Tunnel.ai vs Skiii Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunnel.ai
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## Description (4000 chars max) Tunnel.ai turns your train of thought into text, wherever you are, even when the train is in a tunnel. It is built to catch a thought the moment it lands, with as little friction as possible. Tap once and talk. Everything runs on your device, so there is no account, no cloud, and no internet needed after the first launch. Your audio never leaves your phone or Mac. CAPTURE WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR FLOW • Record over your music. Start a note without pausing your music, podcast, or call. Tunnel.ai captures your voice on top of whatever you are already listening to, so you can talk through a follow-up while the track keeps playing, then get on with your day. • Keep recording when you switch apps. Jump to your notes or calendar to check a name mid-thought and the recording keeps rolling, so nothing gets cut off. • Fully offline. Planes, trains, basements, dead zones. The model lives on your device, so a signal is never required. WHY ON-DEVICE MATTERS • Private by architecture. There is no server, so we could not read your notes if we wanted to. • No subscription. Nothing to renew, because there are no cloud costs to cover. WHAT IT DOES • Tap once, talk, tap again. Your words appear as a note. • Confidence highlighting. Words the model was unsure about show in orange. Tap one to correct it. • Custom dictionary and vocabulary. Teach it the names and jargon you actually use, once, so it hears colleagues, brands, and technical terms right. • AI Cleanup on supported devices. An optional on-device pass that fixes misheard names using your own word list. Still nothing leaves the device. • Audio kept with every note. Replay a recording, or re-transcribe it any time, for example after improving your dictionary. • Edit, copy, share, search. Transcripts are plain text, ready for wherever they need to go. Powered by open-source speech recognition (Whisper, via WhisperKit), accelerated by Apple silicon. Requires iPhone with iOS 17 or later. [iPhone listing] Requires a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 14 or later. [Mac listing] The transcription model is built in, so it works from the first launch with no download.
Skiii Note
Capture fleeting thoughts, rough drafts, and inspirations as text, photos, links, or recordings. Organize these fragments into flexible cards, refine them with tags, and build your ideas step by step in a private, local-first workspace.
- Capture thoughts as text, photos, links, or recordings
- Organize fragments into flexible cards
- Add tags and refine content
- Local-first data storage
- No account required
- One-time purchase
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【The best time to capture an idea is now】 Ideas often appear for only a moment. A sudden thought, an unfinished sentence, an image you want to keep, a voice note, or a highlighted passage from something you are reading may feel incomplete at first, but any of them can become the starting point for something bigger. Ideas need to be captured, but they also need time to settle, develop, and change. In an increasingly noisy world, Skiii Note gives unfinished thoughts a little more room to grow. 【Capture first. Organize later.】 Skiii Note is built around a simple workflow: capture first, organize later. Drop fragmented thoughts into the home screen without stopping to categorize, name, or structure them. When an idea becomes worth developing, turn it into a card and shape it through splitting, combining, reordering, and editing. You can also bring in highlights from Readwise, or share selected text directly from other apps into Skiii Note, so references, excerpts, and your own thoughts can live in the same creative workflow. Skiii Note is a quiet, focused, local-first workspace for ideas and writing. 【Now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac】 Skiii Note is now available across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With iCloud sync enabled, your ideas, cards, and writing can stay in sync across devices. Capture a thought on your iPhone, organize it on iPad, then continue writing on your Mac. Your ideas no longer have to stay on one device. 【Capture quickly without breaking your flow】 - Idea Bubbles Save text, images, links, and everyday fragments as bubbles on the home screen. Bubbles can be edited, pinned, highlighted, turned into to-dos, or organized into cards whenever you are ready. - Voice Recording & Transcription Press and hold the input field to start recording, then turn your voice into text when typing is too slow. - Quick Clipboard Import Hold and swipe up beside the input field to quickly bring in text or images from your clipboard. - Share from Other Apps Select text in another app and share it directly to Skiii Note to instantly create a new idea bubble. 【Let fragments grow into finished work】 - Bubbles Become Building Blocks Each card is made of independent content blocks. Split, combine, reorder, edit, and add images freely, or switch to full-screen mode when you want to focus. - Sketch Mode Tap the number of any block to enter Sketch Mode. Drag, merge, and rearrange blocks to quickly reshape a card and turn scattered fragments into a clearer structure. - Import Reading Highlights Import reading highlights from Readwise. Bring saved passages, highlights, and notes back into your own workspace, then continue developing them alongside your everyday ideas. - Organize Visual Inspiration Use a dedicated image-tagging system to organize visual references. Quickly find, revisit, and rediscover images and inspiration you saved in the past. 【Privacy & Data】 No account required No ads One-time purchase, no subscription Data is stored locally on your devices by default Full backup and restore supported iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac 【Data & Backup Reminder】 Skiii Note stores data locally on your device by default. When iCloud sync is enabled, synced content can continue to be used across your other devices. Deleting the app removes local data from that device, but does not automatically remove content already synced to iCloud. For important content, we still recommend creating regular full backups inside Skiii Note.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tunnel.ai at none against Skiii Note's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Skiii Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tunnel.ai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tunnel.ai ships an update every 9 days, Skiii Note every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Tunnel.ai | Skiii Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pierre Paslier | 锦池 柯 |
In-app purchases
Tunnel.ai
No in-app purchases
Skiii Note
- SkiII Full Version$9.99









