Mapable vs CORTEX_
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Mapable
Capture thoughts, voice memos, photos, and links effortlessly. This app uses AI to automatically organize, tag, and link your information, visualizing it as an interactive mind map. Ask natural language questions to retrieve answers from your entire knowledge base.
- Instant capture (text, voice, images, URLs)
- AI auto-tagging and linking
- Interactive knowledge graph visualization
- Natural language search
- Daily journal with prompts
- Goal tracking and todo management
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Mapable is a calm second brain that organizes itself. Throw in a thought, a voice note, a screenshot, a link or a TikTok. Mapable files each one into a few clear topics, draws them as a map, and answers when you ask. No folders. No tags. No setup. CAPTURE ANYTHING ⢠Thoughts, voice notes, photos and screenshots, links ⢠TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube videos: Mapable watches them and remembers what's inside, down to the moment ⢠Share from any app with the share sheet, or dictate anywhere with your voice IT ORGANIZES ITSELF ⢠Every note lands in one of a few stable topics, automatically ⢠Your topics are drawn as a topographic map: each topic is a hill that grows as you add to it ⢠Related notes link up on their own ASK YOUR NOTES ⢠Ask in plain words: "where was that ramen place?" ⢠Get an answer in your language, with the notes it came from, even "the moment at 0:21 in that TikTok" YOUR DAY, IN ONE PLACE ⢠Today: your calendar, todos, rituals, and a note resurfaced from a while ago ⢠It noticed: Mapable spots todos, dates, goals and habits inside your notes and suggests them. Nothing is added without your tap ⢠Grow: goals drawn as summits, rituals with streaks, and the people named in your notes ⢠Evening check-in: your mood as weather, plus a few words ⢠Weekly review: what grew this week, as a map you can share MADE FOR BUSY HEADS Students, readers, makers, parents, and anyone whose reading list makes them feel guilty. Use it as a brain dump, a voice journal, a recipe keeper, a bookmark manager, or the place where saved TikToks finally get watched again. SIX LANGUAGES English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Italian. Mapable replies in your language. IN THEIR WORDS "honestly I just throw stuff in and forget about it, then a week later it's sitting exactly where I'd have put it. bit spooky" (John) "asked it where that restaurant was that I saved months ago and it just knew" (Lina) "my reading list used to make me feel guilty. now I actually go back to it" (Dennis) "I never stick with notes apps. still using this one" (Irina) FREE AND PRO Mapable is free: 5 notes a day, 3 Asks a week and 1 video a week. Mapable Pro removes the limits: unlimited notes, Asks and videos. Mapable Pro is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.mapable.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mapable.dev/terms
CORTEX_
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CORTEX is a Personal Intelligence Operating System built to help you think clearly, remember what matters, organize your world, and move from conversation to action. CORTEX 2.5 introduces a completely rebuilt experience powered by connected CORTEX intelligence. The redesigned interface brings conversation, voice, memory, intelligence tools, connected services, and personalization together in one unified system. EXPLORE CORTEX 2.5 ⢠Communicate naturally through text and voice ⢠Continue conversations with greater context and continuity ⢠Personalize your CORTEX character, voice, appearance, and interface ⢠Explore World intelligence and timely information ⢠Organize priorities, plans, ideas, and responsibilities ⢠Access Finance, Health, Gaming, Nexus, and Signal Zero experiences ⢠Connect supported accounts and services where available ⢠Use supported Tesla experiences with an authorized account ⢠Manage privacy, permissions, connected services, and preferences ⢠Discover intelligent tools designed for everyday life and execution BUILT AROUND YOU CORTEX is designed to become a consistent intelligence layer across the moments, decisions, responsibilities, and systems that shape your life. You remain in control of your information, permissions, connected accounts, and personalized experience. Features that rely on third-party services require the appropriate account, authorization, and availability. CORTEX is not simply another chatbot. It is the beginning of a more connected, personal, and capable intelligence experience. CORTEX is built by CORTEXNODE Inc. Others respond. CORTEX executes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CORTEX_ at none against Mapable's shown. Mapable's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Mapable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and CORTEX_ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mapable ships an update every 4 days, CORTEX_ every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapable | CORTEX_ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days ā better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | ā |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 337 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexis Raimbault | George Bayze |
In-app purchases
Mapable
- Mapable Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Mapable Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
CORTEX_
- CORTEX Pro$19.991 Month
- CORTEX Operator$59.001 Month
- CORTEX Pro (Yearly)$199.991 Year
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- CORTEX Operator (Yearly)$499.991 Year









