Comparison

ThinkAloud Notes vs rawPDF

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

Head to head
About

ThinkAloud Notes

Record your thoughts and let on-device AI transform them into structured notes with titles, tags, and links. Your data stays private on your phone, with no accounts or subscriptions required. Access and manage your notes as standard Markdown files.

Highlights
  • Voice, photo, and text input
  • On-device AI note generation
  • Automatic tagging and linking
  • Ask questions about your notes
  • Knowledge graph creation
  • Markdown file export
  • Optional cloud sync
Features
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You think out loud. ThinkAloud writes it down. Hit record and just talk: a passing idea, a meeting, a whole lecture. When you stop, you can play the recording back and decide whether it's worth keeping before anything happens to it. Only then does the on-device AI turn it into a real note, with a title, some structure, tags, and links to the related notes you already have. Here's the part that matters. All of this happens on your phone. ThinkAloud runs Google's Gemma model locally, so your voice and your notes never get uploaded anywhere. There's no account to create, no server in the middle, and nothing to pay every month. You download the model once, and after that it works offline. Your notes are just Markdown files in an ordinary folder, the same format Obsidian uses. Point ThinkAloud at a vault you already have, or let it keep one for you. Either way you can open, edit, or back them up with any app you like. Nothing is trapped inside. What it's good at: - Voice, photos, or quick text go in; clean, tagged notes come out - Ask your notes a question in plain language and get an answer with its sources listed, so you can tap straight through to where each fact came from - A knowledge graph that builds itself as your notes start linking up - Full-text search, tags, folders, and checklists - Optional sync to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Your account, a private folder, no servers of mine in between. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. I made ThinkAloud because I wanted a notebook that was actually mine. That's the whole idea. The on-device model needs around 3 GB of free space and a fairly recent device.

About

rawPDF

Features
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rawPDF - PDF tools, done right. rawPDF is a complete PDF toolkit that runs entirely on your device. Your documents are never uploaded, never sent to a server, and never analysed by anyone. What you open stays with you. Read and find • Open large PDFs instantly, even hundreds of pages • Search the full text inside any document • Extract text from scanned pages and photos Organise • Merge multiple PDFs into one, in the order you choose • Split a document into pages or custom ranges • Reorder, rotate, and delete pages with drag-and-drop • Extract pages or ranges into a new file Create and capture • Scan paper documents with your camera • Convert images (JPG, PNG) to PDF and back • Compress large files to share them easily, without losing readability Mark up • Highlight and annotate directly on the page • Add text, shapes, and images anywhere • Leave comments and measure distances • Attach voice notes to a page Sign and secure • Sign documents with your finger - no printing, no scanning back • Protect files with a password Why rawPDF? • Truly private - all processing happens offline, on your device. Nothing is uploaded, ever. • No account needed - open the app and start working immediately. • Clean and fast - a distraction-free interface built for getting things done. • Lightweight - small download, easy on storage and battery. Whether you're a student combining lecture notes, a professional preparing documents, or just someone who needs to fix a PDF quickly, rawPDF gives you the essentials without the bloat. Download rawPDF and take control of your documents - privately. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ThinkAloud Notes4 screens
rawPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThinkAloud Notes at none against rawPDF's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. rawPDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. ThinkAloud Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ThinkAloud Notes versus rawPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkAloud NotesrawPDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGhanashyam Vinod TattiIon Popa

In-app purchases

None

ThinkAloud Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

rawPDF

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly plan$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is ThinkAloud Notes free?
ThinkAloud Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is rawPDF free?
rawPDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ThinkAloud Notes or rawPDF have ads?
Neither ThinkAloud Notes nor rawPDF shows ads.

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