Comparison

Vault Notes by Hansson vs ColiMind

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

Head to head
About

Vault Notes by Hansson

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Vault Notes is a private, text-first notes app built for iPhone and iPad. Write notes and todos, organize notebooks, use reminders, and keep your text in sync across devices connected to the same WebDAV. Attachments like photos, audio, video, PDFs, and other files stay local on the device where they were added, which keeps sync fast, lightweight, and dependable. Vault Notes is designed for people who want a focused notes library that stays efficient instead of turning into a heavy file vault. Highlights - Notes, todos, checklists, and subtasks - Notebooks and nested notebook organization - Text-first WebDAV sync across your devices - Local attachments with file, image, PDF, audio, and video support - Native share extension - Reminder scheduling - App Lock with biometric protection on supported devices - Multiple profiles and sync settings

About

ColiMind

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ColiMind is a local-first mind and ideas manager designed to organize knowledge without folders. Instead of forcing your ideas into rigid hierarchies, ColiMind lets you organize notes, files, images and links using flexible tags. Build your own network of knowledge that grows naturally over time. Your data stays on your device by default. No account is required to start using ColiMind. Features • Hierarchy-free knowledge management • Organize with powerful tags instead of folders • Notes, files, images and links in one place • Fast full-text search • Local-first architecture • Works offline • Privacy-first design • Cryptographically provable entries Verifiable knowledge Important entries can be cryptographically anchored, allowing you to prove that specific information existed at a particular point in time without exposing your private data. This makes ColiMind suitable for research notes, documentation, intellectual property, project records and any information where integrity matters. Your ideas. Your knowledge. Your control. ColiMind keeps your personal knowledge under your control while providing a flexible way to capture, organize and verify information.

Screenshots

Vault Notes by Hansson4 screens
ColiMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ColiMind at 14.0 against Vault Notes by Hansson's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Vault Notes by Hansson versus ColiMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVault Notes by HanssonColiMind
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHansson Inccorpus.core GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Vault Notes by Hansson

No in-app purchases

None

ColiMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vault Notes by Hansson free?
Vault Notes by Hansson is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ColiMind free?
ColiMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vault Notes by Hansson or ColiMind have ads?
Neither Vault Notes by Hansson nor ColiMind shows ads.

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