SiloNote vs Vault Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SiloNote
This app allows for rapid note-taking using text, photos, and voice. Notes are stored locally as Markdown files and can be synced with Obsidian. A home screen widget provides quick access to recent entries.
- Quick note capture
- Text, photo, and voice recording
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable note folders
- Obsidian sync
- Home Screen widget
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SiloNote is a lightweight local-first note app designed for quick capture and personal Markdown note-taking. · Capture notes with text, photos, and voice recordings · Keep notes in local Markdown files · Choose and manage your own note folder · Sync your local notes to Obsidian · Review recent notes with the Home Screen widget Simple, portable, and under your control. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.silonote.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.silonote.com/legal/privacy
Vault Reader
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A calm place to read the GitHub notes you already have. Vault Reader connects to any GitHub repository of markdown files, public or private, and renders it on iPhone as a focused, offline-ready reader. Built for the Obsidian vaults, dev notes, and journals that already live in GitHub. THE READER • Sign in with GitHub. Connect one repository on the free tier; every public or private repo you have access to with Vault Reader Pro. • Sync once, read offline. Every page caches on your iPhone and opens without a signal. • Smart incremental sync. SHA-based diffing only re-downloads files that actually changed, keeping API usage low. • Native SwiftUI rendering for headings, lists, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, task lists, blockquotes, and images. • Book-quiet typography: Iowan Old Style for body, Fraunces for display headings. • Full-text search across every cached file in your vault. FOR OBSIDIAN USERS Pairs with the Obsidian Git plugin. Point Vault Reader at the same repository and it picks up: • [[Wikilinks]], resolved locally. Tap to follow; unresolved links stay visible but disabled so nothing is silently broken. • YAML frontmatter, hidden from the rendered page. Tags surface as small chips above the title. • > TLDR: callouts, highlighted as cards so the gist of a note stands out. ON-DEVICE AI (VAULT READER PRO) A floating action button on every page opens a chat powered by Apple Foundation Models, running entirely on your iPhone. No API keys. No cloud inference. Nothing leaves the device. • Summarize the page you're on. • Ask it to explain a passage in simpler terms. • Ask free-form questions across your whole vault. Answers link back to source pages. READING, YOUR WAY • Two themes on the free tier: Plum Codex (light) and Midnight Vault (dark). • Six themes total with Pro: Plum Codex, Sepia Library, Forest Journal, Terracotta Press, Midnight Vault, and Obsidian Codex. • Four body-text sizes and three line-spacing presets with Pro. Dynamic Type respected throughout. PRIVACY BY CONSTRUCTION • Your GitHub token lives in the iOS Keychain. Minner Labs runs no backend and never sees it. • AI runs on-device via Apple Foundation Models. Prompts and answers never leave your iPhone. • Read-only. Vault Reader cannot create, edit, or delete anything in your repositories. • Your Pro subscription restores automatically across devices and reinstalls. PRICING • Free to download and read. One connected repository, two themes, and the core reader are always free. • Vault Reader Pro unlocks on-device AI, unlimited repositories, and the complete theme and typography library. Available as a monthly or annual subscription (with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan), or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://vaultreader.minnerlabs.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SiloNote at none against Vault Reader's 3. SiloNote also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Vault Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SiloNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
SiloNote ships an update weekly, Vault Reader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SiloNote | Vault Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俊杰 马 | Minner Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
SiloNote
No in-app purchases
Vault Reader
- Vault Reader Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Vault Reader Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Vault Reader Pro - Lifetime$39.99









