Nudge vs Neatbase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nudge
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You asked Claude for a workout plan. ChatGPT wrote you a 12-week study guide. Gemini drafted your meal prep. Then they vanished into chat history. Nudge is where those plans live. Paste the markdown once, tell it when and where you need it, and it finds you at the right moment — not a notification you swipe away, but the whole plan, ready to use. Monday 6am, on your way to the gym. Saturday morning at the grocery store. Friday afternoon when you connect to the office Wi-Fi. Three days without opening your study plan. Nudge notices, and brings it back. Five trigger types, stackable: - Schedule — days of week + time window - Location — geofencing with adjustable radius - One-time date — a specific day and time - Inactivity — resurface if you haven't checked in - Wi-Fi — trigger when you connect to a network Your workout plan can fire at 6am on weekdays and when you arrive at the gym. Your budget review can appear every Friday at noon and if you haven't looked at it in a week. Plans render the way the model wrote them. Full markdown — tables, headers, code blocks, blockquotes. Interactive checkboxes and inputs you can fill in as you go. A table of contents for long plans. Scroll position memory so you pick up exactly where you left off. Everything stays on your device. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Your plans — and whatever you generated them with — never leave your phone. Dark mode. Haptic feedback. Native iOS feel — large titles, peek preview, context menus. Categories with custom emojis. Archive, search, share, bulk organize. Free to start. Nudge Pro unlocks all five trigger types, location geofencing, and unlimited triggers for a single payment — no subscription, no recurring charges. Once. Forever. Privacy Policy: https://jaeyoungcho.com/apps/nudge/legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://jaeyoungcho.com/apps/nudge/legal/terms
Neatbase
Organize any type of information with a flexible database app that feels like a notes app. Create custom collections with various field types, view data in cards or tables, and sync across devices. Offers offline access and robust privacy.
- Customizable notebooks with user-defined fields
- Card and table views for data visualization
- Offline access and iCloud sync
- 27+ field types including images and formulas
- Data export to CSV
- Collaboration and web form creation (Pro)
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The personal database that feels like a notes app. Build your own CRM, inventory, contact book, or any other collection in minutes — native, private, and synced with iCloud. Most notes apps give you a blank page. Neatbase gives you structure. Create a notebook, choose its fields, and adding notes becomes as easy as filling out a form. View everything as clean cards or a spreadsheet-style table — sort, filter, and group to see exactly what matters. WHAT WILL YOU BUILD? - A lightweight CRM — leads, deals, follow-ups, activity logs - A home inventory — photos, prices, barcodes - A client directory — tap to call, tap to email - A project plan — statuses, due dates, progress - A content calendar planned around publish dates - An expense log with categories and receipt photos - A library of your books, movies, and recipes — rated and tagged If you can describe it, you can collect it in Neatbase. A FIELD FOR EVERYTHING Choose from 27 field types: text and numbers, currency, dates with reminders, toggles, star ratings, color-coded tags, dropdowns, images, checklists, colors, durations, percent bars, barcodes and QR codes, tap-to-call phone and tap-to-email fields, secrets locked behind Face ID or Touch ID, buttons that open URLs — plus formulas, cross-notebook references, and comment threads with Pro. Change your mind anytime: add, rename, or reorder fields, and every existing note updates instantly. TWO VIEWS, ONE NOTEBOOK Browse and edit in a clean card view, or switch to a full table — resize and reorder columns, edit inline, copy and paste, navigate with the keyboard. Each notebook remembers your view, filters, and sorting. TRULY NATIVE. ACTUALLY FAST. Built in SwiftUI for iPhone, iPad, and Mac — one download covers all three. It launches instantly, works fully offline, and syncs through iCloud. No account to create, no password, no onboarding. Most database apps are websites in a wrapper — Neatbase feels like it shipped with your device. YOUR DATA IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS Your notes live on your device and sync securely through your own iCloud. No tracking, no analytics, no ads. Export everything to CSV anytime — even on the free plan. Your data is always yours. SHARE A NOTEBOOK THROUGH ICLOUD (PRO) Share and collaborate with anyone using their Apple Account. Shared notebooks stay in your iCloud, and our server never sees them. TURN ANY NOTEBOOK INTO A WEB FORM (PRO) Publish a form in a few taps. Anyone with the link can submit from any browser, and responses land in your notebook automatically. Add your logo, pick an accent color, share the link. Perfect for intake forms, signups, surveys, orders, and RSVPs. WORK WITH CLAUDE ON THE MAC (PRO) Let Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants read and edit your notebooks on your Mac. Turn it on in Settings. FREE TO USE, FAIR TO UPGRADE Free includes 3 notebooks with 100 notes each, both views, iCloud sync, groups, templates, and CSV export. Neatbase Pro unlocks unlimited notebooks and notes, sharing, web forms, assistants on the Mac, and advanced fields — one simple yearly subscription, Family Sharing included. ALSO INCLUDED Notebook templates, Spotlight search, Home Screen widgets, reminders on date fields, nested groups, pinning, keyboard navigation, and custom icons for every notebook. Don't settle for a blank page. Collect and organize anything, your way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://neatbase.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Neatbase at none against Nudge's shown. Neatbase also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Nudge's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.4). On price and in-app purchases 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. Nudge sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Neatbase sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $34.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nudge ships an update every 3 weeks, Neatbase every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nudge | Neatbase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JAEYOUNG CHO | Seb Fontan |
In-app purchases
Nudge
- Nudge Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Nudge Pro$9.991 Year
- Nudge Pro (Remove Ads)$2.99
- Nudge Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
Neatbase
- Neatbase Pro$34.991 Year









