Notion is the better fit when…
- The work involves other people
- You like building systems of databases and views
- You need Windows, Android and the web
iki vs notion
You don’t hold meetings in a library.
Notion is the standard for structured workspaces and teams. IKI is the quiet room next door: your saves, read and summarised on your phone, kept as files.
NotionIKI
Reads videosNo: No video transcriptionYes: Yes
Transcribes voicePartly: Audio files in AI Meeting Notes, paid plansYes: Yes
Picks up screenshotsNo: You add them yourselfYes: Yes
Answers with sourcesPartly: Notion AI, paid plansYes: Yes
Runs on the phoneNo: Their serversYes: Yes
Notion is for coordinating work: wikis, databases, project boards and docs a whole team edits, on every platform, with a free web clipper. If your problem involves other people, use Notion. IKI is for one person’s saved things, the articles, screenshots, voice notes, reels and PDFs that pile up. Notion AI can transcribe audio files in Meeting Notes on paid plans. IKI transcribes voice and reads videos on the phone for free, and answers from everything you saved. It has no blocks, databases or collaborators, and the two work fine side by side.
IKI is the better fit when…
- You save videos, voice notes and screenshots and want them read
- You want answers from your own saves, with sources, on the free plan
- You’d rather the filing happened by itself, on your phone
side by side
The details.
| Question | Notion | IKI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Plus $10 to $12 per member a month; full Notion AI on Business at about $20 per member a month | Free; Pro $6.99/mo or $49/yr; Founder $99 once (500 seats) |
| Free tier | Yes for personal use; AI is a trial | Yes: unlimited saves, on-device AI, Ask, three recipes |
| Voice notes | Audio files (AAC, M4A, MP3, WAV) in AI Meeting Notes, paid plans | Recorded and transcribed on the device, free |
| Video | Stored as files, not transcribed | Speech and on-screen text become searchable |
| Screenshots | You add them by hand | New ones arrive by themselves, text already read |
| Ask your library | Notion AI, server-side, paid plans | Free, with sources; says “not in your library” when it isn’t |
| AI, and where it runs | Server-side; the full version on Business | On your phone, Apple’s on-device model; your own Claude key optional |
| Where your library lives | Notion’s cloud | Your iPhone, or your own iCloud Drive |
| Format and export | HTML, Markdown and CSV export; relations and views degrade | Markdown files; nothing to export |
| Works offline | Cache-based offline since August 2025; cloud-first | Yes, offline-first |
| Built for teams | Yes, that’s the point | No. A library is personal |
| Account | Required | None |
Notion details checked in September 2026. Prices change, so check notion.com/pricing. Sources: Notion pricing.
credit where it’s due
Where Notion wins.
Anything with more than one person
Wikis, projects, shared databases and company docs. Notion is the standard for a reason, and IKI doesn’t compete there.
Platforms
Web, Windows, Android and everything else. IKI is Apple-only.
Structure
If you enjoy building linked databases and views, Notion is a construction kit. IKI gives you nothing to build, on purpose.
moving over
How to move over.
- 1In Notion, open Settings › Export all workspace content and choose Markdown & CSV.
- 2Unzip it and share the .md files into IKI, or drop them into the library folder in the Files app. Your phone indexes and summarises each page and makes it a card.
- 3Databases arrive as flat CSV, and relations and views don’t survive the trip. Page text does.
Start with one save.
It’s free to start, and every save is a file you own.
Free · iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac · Made for iOS 27
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