Takt vs Etched
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Takt
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Takt โ Encrypted Notes & Tasks A calm place to think and plan. Takt brings notes and tasks into one quiet workspace โ end-to-end encrypted, offline-first, and built for people who think in prose, lists, and everything in between. One page for thinking and doing Turn any note into a task. Add a deadline, set a reminder, break it into nested sub-tasks. The Agenda gathers everything due, grouped by day โ today at the top, the rest of the week just below. Write the way you think Rich text with checklists, tables, code blocks, inline drawings, and backlinks. Reach everything through Markdown, slash commands, or the keyboard. No friction between the thought and the page. Sketch it out, right inside the note A built-in Excalidraw canvas lets you draw diagrams, wireframes, or quick sketches โ embedded inline, synced encrypted, no separate tool required.
Etched
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Stop losing your own notes. Etched finds what you wrote by meaning โ not just by keyword. Ask for "the note about slowing down to think" and it surfaces, even if those exact words were never written. Everything runs on your device. Write in plain markdown and watch it render as you type โ no symbols, no preview pane, no modes. What you see is the file. Your notes stay portable .md, yours forever. FREE, and complete: โข On-device semantic search โ find notes by meaning โข Live WYSIWYG markdown โ bold, headings, lists, quotes, code โข Tables, callouts, code blocks, footnotes, highlights, links โข iCloud sync across your devices โข Export to .md (raw or with rendered images), PDF, plain text ETCHED PRO โ one-time purchase, yours forever: โข Flashcards + spaced repetition โ turn notes into memory โข Diagrams from plain text (flowcharts, sequences, mind maps) โข Typeset math and chemistry (LaTeX) โข Charts from a few rows of data โข Sheet music from ABC notation โข Handwriting / sketches โข Present mode โ turn a note into full-screen slides โข Per-note themes Reading every format is always free โ Pro unlocks creating them. No subscription, ever. Pay once and keep it. Coming from Apple Notes, Obsidian, or Bear? Your markdown imports as plain .md, and you finally get search that finds notes by meaning โ privately, with no account. Private by design: your notes never leave your devices except through your own iCloud. No account, no tracking, no ads. Your notes, etched in memory. โ Made by Hyojin Mo. Support: support@vibeland.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Takt at none against Etched's 1. Etched's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Etched sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Takt asks for nothing beyond the download.
Takt ships an update every 2 weeks, Etched every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Takt | Etched |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 531 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Vasella | Soyeon Noh |
In-app purchases
Takt
No in-app purchases
Etched
- Etched Pro$14.99









