Comparison

Ivory Note vs Certolino

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

Head to head
About

Ivory Note

Capture spoken content from lectures, meetings, and study sessions. This app records audio, transcribes it offline into readable summaries, and helps organize your notes by subject for easy review and searching. It prioritizes privacy with local storage and offers a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Record audio lectures and meetings
  • Offline audio transcription
  • Automatic summary generation
  • Organize notes by subject
  • Searchable note archive
  • Mark favorite notes
  • Apple Watch recording and sync
Features
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Ivory turns lectures, meetings, brainstorms, and voice notes into organized material you can actually use. Record on iPhone or Apple Watch. Ivory keeps the original audio, transcribes it on your device with an included speech model, and creates a clean workspace around what you captured. No Ivory account is required. NEW IN IVORY 2.1 Ask Your Notes lets Ivory Pro users ask questions across available transcripts on supported Apple Intelligence devices. Answers are grounded in the source passages shown in the app, so important details are easy to check. Lock sensitive notes and reveal them with Face ID or device authentication. Locked notes stay out of Ask Your Notes until you choose to reveal them. For meetings, Speaker Review can turn a long transcript into a readable voice script with remembered speaker names. For classes, a weekly schedule can automatically place new recordings into the class happening at that time. RECORD AND TRANSCRIBE • Record lectures, meetings, brainstorms, and quick voice notes • Capture from Apple Watch and transfer to iPhone • Transcribe locally with the included speech model • Keep the original recording with each note • Search, edit, favorite, export, and organize notes LEARN AND REVIEW • Generate titles, summaries, study guides, flashcards, and quizzes • Build focused Learn Plans • Practice with typed recall and source-backed cards • Revisit missed cards in Review Queue • Organize classes in Study Hubs • Set local study reminders MEET AND BUILD • Detect and review speakers in meeting recordings • Remember speaker names for future review • Create meeting to-dos and follow-ups • Turn brainstorms into execution plans, opportunities, risks, and next actions PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE Ivory does not require an account or send recordings to an Ivory transcription server. Transcription runs on your device. Compatible devices can also use Apple’s on-device intelligence for supported generation features. Optional iCloud sync uses your private iCloud account. Ivory Pro unlocks Ask Your Notes, Speaker Review, Learn Plans, advanced study and review, class scheduling and organization, themes, Markdown export, reminders, and additional workspace tools. Monthly Pro renews automatically until canceled. The Version Pass is a one-time purchase with the version coverage shown in the app. Prices are displayed before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://useivory.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Certolino

Effortlessly track continuing education hours and license renewal deadlines for your profession. Pre-loaded state-specific requirements, smart reminders, and secure certificate storage simplify compliance.

Highlights
  • Pre-loaded state CE requirements
  • Renewal cycle and deadline tracking
  • Smart reminders for deadlines
  • Automatic certificate data entry
  • Secure certificate storage
  • Multi-license support
Features
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Your license is your livelihood. Certolino makes sure you never lose it to a missed renewal or a few forgotten CE hours. Certolino is the friendly continuing-education and license-renewal tracker that already knows YOUR profession's rules. No spreadsheets, no guesswork. Choose your license, and Certolino loads your state's exact CE requirements, renewal cycle, deadlines, and fees for you, compiled from official licensing boards. FREE FOR A SINGLE LICENSE If you hold one license, Certolino is free to use. You get your full CE progress ring, your state's required topics, a renewal countdown, and every reminder, at no cost. WHO IT'S FOR - Nurses (RN and LPN) - Therapists and counselors (LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, psychologists) - Real estate agents and brokers - Insurance producers ...and more added all the time. WHY CERTOLINO - Your state's rules, pre-loaded. Required hours, mandatory topics, renewal cycle, and fees, done for you. - Always know where you stand. A clear progress ring shows exactly how many hours you have left and how long until renewal. - Smart reminders. Get nudged months, weeks, and days before your deadline, so a renewal never sneaks up on you. - Log a course in seconds, or snap a photo of your certificate and let Certolino fill in the details automatically. - Keep every certificate. Store your completion certificates in one place and export them as a PDF when you're audited. - Hold more than one license. Track multiple licenses across states and professions, and switch between them in a tap. ONE-TIME UPGRADE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Need more than one license, or want certificate scanning and the document vault with PDF export? Unlock everything with a single purchase. Pay once and you own it forever. No subscription. No renewals. No surprises. DON'T SEE YOUR PROFESSION? New professions are added regularly. If yours isn't here yet, email us at hello@certolino.com. We'll typically have it live in the app within 24 to 48 hours of your request, and it appears automatically, with no app update required. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays yours. Your licenses and certificates sync securely through your own iCloud. We never sell or mine your information. Never let your license lapse again. Download Certolino and take the stress out of staying compliant.

Screenshots

Ivory Note4 screens
Certolino4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ivory Note at every 2 days against Certolino's fortnightly. Ivory Note also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Ivory Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Certolino sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ivory Note against 5.0 for Certolino. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ivory Note has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ivory Note ships an update every 2 days, Certolino fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ivory Note versus Certolino: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvory NoteCertolino
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMRX Dynamics LLCVastocielo LLC

Customer experience

Ivory Note

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Certolino

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ivory Note

Subscriptions1
  • Ivory Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • Ivory Pro Version Pass$14.99
1 purchases

Certolino

One-time1
  • Certolino Pro (Pay Once)$4.99

Questions

Is Ivory Note free?
Ivory Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Certolino free?
Certolino is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ivory Note or Certolino?
Ivory Note and Certolino are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ivory Note or Certolino have ads?
Neither Ivory Note nor Certolino shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ivory Note or Certolino?
Ivory Note ships an update every 2 days, and Certolino fortnightly. Most recently, Ivory Note was updated on October 31, 2026 and Certolino on October 31, 2026.

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