Comparison

Gridea vs Vellum

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

Head to head
About

Gridea

Features
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Gridea is a visual database app that allows you to record various types of daily life data, such as expense tracking, health data, and exam scores. It supports multiple field types including number, text, time, checkbox, single-select, multiple-select, and image. AI-powered data recording, querying and analytics, import/export, data cleaning and page generate.

About

Vellum

Features
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Vellum Journal is a calm, focused space for capturing thoughts, notes, and everyday moments. Write without distraction and organize your entries into topics. Use tags, notes, and Markdown to give your ideas structure while keeping everything easy to find. CORE FEATURES • Create entries and organize them into topics • Add tags and notes • Write with Markdown • Search your library • Export your content • Keep your library on your device by default VELLUM PRO Vellum Pro is available as a one-time in-app purchase and adds: • Cross-device library sync through your private iCloud database • Notion workspace integration and export A separate Vellum account is not required. Sync starts only after you enable it on a device signed in to iCloud. Content is sent to Notion only when you choose to export it to your connected workspace.

Screenshots

Gridea4 screens
Vellum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gridea at 16 against Vellum's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Gridea sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Vellum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gridea ships an update every 2 weeks, Vellum weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Gridea versus Vellum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrideaVellum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer涛 陶四扬 叶

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gridea

One-time3
  • 10M Tokens$3.00
  • 100M Tokens$26.00
  • LIFE TIME$36.00
1 purchases

Vellum

One-time1
  • Vellum pro lifetime$2.99

Questions

Is Gridea free?
Gridea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vellum free?
Vellum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gridea or Vellum have ads?
Neither Gridea nor Vellum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gridea or Vellum?
Gridea ships an update every 2 weeks, and Vellum weekly. Most recently, Gridea was updated on October 29, 2026 and Vellum on October 25, 2026.

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