Comparison

NeoFinder vs DEVONthink To Go 4

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

Head to head
About

NeoFinder

Access and search your digital media library catalogs on your iPhone or iPad. Quickly find photos, movies, and songs with powerful search and detailed file information, including geotags displayed on a map.

Highlights
  • Access NeoFinder catalogs on iOS
  • Search photos, movies, songs
  • Powerful Find Editor
  • Detailed file Inspector
  • Preview cataloged files
  • Display geotags on map
Features
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Introducing NeoFinder iOS The leading disk cataloger for Macintosh is also available for iOS! Keep the NeoFinder catalogs of your entire digital library always with you! Use Dropbox, iCloud Drive, or the Finder to transfer your NeoFinder catalog files to your iPhone or iPad Find your photos, movies, songs, and any cataloged data quickly on your iPhone or iPad, wherever you go Use the powerful Find Editor to find exactly what you need The Inspector shows you all the details of your cataloged files, including Previews, EXIF, IPTC, ID3, XMP, song lyrics, cover art, if they are included in your catalogs Geotags of photos or movies are displayed on the map GeoFinder for all photos or movies within the visible range of the map

About

DEVONthink To Go 4

Manage your entire knowledge library on your iPad and iPhone. Organize, edit, and annotate documents, notes, and more. Leverage generative AI for summaries, content creation, and advanced search. Syncs privately and securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Document organization and management
  • AI-powered summaries and content creation
  • PDF annotation and editing
  • On-device OCR for searchable documents
  • Cross-device secure synchronization
  • Custom metadata and tagging
  • Shortcuts automation
Features
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Your entire knowledge library. Always with you. Always private. DEVONthink To Go is your document repository when you're not at your Mac. Collect, organize, edit, and annotate. Use generative AI to work with your stored knowledge or create new documents. Automate with Shortcuts. Our time-tested technology keeps all your data in sync between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, privately and securely. The professional document and information manager for iPad and iPhone. From DEVONtechnologies, driving innovation since 2002. - Students: Annotate research papers with AI-powered summaries - Teachers: Organize your materials, use AI to create handouts and tests - Researchers: Have your data with you in a robust, powerful knowledge manager - Lawyers: Keep all case files organized and encrypted Have your important documents with you at all times: - Never lose an important document again, keep everything organized - Store PDFs, notes, images, bookmarks, just about any type - File your documents in groups, even more than one group at a time - Use tags, mark documents with flags or as unread, give them a star rating - Versioning lets you return to a previous state of a document - Revision-proof databases prevent edits to documents with special requirements - Sync your data between Macs, iPads, and iPhones, securely and privately Work with your documents: - Edit texts, Markdown files, or rich text documents - Annotate and edit PDFs with common tools - Make scans, scanned PDFs, or images searchable with the built-in, on-device OCR - Add custom, searchable metadata fields to enrich your documents Use generative AI: - Work with your favorite provider and model - Chat with your documents, analyze or summarize them - Transform text or extract text from images and even handwritten notes - Create new images from your data - Find documents using natural language with the AI-powered search assistant - Let the AI make order from chaos, rename documents, add tags, or label or rate them DEVONthink To Go is well-integrated with other apps: - Link to your documents from other apps with universal links - Access all your documents also through the Files app - Clip data from almost any app with the Clip to DEVONthink extension - Use drag-and-drop, inside DEVONthink To Go or between apps - Automate repetitive tasks with Shortcuts actions DEVONthink To Go is great standalone but also works perfectly with DEVONthink for Mac and across multiple devices. Synchronize your databases securely and privately over the local network or through a cloud service of your choice. You decide what data is synced, when, and where. Strong encryption makes sure that your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us. Privacy policy: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/privacy End user license agreement: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/eula

Screenshots

NeoFinder4 screens
DEVONthink To Go 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DEVONthink To Go 4 at Free against NeoFinder's $5.99. DEVONthink To Go 4 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). NeoFinder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (14 vs 26.0). On 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

DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download; NeoFinder costs $5.99 up front. DEVONthink To Go 4 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. NeoFinder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEVONthink To Go 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 257 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of NeoFinder's written reviews are positive against 45% of DEVONthink To Go 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NeoFinder ships an update every 5 months, DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
NeoFinder versus DEVONthink To Go 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeoFinderDEVONthink To Go 4
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.7 (257 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews44.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3257 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB193 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNorbert DoernerDEVONtechnologies, LLC

Customer experience

NeoFinder

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral19.2%
Negative50.0%

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings242 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral20.7%
Negative34.5%

In-app purchases

None

NeoFinder

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is NeoFinder free?
NeoFinder costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NeoFinder or DEVONthink To Go 4?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is rated higher. NeoFinder averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 from 257 ratings.
Do NeoFinder or DEVONthink To Go 4 have ads?
Neither NeoFinder nor DEVONthink To Go 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NeoFinder or DEVONthink To Go 4?
NeoFinder ships an update every 5 months, and DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. Most recently, NeoFinder was updated on October 29, 2026 and DEVONthink To Go 4 on October 30, 2026.

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