Comparison

Commonplace vs Dashing for EmDash

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

Head to head
About

Commonplace

Capture, organize, and share memorable quotes from various media like articles, books, podcasts, and music. Build collections around your interests and access them across all your devices. Share insights with your community through interactive previews and styled images.

Highlights
  • Capture quotes from articles, books, podcasts, music
  • Scan physical text and search books
  • Share quotes as interactive previews or images
  • Organize quotes into collections
  • Sync quotes across all devices
  • Manually create quotes and sources
Features
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Save and share quotes from the content you read, watch, and listen to every day: articles, books, podcasts, music, X posts, movies, conversations, and more. Capture what resonates, share ideas with your community, and build collections around your interests. --- CAPTURE QUOTES • Save quotes from articles, books, podcasts, music, X posts, and more • Save posts from X by replying @savecommonplace save this • Capture highlights without breaking your flow - no need to open the app • Scan pages of physical text and search millions of books • Share highlights of podcast transcripts and song lyrics directly from your streaming platform • Manually create quotes and sources --- IMPORT YOUR QUOTES • Bring your existing quotes and highlights into Commonplace • Import quotes from Apple Notes, Kindle, Readwise, or any other note taking app • Upload text and Markdown files and let Commonplace organize your quotes by source • Keep the books, articles, authors, and other source details attached to your quotes --- SHARE ANYWHERE • Share quotes as interactive quote previews • Give every quote its own landing page • Create beautifully styled quotes as previews or images • Share quote images to social media, stories, messages, and more --- BUILD COLLECTIONS • Organize quotes into collections around your interests • View quotes by source • Filter and search quotes by source type, author, and more --- YOUR LIBRARY IS YOURS • Quotes and account data are all private to you • Library is synced over encrypted connections • No data is sold or used in the training of AI • No ads --- ACCESS ANYWHERE • Sync your quotes and collections across all your devices • Pick up where you left off on any device --- COMMONPLACE IS PERFECT FOR • Readers and lifelong learners • Writers and creators • Students and researchers • Podcast listeners and book readers • Anyone who wants to remember more of what they consume --- FREE & PRO • The free version of Commonplace includes: • Unlimited quotes • Unlimited collections • Ability to quote from any website or app, millions of books, and custom sources • Importing your existing quotes and highlights • Upgrade to Commonplace Pro to unlock: • Unlock all custom fonts • Quotes from podcasts and music • Saving directly from your favorite streaming apps • Future premium source types Whether you’re saving a line from a book, a lyric from a song, an insight from a podcast, or a passage from an article, Commonplace helps you capture what resonates and revisit it later. --- Privacy Policy: https://www.usecommonplace.com/privacypolicy Terms of Service: https://www.usecommonplace.com/termsofservice

About

Dashing for EmDash

Features
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Dashing is a writing desk for your EmDash site, made for iPhone and iPad. WRITE AND PUBLISH - A rich text editor with headings, lists, links, images, tables and HTML blocks - Save drafts, publish now or schedule for later, and update published posts - Keep writing offline: your words stay on this device and are sent when you are back online - Translations, saved sections and byline credits - Focus mode on iPad MEDIA - Upload photos and videos from Photos, Files and the camera, or drop them in - Alt text, captions, focal points and folders for your media library COMMENTS - Moderate with a swipe: approve, mark as spam or move to the trash - Read and answer the comments on any post MANAGE YOUR SITE - People and roles, bylines, categories and tags, menus, sections, widgets, redirects and site settings - Plugins, access tokens, backups and site export MADE FOR IPAD - A sidebar, several windows, the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts WRITING SUGGESTIONS - On devices with Apple Intelligence, Dashing can suggest ideas, titles, outlines, excerpts and tags with Apple's on-device model. Suggestions are made on your device and added only when you choose them. TRY THE DEMO - Explore a sample site with no account. The demo runs entirely on your device, even in airplane mode. PRIVACY - Dashing sends your content only to the sites you connect. No analytics, no tracking. Works with sites running EmDash 1.0.1 or higher. A few advanced tasks open your site's web admin in the browser.

Screenshots

Commonplace4 screens
Dashing for EmDash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dashing for EmDash at none against Commonplace's 2. Commonplace's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Commonplace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Dashing for EmDash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Commonplace ships an update weekly, Dashing for EmDash every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Commonplace versus Dashing for EmDash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommonplaceDashing for EmDash
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel GalvezLVL35 LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Commonplace

Subscriptions2
  • Commonplace Pro Monthy$1.991 Month
  • Commonplace Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Dashing for EmDash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Commonplace free?
Commonplace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dashing for EmDash free?
Dashing for EmDash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Commonplace or Dashing for EmDash have ads?
Neither Commonplace nor Dashing for EmDash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Commonplace or Dashing for EmDash?
Commonplace ships an update weekly, and Dashing for EmDash every 3 days. Most recently, Commonplace was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dashing for EmDash on October 31, 2026.

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