Ember vs Candle

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

Candle is a free iPhone app that quietly remembers the birthdays that matter, then gently taps you on the shoulder in time to do something about them. No accounts, no ads, and no guilt. Most birthday apps are really just to-do lists wearing a party hat: a wall of 100 names and a nagging red badge that turns a happy occasion into homework. Candle acts as an external memory that holds every detail and stays silent until the moment it's useful. Send a gift that will arrive in time or get a reminder to send that "happy birthday" text. How It Stays Calm A Breathable Home Screen: See birthdays for today, this week, next week, and later this month. A birthday six months away stays tucked away until it's actually close. When nothing is coming up, Candle simply says "Nothing needs you right now." One Tap to Start Full: Candle pulls in every birthday already saved in your contacts. It only pulls contacts with birthdays, so your favorite pizza place stays out of it. Two Gentle Nudges: You receive one heads-up a week before (enough time for a gift or card to arrive) and one on the day, with a one-tap "send a text" button. There is no red anywhere, and no badges. Sparks: See a perfect gift in a shop window? Capture it in five seconds as a photo, link, note, or voice memo, without deciding who it's for right away. The Gift Vault: Keep track of what you gave last year, and fold your saved ideas neatly away until you need them. Private by Design, Free by Choice There is no account and no sign-up. Everything lives in your own iCloud, syncing privately across your devices. Nothing is uploaded, sold, or tracked, and the app stays completely free.