Comparison

Ember vs MindWiki

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

Head to head
About

Ember

A fast and organized workspace for writing Markdown notes, storing PDFs, diagrams, and voice memos. It offers a vault for reusable prompts and syncs across Apple devices. Start for free with full editor access.

Highlights
  • Rich Markdown editor
  • Inline PDF and image support
  • Reusable prompt vault
  • Daily notes, folders, and tags
  • Instant search functionality
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Share Extension
Features
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Your notes should feel like home. Ember is a warm, fast place to think — Markdown notes, PDFs, diagrams, voice memos, and a vault of reusable prompts, all in one calm workspace that syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. WRITE IN RICH MARKDOWN A live editor with real formatting: headings, tables, task lists, links, highlights, footnotes, and code — rendered as you type, never in your way. Bullets, numbers, and checkboxes feel native and effortless. MORE THAN TEXT Drop PDFs, images, diagrams, and voice notes right inline. Your references live beside your writing, so everything about a thought stays in one place. A VAULT FOR YOUR PROMPTS Keep the prompts you reuse for writing, research, and planning in a dedicated Prompt Vault — organized, searchable, and a tap away when you need them. STAY ORGANIZED, STAY FAST Daily notes, folders, tags, smart filters, and pinned notes keep things tidy, and instant search finds anything the moment you look for it. YOURS EVERYWHERE Ember runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with optional private iCloud sync, widgets, and a Share Extension for capturing from anywhere. FREE TO START Capture notes, PDFs, prompts, and attachments with the full editor — free, no account required. EMBER PRO Unlock advanced themes and alternate icons, premium writing and organization workflows, and deeper Prompt Vault tools, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No selling your words. Your notes stay on your device and your own iCloud. Make a home for your thinking. Download Ember Notes. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://embernotes.app/privacy

About

MindWiki

This app acts as a personal knowledge base, allowing you to capture, organize, and connect your notes. It enables AI assistants to understand your context by accessing your private vault of plain text information. Syncs seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Quick capture of thoughts, links, and photos
  • Voice capture with transcription
  • AI-powered conversations based on your notes
  • Connect any AI assistant to your vault
  • Wikilinks for connecting pages
  • Full-text and semantic search
  • Plain markdown export
Features
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MindWiki is the external memory and knowledge vault for the AI tools you use. Capture ideas, decisions, documents, voice notes, links, photos, and files in one private, searchable system. Connect compatible AI tools and agents when you want them to retrieve approved context or capture new knowledge. Your AI conversations end. Your knowledge does not. BUILD YOUR AI MEMORY • Capture thoughts instantly from the iPhone app • Speak naturally and turn voice into searchable text • Save links, photos, audio, documents, and other files • Keep ideas, decisions, research, and project context together TALK TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE • Ask MindWiki AI questions grounded in your own pages • Open cited sources directly from an answer • Use Live Conversation for spoken questions and responses • Focus AI on a specific file or folder when you need precision CONNECT AI TO YOUR VAULT MindWiki is not another AI assistant. It is the memory layer that gives compatible AI systems useful context from knowledge you control. • Connect compatible AI tools through a secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoint • Let connected tools search and read relevant vault context • Capture new information back into MindWiki during a workflow • Keep access and changes under your control A CONNECTED SECOND BRAIN • Link related pages with [[wikilinks]] and backlinks • Find exact words with full-text search • Find related ideas with semantic search • Organize with folders, properties, and tags • Build a knowledge graph that grows with your thinking ONE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM, EVERYWHERE Capture on iPhone, edit deeply on Mac, and reach the same synced vault from the web. Your knowledge remains available across supported MindWiki experiences instead of being trapped in one conversation or model. OWN YOUR KNOWLEDGE Every MindWiki page is plain markdown. Export your complete vault when you need it and keep control of the knowledge you build over time. The core vault is free. Optional subscriptions unlock additional AI, voice, transcription, automation, and connector capabilities. Build the memory layer for your AI future. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mindwiki.io/terms End User License Agreement: https://mindwiki.io/eula Privacy Policy: https://mindwiki.io/privacy

Screenshots

Ember4 screens
MindWiki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MindWiki at every 4 days against Ember's every 2 weeks. MindWiki also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Ember sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MindWiki sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ember against 5.0 for MindWiki. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ember ships an update every 2 weeks, MindWiki every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ember versus MindWiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmberMindWiki
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRene DeAndaKeaton Williams

Customer experience

Ember

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MindWiki

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Annual$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ember Pro Lifetime$99.99
4 purchases

MindWiki

Subscriptions4
  • MindWiki Pro (Monthly)$12.991 Month
  • MindWiki Power (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • MindWiki Pro (Yearly)$129.001 Year
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  • MindWiki Power (Yearly)$299.001 Year

Questions

Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindWiki free?
MindWiki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ember or MindWiki?
Ember and MindWiki are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Ember or MindWiki have ads?
Neither Ember nor MindWiki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ember or MindWiki?
Ember ships an update every 2 weeks, and MindWiki every 4 days. Most recently, Ember was updated on October 24, 2026 and MindWiki on October 28, 2026.

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