Comparison

Anycap vs Mote

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

Head to head
About

Anycap

Save and organize all your digital content, from links and articles to notes and files, in a private, offline library. AI-powered summaries and full-text search make finding information effortless. Export your data in Markdown format.

Highlights
  • Save links, posts, articles, notes, files, and voice memos
  • Offline readability without ads or banners
  • AI-powered summaries of long reads and videos
  • Full-text search and semantic search capabilities
  • Markdown support for notes and export
  • Private library stored on your device
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Anycap keeps everything you find in one private library on your iPhone: links, social posts, articles, notes, pictures, files and voice memos, all stored as plain Markdown that stays yours. SAVE THE POST, NOT JUST THE LINK Tap Share in Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit or Safari and it lands in your Inbox with its title, author, cover and text, so it is still there when the page changes. In Safari, the Anycap extension saves the page you are reading in one tap. CAPTURE IN A SECOND Tap + and type: the first line becomes the title. Paste a link and it becomes a card. Add a photo, a file or a recording without leaving the field. Ask Siri to save something to Anycap, or put Anycap in a Shortcut. The widget puts capture, a new note and your Inbox on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. READ IT LATER, WITHOUT THE NOISE Articles and posts are kept in full, readable offline, without the banners. Long reads and videos get a short summary: what it is, then the points worth keeping. Summaries run on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence, or through a provider you connect with your own key. Nothing leaves the device unless you connect one. ORGANIZE, OR LET IT ORGANIZE ITSELF Folders, tags, pins and an archive, arranged the way you think. Tidy reads what is waiting in your Inbox and proposes where each capture belongs and which tags to add, and nothing moves until you say so. Collections gather folders, tags and captures into one brief. FIND IT AGAIN Full-text search across every capture, including the words inside your pictures and the text of what you saved. Search by meaning finds what you meant, not only the words you typed. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Notes are plain Markdown: headings, lists, checklists, quotes, code, and links from one note to another. The bar above the keyboard writes the marks for you. Export the whole library as Markdown files whenever you like, and open them in any other app. YOURS, AND PRIVATE No account, no sign-up, nothing collected, no ads. Your library lives on your iPhone. Turn on iCloud sync and it reaches your other devices through your own account, never through ours. There is an Anycap for Mac as well, reading the same library. Anycap requires iOS 18 or later. On-device summaries need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence.

About

Mote

Quickly capture and access essential notes directly from your device's lock screen. Organize thoughts, set reminders, and keep your mind clear with automatic saving and optional private mode.

Highlights
  • Lock screen notes
  • Automatic saving
  • Scheduled reminders
  • Private mode
  • Note history
  • Note sharing
Features
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Mote keeps the note you need right now close at hand. Capture a thought in seconds, edit it anytime, and move finished notes to History. Notes save automatically on your device. Mote Plus adds more contexts for different parts of life, Scheduled Notes, and Private Mode. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or unlock Plus with a one-time Lifetime purchase. Schedule a note for later with an optional reminder. On supported iPhones, you can choose to show it on the Lock Screen. Private Mode requires Face ID or your device passcode to open Mote. Mote needs no account and has no note sync. Device backups may include your notes. Share a note whenever you choose. Terms of Use (Mote): https://wenka93.github.io/mote-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wenka93.github.io/mote-legal/privacy.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Anycap4 screens
Mote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anycap at none against Mote's 3. Anycap also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Mote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Anycap asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Anycap against 5.0 for Mote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anycap versus Mote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnycapMote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIrfan DzulfiqorIvan Borisov

Customer experience

Anycap

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Anycap

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mote

Subscriptions2
  • Mote Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Mote Plus Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mote Plus Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Anycap free?
Anycap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mote free?
Mote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anycap or Mote?
Anycap and Mote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Anycap or Mote have ads?
Neither Anycap nor Mote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anycap or Mote?
Anycap ships an update every 3 days, and Mote every 3 days. Most recently, Anycap was updated on October 26, 2026 and Mote on October 31, 2026.

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