Comparison

Pluck vs AppendX

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

Head to head
About

Pluck

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Pluck is the no-fuss way to save anything from any app and actually find it again. See something worth saving? Share it to Pluck. Links, images, articles, videos, recipes โ€” it all goes into a simple, organized library that works without any effort from you. SMART WITHOUT THE CLOUD Pluck uses on-device AI to automatically categorize and tag everything you save. Your data never leaves your phone. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. ORGANIZED BY DEFAULT Items are automatically grouped by source app โ€” your Instagram saves, YouTube videos, articles, and recipes each get their own folder. Filter by category to find exactly what you need. BUILT FOR iOS 26 Pluck is designed from the ground up with Liquid Glass, smooth spring animations, and the polish you expect from a native app. It feels like it belongs on your phone. KEY FEATURES - Share Sheet integration โ€” save from any app in one tap - On-device AI categorization and tagging - Home Screen widgets to surface your saves - No accounts, no sign-up, no ads - Completely private โ€” zero data collection

About

AppendX

Features
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You find a link worth saving. You read a quote worth keeping. You discover a band worth remembering. By the time you switch apps, find the right file, and paste it in โ€” you've lost your train of thought. AppendX gives you two ways to get it down. Share from any app on your iPhone, or open AppendX and capture a thought that isn't on screen anywhere. Either way it lands in exactly the right markdown file, formatted exactly how you want it. SMART TARGETS Set up your destinations once โ€” a file for books, one for links, one for ideas. Each with its own emoji, format, and file. AppendX reads your files' headings to name targets automatically, and suggests icons as you type. LISTS, BLOCKS, OR YOUR OWN FORMAT Capture as a clean list item that adapts to whatever you share, a block that keeps every piece of data, or build a custom template with tokens. A live preview shows exactly what will land in your file โ€” before you commit. PASTE AS MARKDOWN Copy a paragraph from the web and paste it into AppendX. Bold stays bold. Links stay links. iOS hands most apps plain text and drops the formatting โ€” AppendX reads the clipboard's HTML instead, so what you copied is what you keep. TYPE, TALK, OR PASTE Capture mode opens straight to a text field. Type it, dictate it with the keyboard's microphone, or paste formatted text from anywhere. SMART CAPTURE Different apps share data differently โ€” AppendX sorts it out. Clean URLs with tracking junk stripped. Real titles instead of bare hostnames. Selected text recovered even when apps bury it in odd places. What you meant to save is what gets saved. NEVER LOSE DATA Every capture is queued locally before it's written. If iCloud hiccups, your capture waits safely and syncs when your files are reachable. A full history shows everything you've captured and its status. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP Any app that stores markdown files: Obsidian, iA Writer, 1Writer, or a plain folder. iCloud Drive or on-device storage. No account, no analytics, no server โ€” your notes never leave your control. Free, with an optional tip jar if it earns a place in your routine.

Screenshots

Pluck4 screens
AppendX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pluck at none against AppendX's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. AppendX sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pluck asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Pluck versus AppendX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPluckAppendX
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkash SrivastavaMichael Susz

In-app purchases

None

Pluck

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

AppendX

One-time3
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me a burrito$4.99
  • Buy me lunch$9.99

Questions

Is Pluck free?
Pluck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AppendX free?
AppendX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pluck or AppendX have ads?
Neither Pluck nor AppendX shows ads.

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