Trove Bookmarks vs OV Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Trove Bookmarks
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Trove is a calm, focused place to keep the links you actually want to come back to. A clean shelf. A reading queue. Colored tags. No timelines, no feeds, no algorithms deciding what you should read next. KEY FEATURES ⢠Save any link with a title, host, note and tags ā straight from inside the app ⢠All view with instant search across titles, hosts, notes and tags ⢠Reading Queue for the things you mean to read but never quite get to ⢠Favorites for the handful of links you actually use again and again ⢠Color-coded tags so the right corner of your library is one tap away ⢠Sort by Recent, Oldest, Most Opened or Host ⢠Open Count next to every link so you can see what you actually return to ⢠Parchment-and-brass design that stays out of the way DESIGNED FOR FOCUS Trove is built around one idea: a bookmark is only useful if you can find it again. Tag it once, sort by how often you open it, and let the noise fall away. Open the queue, pick the next thing, get back to your day. PRIVACY No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. Your saved links live on your device.
OV Notes
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A calm, minimal place to write in plain Markdown, plan your days, and let a private AI Copilot do the busywork on the notes you already wrote. OV Notes keeps everything simple and yours. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Just open it and write, on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write in Markdown ⢠Plain Markdown that stays simple, readable files you actually own ⢠A clean, focused editor that stays out of your way ⢠Light and Dark themes that follow your system automatically Calendar and to-dos ⢠A monthly calendar greets you on the home screen ⢠Add to-dos to any date and check them off ⢠See today's tasks at a glance AI Copilot for your own notes ⢠Summarize a long note in seconds ⢠Draft a meeting-note outline to start from ⢠Organize today's to-dos so nothing slips ⢠Ask "what's on my schedule this week?" and get a clear answer ⢠It only ever works on your own notes, never anyone else's Stay organized ⢠Folders and a nested file-tree vault keep everything in its place ⢠An "All notes" list puts every note one tap away, even as it grows Widgets that keep up ⢠Home-screen and Lock-screen widgets show your to-dos without opening the app Sync across your devices ⢠iCloud sync keeps notes current on iPhone, iPad, and the OV Mac app ⢠It uses your own iCloud, so your notes stay private to you Private by design ⢠Local-first: your notes live on your device and in your own iCloud ⢠No account or sign-up needed ⢠No ads, no tracking, and nothing collected by us Free to use, and fully bilingual in Korean and English. Write a little, plan a little, and keep it all in one quiet place that's truly yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: OV Notes at 3 against Trove Bookmarks's ā. OV Notes also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Trove Bookmarks | OV Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | ā | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | ā | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh | HAKYUNG CHOI |
In-app purchases
Trove Bookmarks
No in-app purchases
OV Notes
No in-app purchases









