Comparison

Kioku vs Litiva

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

Litiva

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Litiva — a quiet daily panel for habits, reminders, journal, and focus. Litiva helps you keep the small routines that make a day feel steadier: wake up, drink water, move, take medicine, write a few lines, or build your own custom habit. 【Today Panel】 Open Litiva and see what matters today. Check off habits quickly, switch between compact and detailed views, and keep the day clear without a crowded task manager. 【Flexible Habits & Reminders】 Create simple habits for morning, work, health, evening routines, or anything personal. • Custom names, notes, categories, icons, and colors • Daily, weekday, weekend, or custom repeat days • Optional reminder time and early alert • Pause and resume habits when your schedule changes 【Short Focus Sessions】 Some habits need a little attention, not a full productivity system. Start a short focus session from a habit, breathe, stay present, then mark it complete. 【Built into iOS】 • Complete habits from interactive Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Add quick actions to Control Center • Follow focus timers through Live Activities and Dynamic Island • Complete or snooze reminders without opening the app • Find habits in Spotlight or run them with Siri and Shortcuts 【Timeline Journal】 Record small reflections in a calm timeline. Add mood and tags, use Apple's Journal Suggestions, and—on supported devices—organize your own draft privately with on-device Apple Intelligence. 【Insights & Yearly Tree】 Track today's progress, completion rate, consistency, and journal count. Your check-ins grow a yearly tree so daily progress feels visible without pressure. 【Private by Design】 Litiva has no ads, no accounts, no tracking, and no subscriptions. Your data stays on your device and can sync through your own iCloud across iPhone and iPad. Apple Health integration is optional. When enabled, Litiva writes only completed hydration and mindful sessions; it does not upload your health data. 【Made for Daily Use】 • Clean light and dark appearance • iPhone and iPad layouts • Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, and Control Center support • All 50 App Store languages and locales • Built-in starter habits you can edit or delete Litiva is for people who want a softer way to remember, complete, and reflect on the small things that keep life on track.

Screenshots

Kioku4 screens
Litiva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kioku at Free against Litiva's $0.29. Kioku also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Litiva's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kioku is free to download; Litiva costs $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kioku ships an update every 2 days, Litiva every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Kioku versus Litiva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiokuLitiva
PriceFree — better$0.29
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai Kang顺飞 邹

In-app purchases

None

Kioku

No in-app purchases

None

Litiva

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kioku free?
Kioku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Litiva free?
Litiva costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kioku or Litiva have ads?
Neither Kioku nor Litiva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kioku or Litiva?
Kioku ships an update every 2 days, and Litiva every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kioku was updated on October 31, 2026 and Litiva on November 3, 2026.

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