Comparison

Ideas! vs Toplin

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

Head to head
About

Ideas!

Features
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Ideas! by MRVL is the dedicated idea capture app for creators — now with AI Connections. Ideas! with AI Connections — the thinking partner that remembers everything you've ever thought and tells you when it starts to add up. Stop losing your best ideas to notes apps, voice memos, and scattered notebooks. Ideas! gives you one place to capture, develop, and action every content idea — and now automatically surfaces connections between ideas you've already captured. Built for creators who make with purpose — pastors, podcasters, YouTubers, writers, coaches. FREE FEATURES • Capture up to 10 ideas • Voice capture (transcribed automatically — free, on-device) • Categories, tags, search CREATOR PLAN (Ā£4.99/mo or Ā£39.99/yr) • Unlimited ideas • Cloud sync across all devices • Community voting board • Context Pins (attach URLs and notes to enrich your ideas) PRO PLAN (Ā£9.99/mo or Ā£79.99/yr) • Everything in Creator • AI Connections — the thinking partner that remembers everything you've ever thought and tells you when it starts to add up • AI Outline generation — turn any idea into a full structured outline instantly • Board analytics • Priority support IDEAS! FOR TEAMS (contact us for pricing) • Shared boards for your whole team or ministry • Admin controls and member management • AI Connections across the team's combined ideas • Dedicated onboarding support • Email support@mrvltechnologies.com to get started NOW AVAILABLE IN 8 LANGUAGES Ideas! is now fully translated into English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. Set your preferred language in Settings > App Language. Privacy Policy: https://mrvltechnologies.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.mrvltechnologies.com/terms-and-conditions/

About

Toplin

Features
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Toplin is a beautiful, native note-taking app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps your writing your own. Write in Markdown, read beautifully typeset notes, and sync everything to your own Joplin server or to iCloud. Every feature is designed for focused, distraction-free writing. TYPOGRAPHY THAT READS Toplin ships with a hand-picked typeface stack: Marcellus for article titles, Fira Sans for interface chrome, and Noto Sans for body copy. Your writing feels like a real editorial page, not a plain text box. FEATURES • Live split-view editor and preview, with linked scrolling. Scroll one pane and the other follows. • Editor, Split and Preview modes for every note. • Zen mode: hide the sidebar, note list and toolbar. Nothing on screen but your article. • In-article search with match highlighting, next and previous navigation, and a match counter. • Inline images, headings, lists, task lists and code blocks. • Tag chips and folder organisation, with a live sidebar filter. • A Rubbish bin with restore, so nothing is lost by accident. • PDF export with the same editorial typography. • Full light and dark modes, tuned for readability. SYNC YOUR WAY Choose how your notes sync when you first open the app: • Joplin Only: your notes stay on your Joplin server and are kept as files on your device. • iCloud Only: your notes live in your iCloud account and sync across your devices. • Import once from Joplin, then keep your notes in iCloud. One writer per note means your library never duplicates itself. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK Toplin is a native SwiftUI app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with an Apple Watch app for quick capture. Note something on your wrist and find it waiting on your phone. On Mac it respects the system appearance and the native Preferences window, and on iPhone and iPad it offers native slide-in settings. PRIVACY Your notes travel between your device and your Joplin server or your iCloud account, and nowhere else. There is no tracking and no analytics of what you write. When you sign in to Joplin, your password is stored securely in the device Keychain. REQUIREMENTS • To sync with Joplin, a Joplin server, either self-hosted or hosted by your provider. Prefer to try the app first? Choose "Continue with Demo Data" during onboarding to explore Toplin with sample notes, no server needed. • To sync with iCloud, an iCloud account signed in on your device. • iOS 26 or later, iPadOS 26 or later, or macOS 26 or later. Privacy Policy https://appbakery.ee/toplin/privacy.html Terms of Use https://appbakery.ee/toplin/terms.html

Screenshots

Ideas!4 screens
Toplin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Toplin at 4 against Ideas!'s 2. Ideas!'s advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Ideas! sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Toplin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideas! ships an update every 3 weeks, Toplin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Ideas! versus Toplin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeas!Toplin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn HammondApp Bakery

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Ideas!

Subscriptions4
  • Ideas! Creator - Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Ideas! Pro - Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Ideas! Creator - Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Ideas! Pro - Yearly14 Days trial$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Toplin

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Ideas! free?
Ideas! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Toplin free?
Toplin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ideas! or Toplin have ads?
Neither Ideas! nor Toplin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ideas! or Toplin?
Ideas! ships an update every 3 weeks, and Toplin every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ideas! was updated on October 16, 2026 and Toplin on October 6, 2026.

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