Comparison

Found vs Amber

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

Head to head
About

Found

Features
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Keep anything. Find it again. Found is one private library for your notes, links, photos and files. Save what matters in a tap, and get it back the moment you need it, in Found or right where you are. SEARCH WHAT YOU REMEMBER Type the words you remember and Found brings back the exact passage, down to the page. It searches inside PDFs, photos, screenshots and spreadsheets, not just titles. ANSWERS IN ANY APP Select a question in any app, share it to Find with Found, and the answer comes back without leaving what you are doing. YOUR WORDS, WHERE YOU TYPE Give a note a shortcut, then type ; and the shortcut with Found Keyboard in any app. Addresses, codes and replies you send again and again, filled in for you. Found Keyboard never asks for Full Access. SPOTLIGHT, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Find your library from the Home Screen search, or just ask: "Ask Found", "Find in Found", "Keep this in Found". Build your own shortcuts with Found's actions. NEVER MISS THE DATE What's inside spots the dates, amounts and addresses in what you keep, so a reminder is one tap away. It runs on your device with Apple Intelligence. BACK WHEN IT MATTERS Add a reminder to any note, link, photo or file. EVERY KIND OF FILE PDFs, photos, spreadsheets, links and more, kept whole with previews. Organise them into folders and threads. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share from any app straight into a folder or thread. Found also offers to keep what you just copied. MADE FOR IPAD Your library side by side, with the list on the left and the item on the right. YOURS MEANS YOURS No account and no sign-up. Your library stays on your device. Back it up whenever you like as a normal ZIP with readable notes and your original files. FIRST EDITION Found is free to use. First Edition is an optional one-time purchase for the people who want to back Found from the start. Privacy policy: https://keep-it-found.app/privacy/ Support: https://keep-it-found.app/support/

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Amber

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Amber is one fast, focused place for everything you reuse. Keep a snippet, an image, a file or a document once โ€” then reach for it in a tap, from your iPhone, your iPad or your Mac. FOR THE REPLY YOU RETYPE EVERY WEEK Save it as a template with blanks, and Amber asks for the name and the project and hands you the finished text. FOR THE DOCUMENTS YOU SHOW CLIENTS Group them in a project, then present them page by page in Show Mode โ€” and hand over the real file, not its filename. FOR THE TWENTIETH FORM ASKING FOR YOUR ADDRESS Fill a form lines up your own details in the order forms ask for them, one tap to copy each, and it keeps your place. ORGANISE IT THE WAY YOU THINK Projects hold shelves, and shelves nest inside them. Smart shelves are saved searches that stay live โ€” "PDFs used this month" keeps itself up to date. Drag a card onto a shelf to move it; drop a file straight onto one to keep it there. AUTOMATIONS Turn any of that into a named routine you run with one tap. IT FINDS THINGS BY WHAT THEY SAY Amber reads the words inside your images and documents, so a screenshot of a receipt is findable by what is written on it. BRING YOUR SNIPPETS WITH YOU Import snippets from Raycast, Alfred, Text Replacements, CSV or plain text. YOUR IPHONE CAN DRIVE YOUR MAC Show a document on the big screen from your pocket, or beam a card to another of your own devices โ€” no pairing, no cable. BUILT FOR THE KEYBOARD โŒ˜/ lists every shortcut Amber has. Widgets, Shortcuts, Spotlight and a menu bar item keep your cards close without opening the app. YOUR CONTENT STAYS YOURS There is no Amber account and no Amber server. Everything lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Amber is free to use. Amber Pro is a one-off purchase โ€” not a subscription โ€” that lifts the card limit and unlocks the Pro features. If it ever lapses, your cards stay readable and copyable. Nothing is held hostage.

Screenshots

Found4 screens
Amber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Amber at every 2 days against Found's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Found sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Amber sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Found ships an update weekly, Amber every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Found versus Amber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoundAmber
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS16.416.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size87 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAditya BhattadChinmay Pingale

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Found

One-time1
  • Found First Edition$9.99
1 purchases

Amber

One-time1
  • Amber Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Found free?
Found is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amber free?
Amber is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Found or Amber have ads?
Neither Found nor Amber shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Found or Amber?
Found ships an update weekly, and Amber every 2 days. Most recently, Found was updated on October 16, 2026 and Amber on October 12, 2026.

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