Comparison

Vanta vs Dama

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

Head to head
About

Vanta

Features
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Vanta is a private Markdown notes app for iPhone with AI that runs entirely on your phone, and real GTD built in. Your notes stay as plain Markdown you own. Start with a local vault in seconds: no account, no servers, nothing uploaded. ON-DEVICE AI • Turn a messy, rambled note into clean Markdown • "Clarify with AI" sorts your whole GTD inbox into Next Actions, Waiting For, Someday, Done, or Trash • Clean up dictation, summarize, and suggest tags • Powered by Apple's on-device models, so it works offline and nothing ever leaves your phone GETTING THINGS DONE, BUILT IN • Capture to your Inbox in a tap, by typing or voice, even from the Share Sheet • Process your inbox to zero, by hand or with AI • Next Actions by @context, plus Waiting For, Someday, and Projects • A weekly review that surfaces stalled projects and what you're waiting on • Inbox and Next Actions pinned to the top of your vault A REAL MARKDOWN NOTES APP • Folders, favorites, and instant full-text search, all offline • Syntax-highlighted code, callouts, tables, images, SVG, and tasks • Tap [[wikilinks]] to jump between notes, and see backlinks • Light and true-black dark themes YOURS, EVERYWHERE • Start on-device with no account • Sync across your devices with iCloud, or your own private GitHub repo • Obsidian-compatible: open the same vault on your Mac, and favorites sync with Obsidian bookmarks • No subscription. No analytics. No tracking. Vanta works great as a standalone local notes app, and plugs into your existing Obsidian or Markdown vault whenever you want. On-device AI features require an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence.

About

Dama

Features
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Liked an article, wanted to watch a video later, or saw a post you didn't want to lose? You bookmarked it somewhere — and then never found it again. Dama is the simplest way to collect links from any app, in one place. # Save with one share, from anywhere Share directly to Dama from Safari, YouTube, Instagram, X and any app with a share sheet. No need to open Dama first. # Organized into categories automatically Saved links are sorted into categories, and Dama suggests the right category for similar links — so you spend less time organizing. # Find what you need, fast Search by title, description, or domain, and keep your most-used links one tap away with favorites. # Light, private, and ready to go No sign-up required. Light and dark mode are both fully supported. Back up to iCloud anytime from Settings, and import it later to merge into your current library. This is a manual backup, not real-time sync. Stop losing links. Start keeping them in Dama.

Screenshots

Vanta4 screens
Dama3 screens

Verdict

The call

Vanta and Dama are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vanta ships an update every 3 days, Dama every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vanta versus Dama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantaDama
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShane VitaranaHyoSeop SHIM

In-app purchases

None

Vanta

No in-app purchases

None

Dama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vanta free?
Vanta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dama free?
Dama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vanta or Dama have ads?
Neither Vanta nor Dama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vanta or Dama?
Vanta ships an update every 3 days, and Dama every 6 days. Most recently, Vanta was updated on October 7, 2026 and Dama on October 14, 2026.

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