Snapnote vs Second Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Snapnote
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Snapnote is the ultimate companion for readers, students, and lifelong learners who want to turn physical books into digital knowledge. Whether you are reading for pleasure, studying for exams, or researching, Snapnote helps you capture, organize, and export your book notes and highlights effortlessly. KEY FEATURES: โข ADVANCED OCR BOOK SCANNER: Simply snap a picture of any book page. Our high-accuracy OCR (Optical Character Recognition) instantly extracts the text. Select only the paragraphs or quotes you want to keep. โข ORGANIZE BY BOOKS: Create a digital library. Group your scanned notes and highlights under specific book profiles. Keep your reading organized. โข PERSONAL NOTES & COMMENTS: Add your own thoughts, page numbers, and custom tags to every quote you capture. โข PDF EXPORT: Compile your reading summaries and highlights into professionally formatted PDF documents. Perfect for study guides, research papers, or sharing with friends. โข SECURE & LOCAL: Your notes are stored securely on your device. Your privacy is our priority. Why Indie Readers Love Snapnote: Snapnote bridges the gap between physical reading and digital note-taking. No more manual typing or dog-earing pages. Collect wisdom, build your personal knowledge base, and make your reading actionable. Get Snapnote today and start building your digital bookshelf! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bedirhantalhakuzucu.github.io/snapnote-privacy-policy/
Second Brain
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Your brain was built to think, not to remember. SecondBrain turns any spoken thought into a filed, titled, dated record in about three seconds. No folders. No tagging. No deciding where it goes. Just talk. Your second brain does the rest. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Second Brain requires an auto-renewable subscription ($7.99 per week or $29.99 per month). Every feature described below is included with an active subscription - there are no extra purchases. HOW IT WORKS Hold the button and say what's on your mind - in the car, on a walk, halfway out the door. SecondBrain transcribes it, works out what you meant, and files it in the right project with the right due date. Then it buzzes back to confirm. "Call the accountant next Friday about the trust" becomes a task, in Client Work, due Friday. You never picked a project. You never set a date. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE โข Today - your daily brief, what's due, and what's coming up next โข Tasks - organized by project and due date, automatically โข Calendar - tasks and events together in one month view โข Brain - every note, photo, link and file you've ever captured โข Projects - see what's active and what's gone quiet CAPTURE ANYTHING Voice, typed notes, photos, links, files. It all lands in the same place and gets sorted for you. Anything the app isn't confident about goes to a review inbox instead of being filed wrong - so nothing is ever lost or buried in the wrong folder. ASK YOUR BRAIN Get answers from everything you've captured. Your notes stop being a graveyard and start being something you can actually use. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your content lives in a private database. Nothing is shared, nothing is public, and your notes are never sold or used to train AI models. Export or delete everything at any time. SUBSCRIPTION SecondBrain requires a SecondBrain Pro subscription - $7.99/week or $29.99/month. All features shown, including voice capture, AI filing, the Daily Brief, and instant search, are part of Pro. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://second-brain.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://second-brain.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Second Brain at none against Snapnote's shown. Second Brain also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Snapnote's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Snapnote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Second Brain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Snapnote ships an update every 2 months, Second Brain every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snapnote | Second Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bedirhan Talha Kuzucu | Terra Innovations |
In-app purchases
Snapnote
- Snapnote Premium$4.99
Second Brain
- Weekly$7.997 Days
- Monthly$29.991 Month









