Comparison

Ivory Note vs Tuck

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

Tuck

This app automatically detects important information from your screenshots and share sheets, such as deadlines and links. It then sends you timely reminders with one-tap actions to help you stay organized and never miss an important event or task.

Highlights
  • Screenshot analysis
  • Share sheet integration
  • Deadline detection
  • One-tap actions
  • On-device processing
  • No account required
Features
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Screenshots you forgot you took. Links you shared and never reopened. Tuck remembers them for you. Coupon deadlines, bookings, deliveries, read-later links — just take a screenshot or share it to Tuck. It reads the content and reminds you right before it matters. How it works 1. Take a screenshot, or pick Tuck in any app's share sheet. 2. Tuck analyzes it on your device and finds the deadline and the next action. 3. A reminder arrives before it's too late — one tap runs the action. What Tuck detects • Coupon and voucher expiration dates • Bookings, shows, and flights • Delivery updates and tracking numbers • Payments and bills • Places and addresses • Links to read later One-tap actions Use the coupon, add to calendar, track the package, open the map, reopen the link — right from the card. Done items move to the Archive and stay reachable. Private by design • All analysis happens on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to a server. • No account, no sign-up, no cloud. • Your photos stay untouched — deletion always goes through the iOS confirmation dialog. Every core feature is free. Just take the screenshot. Tuck reminds you at the right moment.

Screenshots

Ivory Note4 screens
Tuck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ivory Note at every 2 days against Tuck's every 3 weeks. Ivory Note also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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 Tuck. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ivory Note ships an update every 2 days, Tuck every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ivory Note versus Tuck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvory NoteTuck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMRX Dynamics LLCJinseop Bae

Customer experience

Ivory Note

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

Tuck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ivory Note

No in-app purchases

None

Tuck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ivory Note free?
Ivory Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tuck free?
Tuck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ivory Note or Tuck?
Ivory Note and Tuck are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ivory Note or Tuck have ads?
Neither Ivory Note nor Tuck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ivory Note or Tuck?
Ivory Note ships an update every 2 days, and Tuck every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ivory Note was updated on September 21, 2026 and Tuck on September 10, 2026.

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