ZenNotes vs Granite

ZenNotes is a local-first markdown notes app for writing, organizing, and connecting ideas without giving up ownership of your files. YOUR NOTES, YOUR FILES Every note is a plain .md file in a vault you control. Start with storage on your iPhone or iPad, use iCloud Drive, or open a folder through the system document picker. Local and iCloud vaults work without an account. ZENNOTES CLOUD Connect an optional ZenNotes Cloud plan to: • Sync a vault across ZenNotes desktop and mobile • Sync notes and attachments • Create manual and automatic daily backups • Restore a full vault or a single note from a backup • Publish notes to the web and manage their public links Cloud never replaces the free local-first workflow. Use it only when you want hosted sync, backup, or publishing. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Use a focused editor with headings, lists, tasks, tables, code, links, wikilinks, tags, callouts, footnotes, and frontmatter. A mobile formatting bar keeps common actions close to the keyboard, and a pinch resizes the text to your eyes. RICH, OFFLINE PREVIEW Render KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, JSXGraph, function plots, tables, callouts, and more directly on your device. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Pin your go-to notes and folders to the top, swipe rows to act on them, create and rename nested folders, browse tags, search the full vault, manage tasks, create periodic notes, and work with table databases stored as CSV. CAPTURE QUICKLY Create a quick note from the app or send text and links to ZenNotes from the iOS share sheet. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Start a note, open a recent one, or check today's tasks without opening the app. New Note also lives on the Lock Screen, and the widgets wear your theme. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT ZenNotes has no advertising or tracking. Local and iCloud notes stay in the storage you choose. When you enable ZenNotes Cloud, the account identity, connected-device information, and vault content needed for the Cloud features you use are sent to the ZenNotes service. Payment details are handled by Stripe. ZenNotes is open source. Your vault remains useful outside the app because it is made of ordinary files.

Granite (granite.co) is a document vault for iPhone. Scan or drop in a receipt, an insurance policy, a tax form, or a passport, and Granite reads it, works out what it is, pulls out the dates and amounts that matter, and files it so you can find it again. CAPTURE Scan a page with the camera and Granite straightens and crops it for you. Share a file into Granite from Files, Mail, or Safari. Everything you add is read and filed the same way, whatever door it came through. FIND IT LATER Search reads the words inside every page, not just the file name. Ask a question in plain English, like "what did I pay for car insurance last year", and get an answer with the document behind it. STAY AHEAD OF DATES Granite pulls renewal and expiration dates off your documents and tells you before they pass, so a lapsed policy or an expired passport is never a surprise. ORGANIZED WITHOUT THE WORK Documents group themselves into collections, and into the people, cars, homes, and accounts they belong to. There are no folders to design and no naming scheme to keep up. WHAT PEOPLE KEEP IN GRANITE Tax forms and W-2s. Insurance policies and cards. Passports, IDs, and Social Security cards. Receipts and warranties. Medical records and explanations of benefits. Car titles, deeds, closing documents, leases, contracts, and invoices. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Every file is encrypted. Face ID or Touch ID locks the app. You can export everything you have put in, at any time, in a format you can read without us. Granite Free holds 25 documents and 1 GB. Granite Paid is an annual subscription that lifts the limits and unlocks Ask. Terms of Use: https://granite.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://granite.co/privacy