Dropmark vs Birch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dropmark
Organize links, photos, videos, documents, and notes into visual collections. Collaborate with colleagues or share publicly with a unique link. No sign-up needed for guests.
- Visual collections
- Organize links, photos, videos, documents, audio, text
- Private or public sharing
- Team collaboration
- Sharable shortlinks
- Web access for guests
- Share Extension integration
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All your stuff in one simple, visual place. Completely private and 100% ad free. Organize links, photos, videos, documents, audio, and text notes into visual collections. You control the privacy. Keep your content to yourself, invite colleagues, or go public. Each collection has its own sharable shortlink, accessible on the web. Work privately or invite your team to view and collaborate. Share your work with clients, skipping email noise and social media clutter. No sign up or downloads required for invited guests. Use the Share Extension or drag and drop items to and from your favorite apps. Keep the conversation in one spot. Gather feedback, recommendations, and suggestions from those you invite, right within Dropmark. Then discuss and stay update with your team from the same place. Requires a free Dropmark account. Terms of Use: https://dropmark.com/terms/
Birch
This app helps you organize your life using photos as notes. Simply snap a picture, add hashtags, and find it quickly later. It's ideal for visual individuals who use their photo album for reminders and references.
- Organized photo notes
- Hashtag-based organization
- Quick photo capture
- Fast search functionality
- Multiple hashtag support
- Light and Dark mode support
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Birch is a different kind of Notes app, built for photos. It's Notes, for visual individuals! Organized photo notes: Are you the type of person who's always super busy, and takes quick reminder photos of things you need to remember later? Is your photo album filled with pictures of product labels, mail, receipts, household projects, whiteboards, recipes, etc? Many of us have turned our photo album into a visual notes app, but Birch can make this "Photo Notes" part of your life much simpler and more organized! Just snap a photo, add a hashtag in a note, and that's it! Create photo notes in seconds and find them lighting fast when you need them later. Hashtags are simpler and way more convenient than creating albums and folders to organize your photos, especially these reminder note photos! Think of it like a document scanner mixed with an organized file cabinet, except it's not limited to only documents or PDFs and can be used to document and reference anything that can be captured by a photo! Multiple hashtags can be added to any photo note, so you can find these organized pics in multiple places. And the organization is managed automatically for you by simply adding hashtags to your notes! Just a few examples of where Birch really shines: • Snapping a quick photo note of something you see in the wild and want to buy later. • Labels & product numbers of household supplies you need to find at the store later. • Receipts and mail you don't want to keep physical copies of. • Organizing and saving whiteboard notes, so you can safely erase but never lose. • Or even just organizing your favorite photos from an occasion (it's built for notes... but it's still way easier than managing personal photo albums) Free with a paid Pro option: I'm a small indie developer, but I don’t think it’s right to make money unless you’re actually getting value. So you get a good amount of features and functionality for free, then have an upgrade option to access more “power user” features. If Birch is helping to make your life a bit easier, upgrading costs less than 5 coffees per year… only 3 if you drink the good stuff! Organize your life, with beautiful photo notes! A clean, simple and intuitive design that looks great in Light or Dark mode! In-App purchase disclaimer: Should you decide to upgrade to Birch Pro, a purchase will be applied to your iTunes account at the time of upgrade. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our ToS EULA (http://danielmac.co/birch-eula) and Privacy Policy (http://danielmac.co/birch-privacy-policy).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Birch at 4.6 against Dropmark's 4.4. Birch also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Dropmark sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month and Birch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Birch holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 127 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Dropmark's written reviews are positive against 84% of Birch's.
Dropmark ships an update every 6 weeks, Birch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dropmark | Birch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (31 ratings) | 4.6 (127 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 83.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 127 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oak Studios, LLC | Daniel McCarthy |
Customer experience
Dropmark
Birch
In-app purchases
Dropmark
- Solo (Monthly)$5.001 Month
- Solo (Lifetime 50% Discount)$24.001 Year
- Solo (Yearly)$48.001 Year
Birch
- Pro (Monthly)$1.491 Month
- Pro (Annual)$14.991 Year








