Grape vs Abox Mark · Micro Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grape
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Think, write, and organize with AI. Grape is an AI powered note taking app that helps you capture ideas, organize knowledge, and find anything instantly. Unlike a chat app, Grape's AI understands your notes and can search, create, organize, and edit them for you. Whether you are taking meeting notes, studying, planning projects, or collecting ideas, Grape keeps everything in one place. AI that works with your notes - Chat with an AI that understands your whole workspace - Let the AI agent create, edit, move and organize notes for you - Search your notes by meaning, in plain language - Search the web without leaving your notes - Set custom instructions and save quick prompts you reuse - The AI remembers what matters to you across chats - Use Grape AI or bring your own API keys - Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, DeepSeek and more - Run local models with Ollama or LM Studio Capture everything - Rich text editor with headings, lists, highlights and spell check - Checklists and tables - Images, PDFs and audio files inside notes - Voice recordings with AI transcription - Speaker identification for meetings and interviews - Handwriting notebooks with pen, highlighter, rulings and page sizes - Write on PDFs and export a notebook as PDF - Handwriting that is searchable and readable by the AI - Drawing canvas - Links between notes and backlinks - Tags Study smarter - Generate flashcards from any note - Quiz yourself with adaptive difficulty - Build mind maps - Present a note as a slide deck - Lay a note out as a shareable infographic - Watch a note as a short brainrot video - Summarize, extract key points and translate Stay organized - Folders and unlimited subfolders - Sort and group notes your way - Graph view - Pin important notes - Version history - Automatic backups - Templates with dynamic variables - Find text inside notes - Recover deleted notes Capture from anywhere - Share text, links and files to Grape from other apps - Home screen widgets for quick capture and recent notes - Clip web pages from Chrome - Import from Apple Notes and Markdown files - Desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux Make it yours - 24 themes plus light and dark mode - Accent colors - Your language and date format Your data stays yours - Local first storage, works offline - Cross device sync - Export as Markdown, HTML and PDF - No account required to get started Whether you are a student, developer, researcher, writer, or professional, Grape helps you think faster, remember more, and stay organized. Grape is free to use with unlimited notes. Grape Pro adds Grape AI, sync, voice transcription, the study tools, widgets and themes. Privacy Policy: https://grape.cool/privacy Terms of Service: https://grape.cool/terms
Abox Mark · Micro Journal
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Abox Mark is a private micro journal for daily moments, passing thoughts, and moods. No long-form writing and no streaks to maintain. Capture what just happened, a thought that crossed your mind, or how you feel right now. It takes only seconds, then a press and hold seals it as a mark of your own. Time remembers you. So your future self can meet who you are now. [Capture it in one line] Record a small part of your day, a passing thought, a mood, or any moment you don’t want to forget. Each entry is limited to 200 characters: enough for a short journal entry and quick enough to catch an idea before it disappears. Add a mood or place when you want more context. [Mood is optional] Calm, Happy, Inspired, Tired, Down, Missing, Looking forward. Choose one of seven states, or skip it entirely. It is not a psychology quiz—just a simple way to name the moment. [Hold to seal, keep it real] Press and hold the fingerprint button for about a second and a half. When the ring closes, the entry is sealed. Sealed marks can’t be edited. It is not about restriction; it means that when you return later, you meet the moment as it really was. [A timeline for your moments] Marks appear newest first. Use the month index to jump through time and revisit the days, thoughts, and memories you left behind. [Quiet reflection, no streak pressure] In “A Glance at Time,” see how many marks you have left and how long your recorded story has become. There is no streak to protect and no daily goal to complete. Open it whenever there is something worth keeping. [Private, on your device] • No account, no sign-in • No cloud sync, no social • Marks stay on this device only No sharing. No likes. No comments. Your micro journal belongs to you alone. Leave the moment. Seal it. Meet it again someday.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abox Mark · Micro Journal at none against Grape's 1. Grape's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Grape sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.00 per month. Abox Mark · Micro Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grape ships an update daily, Abox Mark · Micro Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grape | Abox Mark · Micro Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shiny Grape, LLC | Guangwei Yu |
In-app purchases
Grape
- Grape Pro Monthly$19.001 Month
Abox Mark · Micro Journal
No in-app purchases





