Ariv vs ActionNote

Ariv is a local-first second brain for notes, tasks, journaling, study, projects, and personal knowledge management. Capture ideas, organize work, search your vault, ask questions about your notes, and keep your thinking connected without building a complicated plugin setup. Everything is built in: - Markdown notes and daily writing - Smart dashboard for active work - Tasks and Kanban - Quick capture - Voice memos with transcription - Ask Brain, an AI assistant for your notes - Calendar-aware planning and meeting context - Graph view and visual maps - Templates and presentation mode - Unified search across files, tags, and content Ariv is designed around a simple idea: your notes have a life. New thoughts land in your inbox. Active notes stay visible while you are working on them. Older notes move out of the way but stay searchable, linkable, and ready to resurface when you need them. No manual filing system required. No weekend spent setting up plugins. Open the app and start thinking. Your files stay yours: - Notes are stored as plain Markdown - Works with existing Markdown folders and vaults - No proprietary format - No account required to use the local app - Optional end-to-end encrypted sync is available AI is optional and on your terms. Use your own API key, run supported local models, or use Ariv's managed AI add-on. Ask Brain can answer questions from your vault and point back to the notes it used. Whether you are a student, writer, researcher, developer, founder, or lifelong learner, Ariv gives you one place to capture, connect, and use what you know. Think freely. No setup required.

Say anything. An idea, a task, your whole day, in any language or even two at once. ActionNote writes it down for you: a clean note with a title, a summary, key points, and real tasks with reminders that actually ring. No folders. No typing. No listening back. WRITTEN DOWN, PROPERLY • Every voice note becomes a titled note with a summary and key points • Tasks are pulled out automatically, with due dates and reminders • Your exact words are kept too, right under the summary, every um and every backtrack • Speak two languages in the same sentence and flip the finished note between them CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE • NEW: a home screen widget with today's tasks on one side and a record button on the other • Say "Hey Siri, record with ActionNote" to start and stop by voice, even when the phone is locked • Quick Record from the lock screen, home screen, or Action Button • Record on your Apple Watch, even offline. The note is waiting on your phone when you get back • Share WhatsApp voice notes straight in ASK YOUR NOTES, FREE FOR EVERYONE "What did I promise Sara?" Ask across everything you ever captured and get the answer with the source note attached. YOUR MORNING, BRIEFED One gentle brief every morning: your tasks, your deadlines, and your calendar. The same brief now sits on your home screen in the new widget. Follow ups nudge once a day. Mark them done, push them to tomorrow, or let them go. No streaks, no guilt. Free forever. IT DOES NOT LOSE WHAT YOU SAID If a note cannot be organized right now, your recording is safe and ActionNote finishes it by itself the moment your connection comes back. You just find the note done. YOURS. NOT OURS. Your notes live on your iPhone and your own iCloud. There is no ActionNote database anywhere. Audio is processed once and never stored. If you ever cancel, everything stays yours. FAIR PRICING Ten notes a month, free, and your first note each month does not count. Ask Your Notes and the Morning Brief are free forever. You only ever pay for the AI you actually use, and the free plan never expires. No trial games. Terms of Use: https://getactionnote.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getactionnote.com/privacy.html