Write freely. After every two seconds of quiet, Rewind quietly snapshots your note. You can scrub through those snapshots like a film reel — see what your idea looked like an hour ago, last night, a week ago. — TIME MACHINE FOR YOUR NOTES — · Automatic, silent snapshots. No thinking required. · Drag the filmstrip to revisit any past version. · Tap "restore" — the current state is saved as another version. So you can never lose anything by going back. · Mark important moments manually with one tap. — A FOCUSED EDITOR — · No menus. No formatting bar. Just space to think. · Inline checklists — tap the checkbox to mark done. · Attach images. · Auto-save after 2 seconds of idle. — TAKE IT WITH YOU — · iCloud sync across all your devices, end to end through your own Apple account. · Home Screen widget for quick capture and today's notes. · Siri shortcuts: "open my last note," "quick capture." · One-tap export to Markdown, PDF, or a beautiful long-image Time Album. — YOURS, ALWAYS — · No accounts. No tracking. No ads. · Your data lives only on your device and in your own iCloud. · Available in 8 languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch. · Made by one person, for one person. Retrace is built around a single feeling: the relief of knowing nothing you write will be lost. Once you trust that, you start writing more bravely. Try it for a week.
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Verdict
Nomchy and Retrace are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Nomchy | Retrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baran Gunel | 炳银 伍 |
In-app purchases
Nomchy
No in-app purchases
Retrace
No in-app purchases









