Capacities vs Walling (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Capacities grades higher than Walling: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Capacities grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. Walling grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Capacities
Object-based note-taking app with daily notes and backlinks
Walling
Visual workspace for notes, tasks, links and files laid out on walls
Which one is for you
Pick Capacities if
- Fits if you think in people, books and projects rather than folders
- Works for people who jot in a daily note first, or send things in from WhatsApp or email
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need a shared team workspace, as there are no team plans and sharing is view-only
- Pricey if you want tasks, AI, calendar or version history, which need Pro at $9.99 a month billed yearly
- Not for you if you need end-to-end encryption, which its own documentation says it doesn't have
- Watch out: Pro's AI has a monthly budget, and raising it is the Plus add-on at $8.33 a month on top
- Tight if you store a lot of media on free, capped at 5 GB in all and then 100 MB a month
Pick Walling if
- Fits if you think in boards and want notes, links and files side by side
- Makes sense if a small team shares or publishes a wall as a web page
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 10 collections, 25 walls, 50 AI credits a month
- Pricey if you want your own domain on a published wall: $8 a month or $80 a year extra
- Watch out: the iPhone and iPad app is listed as a beta
- Watch out: the older walling.app site says it closes on 15 December 2026, so pages may contradict each other
- Watch out: extra AI credits are bought separately, and Basic has only 7 days of edit history
How we grade them
| 2.6GPACapacitiesGood | 2.2GPAWallingFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPro is $9.99 a month billed yearly, which is exactly where the dearest tenth of this category starts, and it's where tasks, smart queries, calendar, version history and the API all live. Want AI you can lean on? The Plus add-on is another $8.33 on top. | C$6.67 a seat a month billed yearly ($8 monthly) for Basic. The category's middle is $5.99 and the dearer quarter starts at $8.25. Plus is $16.67. |
| Free plan and trial | BBasic is free for good: unlimited spaces, objects and blocks, sync across devices, offline support, full-text search. One person could live on that. Media is the cap, 5 GB in total then 100 MB a month, and the Pro trial needs no card. | CA free plan with 10 collections, 25 walls, 50 AI credits and 2 GB of storage, and every paid plan has a 30-day trial. Those caps are easy to reach. |
| Features | BTyped objects with their own properties and templates, daily notes as an inbox, backlinks, a graph view, a web clipper, offline mode, and on Pro tasks, smart queries, calendar and an AI assistant. The gap is other people: no team plans, and sharing is view-only. | CBricks, four views, email forwarding, sharing, a browser extension and MCP. The listing's gaps: the iPhone and iPad app is a beta and AI runs on credits you buy more of. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and objects instead of folders is a different way of thinking that takes a while to click. Daily notes at least give you somewhere to put things on day one. | CNo store rating on record. You build your own walls and collections, so there is setup work before it is useful. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox. It hooks into Todoist, Things, Google Calendar, Readwise and Raycast, and takes notes in from WhatsApp, Telegram and email. | BWeb, Android, iPhone and iPad (beta) and a browser extension, with MCP for AI tools. There is no desktop app. |
| Best for | notes built around people, books and projects | notes laid out on a board, with AI credits |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Capacities and Walling. How we grade
Price against what you get
Capacities starts at $9.99 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Walling starts at $8 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Capacities scores higher, and starts $1.99 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other note-taking apps on the chart, 15 score higher than Capacities for less, and 36 score higher than Walling for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Capacities also covers linked notes and daily notes.
- Walling also covers chat assistant and kanban boards.
At a glance
| Capacities | Walling | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9.99 per month, billed yearly | $8 per seat / month, billed monthly ($6.67 billed annually) |
| Free plan | Capacities Basic: unlimited spaces, objects and blocks, sync across devices, offline support and full-text search. Media uploads are capped at 5 GB in total, then 100 MB per month. | 10 collections, 25 walls, 50 AI credits a month, 25 email forwards a month, 20 MB uploads and 2 GB storage. |
| Free trial | Free trial of Capacities Pro, started in the app, with no credit card required. | 30-day free trial on every paid plan |
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| Made by | Capacities Labs GmbH | Walling |
| Price read from | capacities.io | walling.io |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Capacities
- There are no team or organization plans, and sharing is limited to view-only access to notes.
- Task management, the AI assistant, calendar integrations, smart queries, version history and API access all need Pro.
- The free plan caps media uploads at 5 GB in total, then 100 MB per month.
- Capacities is not end-to-end encrypted, as its own documentation states.
Walling
- The older walling.app site says it will sunset on December 15, 2026, as Walling relaunches at walling.io.
- The iPhone and iPad app is listed as a beta on the download page.
- Custom domains for published walls are an add-on at $8 a month or $80 a year per domain.
- AI features run on monthly credits, and extra credits are bought separately.
Key features
Capacities
- Object types
- Every note is a typed object, such as a person, book or project, with its own properties and templates. Objects can be shown as lists, galleries, tables or cards.
- Daily notes
- One note per day works as an inbox for quick thoughts. Content can also be sent in from WhatsApp, Telegram or by email.
- Links, backlinks and graph view
- Links between objects work in both directions. A backlinks panel lists every reference to an object, and a graph view draws the whole network.
- AI assistant (Pro)
- AI chat, property auto-fill and analysis of web links and images, limited by a monthly budget. The Plus add-on raises that budget.
- Smart queries, tasks and calendar (Pro)
- Pro adds saved queries, task management with actions for apps such as Todoist and Things, and calendar integration for Google, Microsoft, Apple and CalDAV.
- Offline mode and web extension
- Offline mode lets you open, create and edit content without a connection. A browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox saves pages to a space.
Walling
- Bricks on a wall
- Notes, tasks, links and files are placed as bricks on a free-form canvas, then grouped into walls and collections.
- Four views of one wall
- Switch the same content between a visual grid, a kanban board, a sortable table and a list.
- AI credits and agents
- AI chat, auto-organize, summarize and brainstorm actions draw on a monthly credit allowance; extra credit packs are sold as add-ons.
- Email forwarding
- Forward emails into Walling to turn them into bricks, with rules that sort receipts, leads and newsletters automatically.
- Sharing and publishing
- Invite people to a wall to comment or edit, or publish a wall as a public web page. Custom domains cost extra.
- Browser extension and MCP
- A Chromium extension clips pages into a wall, and Walling offers an MCP connection for AI tools.
Plans
Capacities
Capacities Basic$0
Unlimited spaces, objects, blocks and custom object types, with sync and offline support. Media uploads up to 5 GB, then 100 MB per month.
Capacities Pro$9.99
per month, billed yearly
Adds task management, an AI assistant with a monthly budget, calendar integrations, smart queries, version history, API access and unlimited media uploads.
Capacities BelieverFrom $12.49
per month, billed yearly
Everything in Pro, plus beta access to major new features. Positioned as the plan for supporters of the team.
Plus AI Power-Up (add-on)$8.33
per month, billed annually, on top of Pro or Believer
Optional add-on with a substantially larger monthly AI budget and one-time or automatic top-ups.
Walling
Free$0
10 collections, 25 walls, 50 AI credits and 25 email forwards a month, 2 GB storage per workspace.
Basic$6.67
per seat / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)
100 collections, unlimited walls, 150 AI credits a month, 50 GB storage per member and 7 days of edit history.
Plus$16.67
per seat / month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
Unlimited collections, 400 AI credits a month, unlimited file size, 250 GB per member and 30 days of edit history.
Ways to pay less
Capacities
- Annual discount
16% lower price with yearly billing
The pricing page marks yearly billing as 16% cheaper than monthly billing for Pro and Believer. The Plus add-on includes 2 months free when billed annually.
- Education
40% off annual plans for students
Students can apply with proof of enrollment for a 40% discount on the annual plan of Capacities Pro or Capacities Believer.
Walling
- Annual discount
2 months free with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as 2 months free: Basic is $6.67 a month billed yearly against $8 monthly, and Plus $16.67 against $20.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Capacities or Walling?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Capacities starts at $9.99 per month, billed yearly, and Walling starts at $8 per seat / month, billed monthly ($6.67 billed annually). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Capacities or Walling?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Capacities and Walling have a free plan.
Which platforms do Capacities and Walling run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Capacities lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps. Both list a web app, iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.