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Others do some of this.
IKI does all of it.
Five things IKI does out of the box, and which of them the alternatives do. Each comparison below also says where the other app is the better choice, and how to bring your library over if it isn’t.
| Product | Reads videos | Transcribes voice | Picks up screenshots | Answers with sources | Runs on the phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IKIthe one this page is about | Yes: Speech and on-screen text, read on the phone | Yes: On the device, in English, Russian and Portuguese | Yes: New screenshots arrive with their text read | Yes: Across everything you saved, with numbered sources | Yes: Apple’s on-device model |
| Apple Notesfree, preinstalled | No: Videos stay attachments | Yes: Audio recordings with transcripts | No: Text in images is searchable once you add them | No: No questions over your notes | Partly: On the device or in Apple’s private cloud |
| Obsidianlocal markdown | No: Videos stay attachments | No: Records audio; no transcription built in | No: No | No: Only with community plugins | No AI built in |
| Notionteam workspace | No: No video transcription | Partly: Audio files in AI Meeting Notes, paid plans | No: You add them yourself | Partly: Notion AI, paid plans | No: Their servers |
| Evernotethe old notebook | Partly: AI Transcribe: speech from MP4 and MOV, up to 60 minutes | Partly: AI Transcribe, in their cloud | Partly: Text in images is searchable once you add them | Partly: AI Assistant on Advanced | No: Their servers |
| mymindvisual save-anything | No: Keeps the video; no transcript | No: No voice notes | Partly: Reads text in images you share in | No: No questions over your saves | No: Their servers |
| Readwise Readerread-later | Partly: YouTube, with transcripts | No: No voice notes | No: No | Partly: One document at a time | No: Their servers |
| Gemini Notebookformerly NotebookLM | Partly: Public YouTube videos with captions; not your own files | Yes: Audio files you upload | No: Images you upload one by one | Partly: One notebook at a time, with citations | No: Google’s cloud |
Yes: YesYesPartly: PartlyPartly, or on paid plansNo: NoNoDoesn’t apply
Based on each product’s own pages, checked in September 2026, without plugins. Features and plans change, and each page links to the other product’s pages.
save-anything and bookmarks
notes and knowledge
reading and research
Start with one save.
Setup takes two minutes, and there’s nothing to organise afterwards.
Free · iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac · Made for iOS 27