Ember vs Locinote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Rich Markdown editor
- Inline PDF and image support
- Reusable prompt vault
- Daily notes, folders, and tags
- Instant search functionality
- Private iCloud sync
- Share Extension
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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
Locinote
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Locinote is a fast, private note app — and the escape hatch for the one you're leaving. MOVE YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY IN ONE TAP Coming from Evernote, Bear, or UpNote? Locinote imports your notes directly — formatting, checklists, tables, tags, timestamps, images, and PDF attachments included. Evernote (.enex), Bear (.bear2bk), and Markdown exports all work. Large accounts stream in without freezing, and re-running an import never creates duplicates. FIND ANYTHING — EVEN INSIDE PHOTOS Search covers titles, note text, and tags. With Pro, on-device OCR reads the text inside your images and PDFs, so a photo of a receipt, a whiteboard, or a scanned letter becomes searchable. Photos are never uploaded to a server to be read — OCR runs entirely on your device. SCAN DOCUMENTS Point your camera at a page. Locinote finds the edges, straightens the page, and saves a crisp PDF into your note — searchable like everything else. YOUR NOTES ARE YOURS Export is a promise, not a feature: on every plan, free forever, you can download your entire library as ENEX, Markdown, or HTML. You can leave any time and take everything with you. No lock-in, ever. WORKS OFFLINE Locinote is local-first. Notes open and edit instantly with no connection, then sync securely across your devices when you're back online. NO AI. JUST NOTES. Your notes aren't training data and they aren't a chat window. Locinote does one thing: keeps your notes fast, private, and organized. EVERYTHING ELSE • Notebooks and colored tags to organize your way • Pin, sort, and filter to keep the important stuff on top • Reminders on any note with local notifications • Email-to-note (Pro): forward any email to your private Locinote address and it becomes a note • Sync across all your devices — phone, tablet, and desktop • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email • Delete your account and all data anytime, right from Settings FREE AND PRO Free: 100 notes and 100 MB of storage, with full editing, sync, import — and always full export. Locinote Pro unlocks unlimited notes and storage, OCR search, the document scanner, and email-to-note: • Pro Monthly — $1.99/month (auto-renews, cancel anytime in your App Store settings) • Pro Lifetime — $34.99 one-time purchase, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://locinote.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://locinote.com/terms Questions? We answer every email: support@locinote.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Locinote at none against Ember's 3. Locinote also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Ember sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Locinote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ember ships an update every 10 days, Locinote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ember | Locinote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rene DeAnda | David Nester |
In-app purchases
Ember
- Ember Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Ember Pro Annual$34.991 Year
- Ember Pro Lifetime$99.99
Locinote
No in-app purchases









