Comparison

Offhand vs MDDock

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

Head to head
About

Offhand

Capture tasks and notes using your voice and have them automatically organized. This app leverages on-device AI to process your spoken input, creating actionable tasks or simple notes without sending data off your phone. Optional Pro features enhance integration and convenience.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-task conversion
  • Automatic task categorization
  • Note-taking and searching
  • Scheduled task reminders
  • Task and note organization
  • Optional Calendar and iCloud sync
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Say it Offhand. Press the Action Button, say what you have to do, tap Save. A model on your iPhone reads the note and files each task under Morning, Afternoon, Tonight or Anytime. If you named an hour, the task gets it. Not everything you say is a task. A thought with nothing to do stays a note. Notes are kept by day, and search finds them by the words you said. BEFORE YOU BUY: IT NEEDS AN iPHONE 15 PRO OR NEWER Offhand runs on Apple Intelligence. That needs an A17 Pro chip or newer. It is a separate requirement from iOS 26, and it is the one that matters. On an iPhone 14 or an iPhone 15, Offhand still records and transcribes, and files each note as one task with the time it named. It does not split a note into several tasks, mark what they are about, or offer groups. WHAT IT DOES • One note becomes separate tasks. "Call the dentist first thing, then pick up the dry cleaning this afternoon" is two tasks in two parts of the day. • A task that names a clock time alerts you at that time. A task that names only a day waits quietly on that day. • It marks what each task is about, like Groceries or Work. When five tasks of one kind pile up, it offers to make a group. Nothing moves until you tap. • Drag a card to another part of the day, or to another day. • Lists shows everything in one place: open tasks, completed tasks, notes, and a month of days. Search reads the whole note, not just the title. • After each capture, a receipt shows the words it heard. When it cannot find a task in what you said, it saves the note and says so. It does not invent one. NOTHING LEAVES THE PHONE, EXCEPT TWO SWITCHES YOU CAN TURN ON No account. No sign-in. No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no advertising. Offhand makes no network request of its own. Speech recognition, the model, your recordings, your transcripts and your list all stay on this device. The app works with the network off. Two optional switches, both off until you turn them on, hand data to Apple's own apps rather than to us: • Show in Calendar puts scheduled task titles into an "Offhand" calendar. If your iPhone syncs calendars to iCloud, those titles go where your calendar already goes. • iCloud Sync mirrors your list into your own private iCloud database. Your Apple account, nobody else's servers, no third party. Recordings have a second switch of their own, also off by default. Both switches are part of Pro. We do not run a server that could receive your data. THREE LANGUAGES, ONE AT A TIME Offhand listens in English, Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese. You pick one in Settings. It does not work out which language you are speaking, and it does not hear two at once. The app's own interface is translated into all three. PRO Offhand is free to download. Speaking, the Action Button, your list, notes and search stay free. Pro is an optional subscription, Monthly or Yearly, and it unlocks: • The Home Screen widget, the Lock Screen button and the Control Center control. Each shows or starts a note without opening the app. • Show in Calendar and iCloud Sync, the two switches above. • A second pass over each recording. Measured on a Mac over 620 recordings in Offhand's own format, it made about 12% fewer mistakes. The upgrade page names the price before anything is charged. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://offhandapp.com/privacy YOUR RECORDINGS Audio stays on this iPhone and is kept until you delete it. If you prefer, set it to be deleted after a week, 30 days or a year. The transcript is kept either way. Deleting an entry removes the note and its audio from the phone, and that cannot be undone.

About

MDDock

Features
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MDDock is a calm, local-first Markdown workspace for people who think in notes. Every note lives as plain Markdown on your device, so your ideas stay readable, portable, and yours — no lock-in, no cloud dependency. Write in a clean, distraction-free editor with syntax highlighting and full Markdown support. Link ideas naturally with [[wiki links]] and let MDDock build a living knowledge graph as you write. Find anything in milliseconds with instant full-text search across your entire library. Read beautifully with desktop-grade typography, a focused reader mode, and support for code blocks, tables, math, and diagrams. On iPad, split the library and editor side by side so you can browse, write, and reference without losing context. Keep your library completely offline, or turn on MDDock Cloud to sync securely across your devices. Your data is encrypted end-to-end and always belongs to you. Whether you are building a personal wiki, journaling, drafting articles, or managing a research library, MDDock gives you the speed of plain text and the structure of a connected knowledge base.

Screenshots

Offhand4 screens
MDDock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MDDock at none against Offhand's 2. MDDock also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Offhand sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MDDock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offhand ships an update every 6 days, MDDock every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Offhand versus MDDock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffhandMDDock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBunnyHop, LLC北京微格互动科技股份有限公司

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Offhand

Subscriptions2
  • Offhand Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Offhand Pro Yearly7 Days trial$21.991 Year
None

MDDock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Offhand free?
Offhand is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MDDock free?
MDDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Offhand or MDDock have ads?
Neither Offhand nor MDDock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Offhand or MDDock?
Offhand ships an update every 6 days, and MDDock every 2 days. Most recently, Offhand was updated on October 16, 2026 and MDDock on October 3, 2026.

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