Comparison

Gregor vs Margin

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

Head to head
About

Gregor

Features
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Minimalist calendar-based notes and journaling app. Guiding principles: # Simplicity You pick a day on the calendar and add a note to that day. Basic usage is as simple as that. No clutter, no distractions, no ads. # Reliability Your notes are stored as plain markdown files in iCloud or on your own device. Edit them with your preferred apps, copy or sync them wherever you want, and keep access and control regardless of Gregor itself. # Polish Access information easily, edit markdown from a native UI, and use local AI features to easily search and summarize your notes.

About

Margin

This app intelligently identifies and helps you remove unwanted files like duplicate photos, old screenshots, and large videos to free up storage space on your device. It allows you to preview exactly what will be deleted or compressed before making any changes, ensuring your important memories are safe.

Highlights
  • Groups near-identical photos
  • Identifies screen recordings and expired screenshots
  • Compresses large videos and images
  • Previews space before deletion
  • Runs entirely on-device
  • Files recoverable from Recently Deleted
Features
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Your phone is full, and it's never the photos you meant to keep — it's five near-identical shots of the same moment, a screen recording from months ago, and the screenshot you took to remember something and never deleted. Margin finds all of it and shows you exactly what you'd get back before anything is touched. SEE THE SPACE BEFORE YOU FREE IT Margin groups near-identical photos into sets, picks the strongest frame in each one, and lets you review the rest at a glance — a full contact sheet per set, not one photo at a time. Screen recordings, expired screenshots (sorted by the text in them), and exact duplicate files are each their own category, so you know exactly where your storage is going. OR COMPRESS INSTEAD OF DELETE Long videos and large images over a size you choose can be re-encoded in place instead of removed — picked individually or as a batch, tracked from a compression tray. Camera, date and location metadata survive exactly as they were. NOTHING IS EVER PERMANENT Every deletion goes through your device's own Recently Deleted album — recoverable until you empty it yourself, exactly as if you'd deleted the photo in Photos. Nothing Margin suggests touches anything you've already favorited, edited, or filed into an album. RUNS ENTIRELY ON YOUR DEVICE Margin has no network code. There is no server, no account, no analytics, no third-party SDK — nothing your photos could be sent to, because there is no code path capable of sending them anywhere. Every comparison happens locally using Apple's own PhotoKit and Vision frameworks. Built for iPhone and iPad, sharing one engine with the Mac app.

Screenshots

Gregor4 screens
Margin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Margin at every 2 days against Gregor's every 4 days. Gregor's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

Gregor ships an update every 4 days, Margin every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gregor versus Margin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGregorMargin
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel MarquesMUDDASSIR IQBAL

In-app purchases

None

Gregor

No in-app purchases

None

Margin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gregor free?
Gregor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Margin free?
Margin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gregor or Margin have ads?
Neither Gregor nor Margin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gregor or Margin?
Gregor ships an update every 4 days, and Margin every 2 days. Most recently, Gregor was updated on October 9, 2026 and Margin on October 25, 2026.

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