Comparison

Supermaxi vs ideaShell

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

Head to head
About

Supermaxi

Create and organize shopping lists efficiently. Discover deals, coupons, and new products. Find item locations within the store and get inspired by video recipes.

Highlights
  • Create shopping lists quickly
  • Organize lists by aisle or alphabetically
  • View offers and coupons
  • Discover new products
  • Find product locations
  • Get inspired by video recipes
Features
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Compre ágil y rápido: - Cree una lista de compras de manera rápida. - Organice sus listas de compras por pasillos, de forma alfabética o a su gusto. - Visualice ofertas, cupones y productos novedosos. - Inspírese con video-recetas. - ¿Quiere saber la ubicación de un producto? Consúltela en la app! - Ayúdenos a mejorar con sus sugerencias. En caso de tener un inconveniente con el aplicativo, no dude en escribirnos al siguiente email corenegocio@favorita.com

About

ideaShell

Capture thoughts instantly with AI-powered voice notes. Transcribe, organize, and discuss ideas with AI to generate actionable content like to-do lists and summaries. Seamlessly integrate with other productivity apps.

Highlights
  • AI Voice Transcription
  • Automated Text Structuring & Optimization
  • Multiple Fast Entry Points (Watch, Siri, Widgets)
  • AI Discussions & Summaries
  • Smart Card Content Creation (To-Do Lists, Scripts)
  • Integration with Productivity Apps
  • Smart Q&A and Note Search
Features
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ideaShell is an AI-powered voice notes and AI assistant app that helps you quickly capture inspiration with your voice, organize your thoughts, and turn notes into action with AI agents. Whether you need voice-to-text transcription, meeting notes, a journal, reading reflections, class notes, or a place to capture fleeting ideas, ideaShell is your intelligent pocket memo and thinking companion. 【AI Voice-to-Text · Recording Notes Has Never Been Easier】 Record as naturally as you speak—AI automatically transcribes your voice into clearly structured notes. Available in dozens of languages with custom vocabulary for technical terms. AI removes filler words, optimizes formatting, and generates titles, summaries, and tags, giving you a polished note instantly. From meeting notes and class notes to reading reflections and spontaneous ideas, voice-to-text makes capturing anything effortless. 【Fast Capture · Save Every Idea from Anywhere】 Great ideas disappear in an instant. Capture them fast with Apple Watch, Siri, iPhone Action Button, Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, Control Center, and Shortcuts. Type or draw by hand too. Import audio files, PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, or clip web content—all turned into organized notes with one tap. ideaShell is the voice recorder and notepad in your pocket. 【Enhanced Recording · More Than Transcription】 Mark key moments while recording. Add notes, take photos, import images or files during a recording. Once finished, one-tap AI note completion enriches your annotations with context from the recording. Ideal for meetings, classes, interviews, and more. 【AI Agent Assistant · Helps You Think and Get Things Done】 A powerful built-in AI agent that understands your notes. Select any note or folder for in-depth AI conversations, brainstorming, analysis, and online research. AI can also create, edit, find notes, manage to-dos, and plan your schedule. Switch between multiple AI models and use built-in guides and Playbooks. 【Content Generation · Create in Multiple Formats with One Tap】 AI generates PowerPoint, Word, Excel, web pages, mind maps, Markdown, and images from your notes. Work reports, proposals, email drafts, video scripts, to-do lists—create intelligently without starting from scratch. 【Publish and Share】 Publish notes, mind maps, web pages with a shareable link in one tap. Recipients can view and ask questions about the content. Export as PDF, Word, Markdown, images, or sync to Notion. 【Memory and Personal Knowledge Base · Understands You Better Over Time】 AI remembers key information from conversations including personal and contact details. All notes become your personal knowledge base—AI connects, searches, and answers across all your notes. Daily reviews and note recaps keep past recordings, journals, memos, and reflections delivering value. 【Connect Your Workflow】 Connect with Notion, access from messaging apps, and use MCP to let other AI products read and write your note data—seamlessly integrating into your productivity workflow. 【More Features】 Available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac, with real-time syncing across devices. Organize content with folders and automatic tags, extract text from images, and record audio offline—all in one place for journals, memos, notes, voice recordings, to-dos, reading notes, and more. ideaShell — Never miss an idea Capture inspiration with your voice, accelerate your thinking with AI, and never let another idea slip away. Terms of Service:https://www.roundreddot.com/terms Privacy Policy:https://www.roundreddot.com/privacy

Screenshots

Supermaxi4 screens
ideaShell4 screens

Verdict

The call

Supermaxi and ideaShell both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 76% of ideaShell's written reviews are positive against 23% of Supermaxi's. ideaShell also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Supermaxi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. ideaShell sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Supermaxi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Supermaxi against 4.7 for ideaShell. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 260 and 586 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Supermaxi's written reviews are positive against 76% of ideaShell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Supermaxi ships an update every 3 weeks, ideaShell every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Supermaxi versus ideaShell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSupermaxiideaShell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (260 ratings)4.7 (586 ratings)
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews76.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings260586 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB201 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCorporacion Favorita C.A.RoundRedDot Inc

Customer experience

Supermaxi

All ratings260 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive23.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative65.6%

ideaShell

All ratings586 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative20.5%

User reviews

Supermaxi

From 260 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Useful for shopping assistance
  • 👍 Good concept for discounts
  • ✅ Functionality restored after updates

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App frequently crashes/freezes
  • ❌ Login/session issues
  • ⚠️ Coupon functionality broken
  • 📱 Inconsistent iOS performance
  • ⏳ Slow loading times

ideaShell

From 586 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎙️ Excellent voice transcription accuracy
  • 🤖 High-quality AI summaries and insights
  • 🎨 Beautiful and intuitive user interface design
  • ⚡ Fast and efficient note-taking workflow
  • 🏷️ Automatic tagging and organization

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription-only pricing model
  • 🔄 Lifetime subscription concerns about ownership
  • 🔍 Search functionality is limited and not semantic
  • 🐛 Constant vibration issues reported
  • 📱 Compatibility issues with iPhone 16 Pro

Bugs and requests

Supermaxi

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App stops working when using coupons
  • App requests card number for login without virtual card generated
  • Impossible to log in
  • Cannot register email
  • Invalid cards shown
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  • Unable to update information
  • App does not open
  • App freezes/hangs on initial screen
  • App closes automatically after update
  • App does not respond
  • Coupons do not load
  • App crashes on iPhone
  • Interface for iPhone X looks bad
  • Failed attempt to register card
  • App closes automatically on startup
  • New update causes app to not open
  • App closes before entering
  • Virtual card code generation fails
  • Coupons not updated
  • App consumes too much data

Requested features

10 requests
  • Link inventory with purchases and daily menu
  • Integrate with iPhone Wallet
  • Enable home delivery with online payments
  • Add suggestions for better quality products
  • Allow sharing lists between users
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  • Improve UI/UX design
  • Optimize for iOS 7
  • Fix voice service issues
  • Improve registration process for ease of use
  • Allow linking data with username/password instead of card/ID number

ideaShell

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Constant phone vibration when using the app
  • AI message truncation - unable to see full responses
  • App impossible to open on iPhone 16 Pro
  • Vibration occurs even when idle on main screen
  • Recent update breaks note distinction by using identical AI summaries

Requested features

14 requests
  • Full web clipping functionality (articles, images, audio, videos)
  • Direct media file downloads from web content
  • Automatic Notion export integration
  • Web/Mac version for desktop editing
  • Text formatting options (bold, italics, font types)
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  • Dictionary for names and special words
  • WhatsApp integration
  • Semantic search capability
  • AI-powered note search and retrieval
  • Folder organization without master note list clutter
  • Editable reminder times and details before pushing
  • Increased image import limit
  • Writing and reading suggestions similar to Gemini AI
  • Community forum

In-app purchases

None

Supermaxi

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

ideaShell

Subscriptions7
  • ideaShell Week Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Plus$12.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium Max$39.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$79.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Plus$89.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Max$369.991 Year
One-time5
  • ideaShell Points(1M)$3.99
  • ideaShell Points(2M)$6.99
  • ideaShell Points(5M)$15.99
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  • ideaShell Points(10M)$29.99
  • Lifetime_Premium$99.99

Questions

Is Supermaxi free?
Supermaxi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ideaShell free?
ideaShell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Supermaxi or ideaShell?
Supermaxi and ideaShell are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 260 and 586 ratings respectively.
Do Supermaxi or ideaShell have ads?
Neither Supermaxi nor ideaShell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Supermaxi or ideaShell?
Supermaxi ships an update every 3 weeks, and ideaShell every 10 days. Most recently, Supermaxi was updated on October 3, 2026 and ideaShell on October 11, 2026.

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