Comparison

Kioku vs Week Ahead

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

Head to head
About

Kioku

Features
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Kioku is a personal knowledge library for Mac. Save articles, PDFs, websites, and your own Markdown notes into organized vaults you can read, search, annotate, and keep with you offline. Use Kioku to turn scattered research into a calm, durable library. Paste a URL to archive a single page, save a PDF from your Mac, or crawl more of a site when you want a deeper reference vault. Kioku stores your content as Markdown with downloaded assets, so your library stays portable and readable outside the app. Write your own notes with a focused Markdown editor, add images, create internal links, and keep authored notes separate from saved web pages. While reading, select passages to save excerpts and notes so important ideas do not disappear after the first pass. Kioku also includes optional local AI features for summaries, retrieval, chat, and study cards. Supported models run on your Mac, keeping those experiences local to your device. Features: Save articles, PDFs, pages, and websites into Markdown vaults Read saved content offline in a native Mac interface Write and edit Markdown notes Organize saved pages into vaults Search your library Annotate passages and save excerpts Generate summaries with optional on-device AI Create study cards from saved pages and notes Store content in a local or iCloud Drive-backed folder Keep your library portable with Markdown files and assets Kioku is for readers, researchers, students, builders, and anyone who wants a quieter place to collect what matters.

About

Week Ahead

Organize your family's week with a shared calendar for tasks, meals, and events. See your entire week at a glance, plan dinners, and set recurring routines. Get reminders and weather forecasts to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Shared family planner
  • Weekly task, meal, and event lists
  • Recurring routine templates
  • Daily and hourly weather forecasts
  • Home screen widgets
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Plan the week together. Week Ahead puts your family's tasks, meals and events for the next seven days in one calm list, so everyone knows what's coming. Most calendars show you a grid of appointments. Week Ahead shows you the week the way you live it: who's cooking dinner, what's due Thursday, when soccer pickup is, and what you still haven't gotten to. YOUR WEEK, AT A GLANCE • Tasks, meals and events for each day in one simple list • Start with Today, then scroll through the rest of the week • Add a time, notes or a location to anything you plan PLAN THE WEEK TOGETHER • Share a planner with your partner, kids, roommates or grandparents • Everyone sees changes as soon as they're made • Keep separate planners for home, work and kids, then see them all in one combined week with All Planners DINNER'S ALREADY PLANNED • Plan breakfast, lunch and dinner right next to everything else • Built-in types for meals, chores and school, or create your own with a name, icon and color SET IT ONCE. IT REPEATS. • Weekly templates fill in the routines that happen every week, like taco night or taking out the bins • Edit a template and upcoming weeks update too NEVER MISS A THING • Reminders before events and when tasks are due, on from the start with sensible defaults • Choose None, Standard or Custom alerts for each planner, or set alerts per item • Tasks you didn't finish wait in Needs Attention until you complete, move or delete them PLAN AROUND THE FORECAST • Daily and hourly weather beside the plans for each day • See your calendar events next to your planner items ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Add the Today widget in small or medium size to see what's left today at a glance WORKS WHERE YOU DO • iPhone, iPad and Mac, synced across all your devices • Light and Dark Mode WEEK AHEAD PREMIUM Week Ahead is free to download and use. Premium removes ads and unlocks planner invites, weekly templates, custom item types, weather and calendar events. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or unlock Premium for life with a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/week-ahead-policies

Screenshots

Kioku4 screens
Week Ahead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kioku at none against Week Ahead's 3. Kioku also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Week Ahead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Kioku asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kioku ships an update every 2 days, Week Ahead every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kioku versus Week Ahead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiokuWeek Ahead
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai KangShayes Apps LLC

In-app purchases

None

Kioku

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Week Ahead

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Kioku free?
Kioku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Week Ahead free?
Week Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kioku or Week Ahead have ads?
Week Ahead shows ads; Kioku does not.
Which is updated more often, Kioku or Week Ahead?
Kioku ships an update every 2 days, and Week Ahead every 4 days. Most recently, Kioku was updated on October 31, 2026 and Week Ahead on November 5, 2026.

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