Comparison

Rosetta vs Nowra

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

Head to head
About

Rosetta

Capture and organize notes, reminders, and links in a focused workspace. An AI assistant answers questions from your saved content and integrates with tools like ChatGPT and Claude. Connect ideas visually and manage your personal knowledge base.

Highlights
  • AI-powered note analysis
  • Markdown note-taking
  • Link saving and organization
  • Visual graph exploration
  • Calendar integration
  • Apple Reminders import
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Capture voice notes, write Markdown notes, organize bookmarks and manage to-do lists with habit tracking—all in one place. Ask Rosetta, your built-in AI assistant, to help you find and use what you’ve saved. One personal memory for your AI apps. Keep your notes, bookmarks and reminders connected, and share the context you choose with compatible AI assistants. CAPTURE IDEAS BY VOICE Dictate a thought on your iPhone or Apple Watch, or import audio, and turn it into a structured note or reminder. Keep recording while you use another app, so an idea does not have to wait. WRITE AND CONNECT MARKDOWN NOTES Write and edit Markdown with headings, images and your choice of editor font. Link directly to a note section, connect notes to reminders and saved links, and explore related notes in a visual graph. Reuse note templates with date and time variables. Export notes as Markdown or PDF. YOUR BOOKMARK MANAGER Share a link from your browser to Rosetta to keep it with your notes. Read saved links without distractions, or choose “Import page as a note” to turn a page's main text and images into an editable note. Organize your reading in a list or gallery. TO-DO LISTS AND HABIT TRACKING Create reminders, break them into subtasks and set recurring routines. Use the built-in habit tracker to follow your routines and review completed and missed occurrences in a calendar. Import Apple Reminders and connect Google Calendar or Apple Calendar to keep events alongside your notes. GIVE YOUR AI ASSISTANTS CONTEXT Ask Rosetta, the built-in AI assistant, questions about your notes. Connect compatible AI assistants through MCP (Model Context Protocol) so they can use the personal knowledge you choose to make available. Keep your context together instead of rebuilding it in each conversation. FIND WHAT YOU SAVED Organize notes, reminders and bookmarks with categories and tags. Search across your memory, choose list or gallery views for notes and links, and use Home Screen widgets for quick access. From a spoken idea to a saved article or your next task, Rosetta keeps the things you want to remember connected.

About

Nowra

Capture fleeting thoughts instantly via voice or text, displayed on your lock screen. Once addressed, simply dismiss them with a tap, ensuring no lingering tasks. Designed for immediate needs, not long-term lists.

Highlights
  • Voice or text input
  • Lock screen widget
  • Home screen widget
  • Instant dismissal
  • Temporary reminders
  • No account required
Features
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A thought sits on your lock screen until you punch it. Then it’s gone. That’s Nowra. You speak it or type it. It shows up where you need it. When you’re done, you punch it. No list leftover. No Tuesday. Reminders are for a date. This is for now. The next 20 minutes, parked outside your head. How it works • Say it. Apple speech, on the phone. Nothing is uploaded. Or type, if you’d rather. • See it. Lock screen widget and home screen widget. You don’t have to open the app. • Clear it. Punch the chip. Five seconds to undo if you didn’t mean it. Rules • Seven at a time. After that you clear one. • If you ignore it, it dies tonight. • Still need it tomorrow? Tap Keep. One extra day. That’s all. • No account. No iCloud. No folders. No tags. No ads. Free. This is not a to-do app. It does not keep a history. It does not nag you next week. If that sounds small, good. That’s the point.

Screenshots

Rosetta4 screens
Nowra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rosetta at 9 against Nowra's 1. Rosetta also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Rosetta against 5.0 for Nowra. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rosetta has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rosetta ships an update weekly, Nowra every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Rosetta versus Nowra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRosettaNowra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabriel Langon MaomyAnil Kumar Budda

In-app purchases

None

Rosetta

No in-app purchases

None

Nowra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rosetta free?
Rosetta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nowra free?
Nowra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rosetta or Nowra?
Nowra is rated higher. Rosetta averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Nowra averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Rosetta or Nowra have ads?
Neither Rosetta nor Nowra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rosetta or Nowra?
Rosetta ships an update weekly, and Nowra every 5 days. Most recently, Rosetta was updated on November 5, 2026 and Nowra on October 31, 2026.

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