Comparison

ThinkCapture vs Atoyomu

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

Head to head
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.

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Atoyomu

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Atoyomu saves the articles you want to read later, then summarizes, categorizes and tags them with AI. The AI runs on your iPhone or iPad, so article content is never sent to an external AI service. ■ Save in three taps Share a page from Safari or any other app to Atoyomu. Saving works offline, and the summary is created the next time you open Atoyomu. ■ Read the summary, then decide Every saved article gets a short summary you can read in seconds. Home lists your unread articles with their summaries, so you only open the ones worth your time. Full pages open in the built-in browser. ■ Organized automatically Articles are sorted into categories and tagged for you. Rename categories and change their icons, colors and order. A category you pick yourself is never overwritten by the AI. ■ Search and reminders Find articles by keyword, category or tag, or show only unread ones. An optional daily notification reminds you of articles you haven't read yet. ■ Summaries on your Mac (optional, free) Install the free Mac app to summarize articles saved on your iPhone or iPad on your Mac. Get it at https://atoyomu.com/mac. • iPhones and iPads without Apple Intelligence can show summaries made on your Mac. • Your Mac writes longer, more detailed summaries split into paragraphs. • To connect: open Atoyomu on your Mac and show the QR code, then scan it from Settings > Data & Connections > Summarize on Mac on your iPhone or iPad. Connect each iPhone or iPad separately. One Mac can handle several devices. • Requirements: a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 26 or later, signed in to iCloud with the same Apple Account as your iPhone or iPad. • For each article you ask the Mac to summarize, its details and text (up to the first 8,000 characters) travel through your own iCloud to your Mac. Nothing is sent to our servers or to an external AI service. You don't need a Mac to use Atoyomu. ■ Saved on each device Articles, summaries, notes, categories and read status are stored on each iPhone or iPad and are not synced between devices. To move articles to another device or make a backup, export and import a JSON file. We don't run servers that store your articles. ■ Privacy • On iPhone and iPad, summaries are created on the device by Apple Intelligence. • No account or sign-up. • No ads, no advertising identifier and no cross-app tracking. ■ Requirements iOS 26 / iPadOS 26 or later. Creating summaries on the iPhone or iPad itself requires an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence turned on. On other devices you can still save, organize and read articles, and a connected Mac can create the summaries. Without a connected Mac, summaries wait until one can be created. Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean Privacy Policy: https://atoyomu.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://atoyomu.com/terms

Screenshots

ThinkCapture4 screens
Atoyomu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atoyomu at none against ThinkCapture's 2. ThinkCapture's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. ThinkCapture sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Atoyomu asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ThinkCapture versus Atoyomu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkCaptureAtoyomu
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakashi KishidaMINATO DIGITAL K.K.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ThinkCapture

Subscriptions2
  • ThinkCapture Pro(月額)$1.991 Month
  • ThinkCapture Pro(年額)14 Days trial$14.991 Year
None

Atoyomu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThinkCapture free?
ThinkCapture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Atoyomu free?
Atoyomu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ThinkCapture or Atoyomu have ads?
Neither ThinkCapture nor Atoyomu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThinkCapture or Atoyomu?
ThinkCapture ships an update weekly, and Atoyomu weekly. Most recently, ThinkCapture was updated on October 31, 2026 and Atoyomu on October 31, 2026.

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