Comparison

Kioku vs Seven

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

Seven

Organize all your saved content, from links and notes to music and screenshots, onto a single intelligent board. Save anything from any app and find it easily with descriptive search. Follow others to discover new content and keep your digital life private.

Highlights
  • Unified intelligent board for all saves
  • Save content from any app via share sheet
  • Automatic titling, tagging, and categorization
  • Descriptive and semantic search
  • Follow users and browse public rooms
  • Private by default, data stays on device
Features
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Seven is a home for everything you love: the links, screenshots, notes, songs, and finds scattered across your phone, gathered into one place. EVERYTHING ON ONE BOARD Your saves land on a single intelligent board. Photos beside music beside that article you meant to read. Everything visible, nothing buried in folders. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE See something you love, tap share, tap Seven. Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Substack, Safari. If it can be shared, it can be kept. Two taps, and it's in your archive. IT SORTS ITSELF Every save is understood on arrival: titled, tagged, and placed. Rooms gather your obsessions: interiors, fit inspo, recipes, places you'll go someday. SEARCH YOUR SAVES Describe what you remember, the way you remember it. "That pasta recipe mom sent" works. Ask a question and Seven answers from your own saves, with receipts. FOLLOW MINDS YOU ADMIRE Follow friends and tastemakers, browse their public rooms and pins, and keep what moves you. No likes, no competition, no feed engineered to keep you scrolling. A profile that can't be performed, only accumulated. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything you keep lives on your device. No ads, no analytics, and your data is never sold. Nothing you save is visible to anyone unless you choose to share it. PLANS Seven is free for a hundred beautiful saves, one room, and the full share-sheet magic. Keeper unlocks unlimited saves and rooms. Curator adds intelligence: semantic search, visual search, and tags that write themselves. Keep a quiet corner of the internet that's yours. Terms of Use: https://savetoseven.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://savetoseven.com/privacy

Screenshots

Kioku4 screens
Seven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kioku at none against Seven's 4. Kioku also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Seven's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Seven sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Kioku asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kioku ships an update every 2 days, Seven every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kioku versus Seven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiokuSeven
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai KangTally Proof

In-app purchases

None

Kioku

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Seven

Subscriptions4
  • Keeper$4.991 Month
  • Curator$9.991 Month
  • Keeper$35.991 Year
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  • Curator$83.991 Year

Questions

Is Kioku free?
Kioku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seven free?
Seven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kioku or Seven have ads?
Neither Kioku nor Seven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kioku or Seven?
Kioku ships an update every 2 days, and Seven every 6 weeks. Most recently, Kioku was updated on October 31, 2026 and Seven on October 31, 2026.

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