Comparison

Mapable vs Etzly

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

Head to head
About

Mapable

Features
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Your brain has thousands of ideas. Most of them slip away. Mapable catches them all and connects the dots for you. CAPTURE ANYTHING, ANYWHERE Drop in a thought, record a voice memo, snap a photo, or share a link — Mapable turns it into structured knowledge in seconds. No folders, no manual tagging. Just capture and move on. AI THAT ORGANIZES FOR YOU Every capture is automatically analyzed, tagged, and linked to your existing knowledge. Mapable's AI finds connections you didn't know existed, building a rich web of ideas that grows smarter over time. YOUR KNOWLEDGE, VISUALIZED Explore your second brain as an interactive mind map. See how ideas cluster around themes, discover unexpected links between topics, and navigate your knowledge visually. ASK YOUR BRAIN ANYTHING Search isn't enough. Ask natural-language questions and get answers drawn from everything you've ever captured. Your brain becomes a personal knowledge assistant. DAILY JOURNAL Reflect on your day with rotating prompts designed to surface insights. Journal entries feed back into your knowledge graph, connecting your reflections to your ideas. GOALS & TODOS Track objectives extracted from your knowledge. See how your ideas connect to your goals and measure your progress over time. KEY FEATURES - Instant capture: text, voice, images, URLs - Share extension: capture from any app without opening Mapable - AI auto-tagging and linking - Interactive knowledge graph visualization - Natural language search across all your knowledge - Daily journal with smart prompts - Goal tracking and todo management - Tag browser with hierarchy and clusters - Timeline view for any topic - Works alongside your existing notes in Notion, Obsidian, or Roam BUILT FOR THINKERS Whether you're a researcher, student, creator, entrepreneur, or lifelong learner — if you think a lot and lose your ideas, Mapable is your external brain. MAPABLE PRO Mapable is free to try with up to 4 memories. Subscribe to Mapable Pro to unlock unlimited captures and build your full second brain. Mapable Pro is available as a monthly subscription at €9.99/month or an annual subscription at €59.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Your data is private. Your knowledge is yours. Privacy Policy: https://www.mapable.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mapable.dev/terms

About

Etzly

This visual note-taking application helps you organize thoughts and ideas by creating connected trees. Expand on initial concepts with detailed branches and sub-branches, keeping information contextually relevant. It's designed for users who prefer a non-linear approach to organizing information.

Highlights
  • Organize ideas visually
  • Create connected branches and sub-branches
  • Write rich notes with formatting and links
  • Search and jump to specific thoughts
  • Keep work and personal ideas separate
  • Local data storage
Features
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Think in branches with Etzly, a visual note-taking app that turns ideas into connected trees. Start with a big thought, then add branches and sub-branches as your thinking grows. Every branch has its own note, so details stay beside the idea they belong to. Use Etzly to: • Organize ideas, projects, research, and goals visually • Move between the full tree and a focused branch • Write rich notes with bold, italic, underline, lists, checklists, and links • Search your tree and jump straight to any thought • Keep work and personal ideas connected without flattening them into one long list Etzly is made for visual thinkers, writers, students, makers, and anyone whose ideas do not fit into a straight line. No account is required. In the current version, your trees, branches, and notes are stored locally on your device. Find the structure in your thinking, keep the context around every idea, and follow each branch where it leads. https://etzly.com/terms/ https://etzly.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Mapable4 screens
Etzly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Etzly at none against Mapable's 2. Etzly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Mapable's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mapable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Etzly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mapable ships an update every 3 days, Etzly weekly. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Mapable versus Etzly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapableEtzly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexis RaimbaultTEXTMYLINK LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mapable

Subscriptions2
  • Mapable Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Mapable Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
None

Etzly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mapable free?
Mapable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Etzly free?
Etzly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mapable or Etzly have ads?
Neither Mapable nor Etzly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mapable or Etzly?
Mapable ships an update every 3 days, and Etzly weekly. Most recently, Mapable was updated on September 17, 2026 and Etzly on September 17, 2026.

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