Comparison

Tangent vs ThinkCapture

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

Head to head
About

Tangent

Features
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Tangent turns the things you say into the things you need to do. Tap record and talk, a quick idea, a meeting recap, a note to yourself. Tangent transcribes your audio, writes a clean summary, and pulls out your action items automatically. No typing, no cleanup. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Record voice notes of any length and get an accurate transcript • Get a concise AI summary of everything you said • Automatically turn what you said into a checklist of action items • Chat with your notes - ask a question and get answers with sources • Organize notes into folders and projects • Search across your transcripts and tasks instantly GREAT FOR • Capturing ideas before they slip away • Meeting, call, and interview recaps • Brainstorms and lectures • Turning rambling thoughts into a clear to-do list TANGENT PRO Unlock unlimited AI transcription, summaries, action items, and chat with Tangent Pro, available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://tangentapp.in/privacy Terms of Use: https://tangentapp.in/terms

About

ThinkCapture

Features
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A link to read later. A task you can't forget. An idea that just popped into your head. Do you keep each of these in a different app? ThinkCapture is one place to drop all three. You don't pick where things go: whether it's a link, a task, or a passing thought, the AI on your device reads it and files it. You never classify. You never tag. You just write. ■ Three apps, in one - Links to read later — send a URL from the share sheet; it's saved with a headline and thumbnail. - Things to do — write "reply to Sam" or "buy milk" and the AI treats it as a task; add a due time and it reminds you. - Ideas and notes — thoughts, things you've learned, and what happened today all go in the same field, and they stay. ■ Why keep them together Storing things separately means deciding, every time, which app this belongs in — enough friction that you often don't write it down at all. Put it all in one place and it becomes impossible to find. Make sorting the AI's job and both problems disappear — and since the sorting never leaves your device, you can pile up anything without worrying. ■ What you can do - Instant capture — write in a single field; saving finishes at once, without waiting for the AI. One tap from Siri, Shortcuts, widgets, or Control Center. - On-device sorting — each note becomes a task, idea, knowledge, reference, journal, waiting, or someday item. Override any result; when it isn't sure it says "unclassified" instead of guessing. - Full-text search — find anything by keyword or tag name, completed items too. - Today — no cluttered inbox. Just today's tasks and your recurring habits. - Calendar — see the days you wrote on, and overlay events from your device's calendar (iCloud, Google, and more). Events are displayed, never changed. - Tags and priority — add your own tags on top of the AI's categories, and set high, medium, or low priority. - Due dates and reminders — set one in a tap; add a time and you get a notification. Recurring reminders too. - Photo attachments, plus a grid layout like paper in a notebook. - Home Screen widget — check today's tasks and capture without opening the app. - Backup and restore — export everything as JSON or Markdown anytime and import it back; restoring merges, never deletes. - iCloud sync (optional, off by default) — only about where data is stored; sorting still runs on device. ■ Pricing Writing, sorting, searching and exporting are free, with no limit on how much you capture. Everything above stays free and unlimited. ThinkCapture Pro is an optional subscription for how the app looks and where it lives: color themes (green, blue, purple), a board view that flips through your Inbox column by column, and a Lock Screen card for checking off today's tasks. In Japan it is ¥2,500 per year (about ¥208 a month, roughly 48% less than monthly) or ¥400 per month; your region's price is shown in the app. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial for people new to the subscription. Both plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can cancel anytime under Settings > your Apple Account > Subscriptions. Without Pro, nothing is locked away and nothing stops you from writing more. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/172RyaTDqcAQElhyr3hXf6zCRFwCoLHf895k01GYDFvI/ ■ About privacy ThinkCapture's AI sorting uses Apple's on-device AI (Apple Intelligence / Foundation Models). What you write is never sent to an outside server to be classified, and no account is required. Saving a link fetches only that page's public headline and thumbnail. ■ Requirements Automatic sorting requires iOS 26 or later on an Apple Intelligence–capable device. On other devices you tap the classification badge to pick a category by hand — it still works as an ordinary notes and tasks app. Don't classify. Don't organize. Just write.

Screenshots

Tangent4 screens
ThinkCapture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tangent at 16.4 against ThinkCapture's 18.0. 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. Tangent sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and ThinkCapture sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Tangent versus ThinkCapture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTangentThinkCapture
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilan VananiTakashi Kishida

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tangent

Subscriptions2
  • Tangent Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Tangent Pro Yearly$129.001 Year
2 purchases

ThinkCapture

Subscriptions2
  • ThinkCapture Pro(月額)$1.991 Month
  • ThinkCapture Pro(年額)14 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Tangent free?
Tangent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThinkCapture free?
ThinkCapture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tangent or ThinkCapture have ads?
Neither Tangent nor ThinkCapture shows ads.

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