Capture vs ActionNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Capture
This AI-powered assistant transforms screenshots and camera captures into actionable items. It automatically organizes receipts, saves business cards, adds events to your calendar, and drafts replies for various messaging and social media platforms.
- AI-powered screenshot analysis
- Automated data organization (receipts, contacts)
- Calendar event creation
- Drafts replies for messages and social media
- Real-time shared capture spaces
- Integration with Notion, Slack, Asana, Jira, Trello, Linear
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Space cards have a simpler look, and all actions now live in the ⋯ menu. Capture is an AI-powered screenshot assistant that turns anything you capture into the right action automatically. Take a screenshot, use your camera, or share from any app. Capture understands what you've captured and instantly routes it into the right workflow. Try Capture free with 3 captures and experience it in seconds. WHAT CAPTURE DOES — Receipts → organize merchant, total, and purchase date — Business cards → save directly to Contacts — Flight confirmations → add to Google Calendar — Messages → generate AI-powered replies ready for iMessage — Emails → create Gmail drafts automatically — Social media → generate replies for X (Twitter), Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, TikTok, Reddit, and LinkedIn — Products → search instantly on Amazon — Restaurants → reserve a table on OpenTable — Movies & Shows → instantly find where to watch — Photos → generate AI captions, hashtags, tags, and draft replies (Pro) AI THAT LEARNS YOU — Polish any reply with one tap — Learn your writing style from previous replies — Choose the length, tone, and personality of every response SHARED SPACES Create Spaces with family, friends, or teammates. Share an invite code and keep everything in sync in real time. — Share captures instantly — Comment, react, and send voice messages — Post directly to your Space — Organize captures with Collections — Assign captures to teammates CAPTURE UNLIMITED ($9.99 one-time) — Unlimited captures forever — Access to every destination — Early adopter pricing (price increases in future versions) CAPTURE PRO ($6.99/month) — Everything in Unlimited — Notion integration for your workspace — Secure screenshot storage with original images — Photo destination with AI captions and tags — Early access to upcoming integrations CAPTURE TEAM ($8.99/user/month) — Everything in Pro — Shared team workspace — Slack, Asana, Jira, Trello, and Linear integrations — Work tab with AI-generated reply drafts — Invite teammates by email — Team notifications for assignments and comments Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ActionNote
Effortlessly transform spoken thoughts into organized tasks and summaries. This app uses AI to transcribe voice memos, meetings, or lectures into actionable checklists and key takeaways. It's designed for quick idea capture and efficient organization, even on the go.
- Voice to text transcription
- AI-powered summaries
- Automatic task list generation
- Searchable notes with AI
- Import audio from other apps
- Multi-language support
- Private, on-device storage
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Say anything. An idea, a task, your whole day, in any language or even two at once. ActionNote writes it down for you: a clean note with a title, a summary, key points, and real tasks with reminders that actually ring. No folders. No typing. No listening back. WRITTEN DOWN, PROPERLY • Every voice note becomes a titled note with a summary and key points • Tasks are pulled out automatically, with due dates and reminders • Your exact words are kept too, right under the summary, every um and every backtrack • Speak two languages in the same sentence and flip the finished note between them CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE • NEW: a home screen widget with today's tasks on one side and a record button on the other • Say "Hey Siri, record with ActionNote" to start and stop by voice, even when the phone is locked • Quick Record from the lock screen, home screen, or Action Button • Record on your Apple Watch, even offline. The note is waiting on your phone when you get back • Share WhatsApp voice notes straight in ASK YOUR NOTES, FREE FOR EVERYONE "What did I promise Sara?" Ask across everything you ever captured and get the answer with the source note attached. YOUR MORNING, BRIEFED One gentle brief every morning: your tasks, your deadlines, and your calendar. The same brief now sits on your home screen in the new widget. Follow ups nudge once a day. Mark them done, push them to tomorrow, or let them go. No streaks, no guilt. Free forever. IT DOES NOT LOSE WHAT YOU SAID If a note cannot be organized right now, your recording is safe and ActionNote finishes it by itself the moment your connection comes back. You just find the note done. YOURS. NOT OURS. Your notes live on your iPhone and your own iCloud. There is no ActionNote database anywhere. Audio is processed once and never stored. If you ever cancel, everything stays yours. FAIR PRICING Ten notes a month, free, and your first note each month does not count. Ask Your Notes and the Morning Brief are free forever. You only ever pay for the AI you actually use, and the free plan never expires. No trial games. Terms of Use: https://getactionnote.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getactionnote.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ActionNote at none against Capture's 3. ActionNote also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Capture sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. ActionNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Capture against 5.0 for ActionNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Capture ships an update every 5 days, ActionNote every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Capture | ActionNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elena Rodina | Khaled Shemy |
Customer experience
Capture
ActionNote
In-app purchases
Capture
- Capture Pro$6.991 Month
- Capture Team$8.991 Month
- Capture Unlimited$9.99
ActionNote
No in-app purchases









