Craft vs xTiles
We give Craft a 3.0 GPA and xTiles a 2.4, out of 4.0. Craft grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. xTiles grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Craft
Notes and documents app with tasks, daily notes and whiteboards
xTiles
Visual workspace of tiles for notes, projects and daily planning
How we grade them
| 3.0GPACraftVery good | 2.4GPAxTilesFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPlus is $96 a year, which is $8 a month, the dearer half of this category, and $10 if you pay month to month. Family is where it turns cheap: $180 a year covers up to 6 Plus accounts, and Team is $600 for up to 10. | DPlus is $12.42 a user a month billed yearly, $19 monthly, past where the dearest tenth of note apps starts. That buys unlimited spaces and uploads, recurring tasks and your full planner history. Unlimited shared spaces need Pro at $24.92. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree for as long as you like, with 1 GB of storage, but the wall is real: 1,500 blocks, and every paragraph, heading and picture is one. Students and teachers skip all that, as a school email gets the paid features free. | BFree has unlimited pages and projects, 3 personal spaces, Google and Outlook calendars and 1,000 AI credits, which one person could live on. The caps: 5 MB per upload, 2 weeks of planner history and 1 shared space. |
| Features | BDocs built from blocks, tasks, daily notes, a calendar, whiteboards and Collections, which are little databases. Any doc publishes as a web page, and the API and MCP server come with every plan, the free one included. Offline is the gap: no new documents, no search and no AI without a connection. | BTiles of notes, tasks, images and files on pages, grouped into projects, plus a daily planner, a web clipper with AI summaries, real-time editing, comments, published pages, forms and a timeline. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the notes job; some AI integration features are still to come. |
| Ease of use | A4.83 from about 6,600 App Store ratings, nine in ten of them five stars. Reviewers keep comparing it to Notion and saying there's far less to learn. You open a doc and start writing. | CNo rating on record, and a blank page of tiles leaves the layout to you, which is why the template gallery is there. Spaces, projects and pages are three levels to get your head round. |
| Platforms and integrations | AMac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, web and a browser clipper, with a REST API and an MCP server on every plan. The holes are a missing Linux app, and calendar events, Reminders and Shortcuts working on Apple devices only. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and a web clipper, so every device but Linux. What it talks to is short, though: Google Calendar, Outlook, ChatGPT and Claude, with no API on record. |
| Best for | notes and docs that look good enough to share | laying out notes and plans visually |
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: Craft and xTiles. How we grade
Price against what you get
Craft starts at $8 a month when paid by the year and scores 3.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. xTiles starts at $12.42 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
Craft scores higher and starts $4.42 a month lower. Of the other note-taking apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than Craft for less, and 28 score higher than xTiles 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
- Craft starts at $96 per year ($8 a month), or $10 billed monthly. xTiles starts at $12.42 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly).
- Craft also covers whiteboard and daily notes.
- xTiles also covers web clipper and templates.
At a glance
| Craft | xTiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $96 per year ($8 a month), or $10 billed monthly | $12.42 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Starter plan: up to 1,500 content blocks across all documents, 1 GB of storage, 25 MB per file, 7-day version history and 15 AI credits. | Unlimited pages and projects, 3 personal spaces and 1 shared space, file uploads up to 5 MB, 2 weeks of planner history and 1,000 AI assistant credits. |
| Free trial | 15-day free trial of Team plans. | None listed |
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| Made by | Craft Docs Limited | xTiles |
| Price read from | support.craft.do | xtiles.app |
| Checked | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Craft
- People who want polished documents and personal notes in one app
- Individuals and families working mainly on Apple devices, with Windows, Android and web as well
- Small teams of up to 10 that prefer a fixed price over per-seat billing
xTiles
- People who like to lay out notes and plans visually on one page
- Combining a daily planner with project notes in the same app
- Students, coaches and small teams starting from ready-made templates
Worth knowing
Craft
- The free Starter plan stops at 1,500 content blocks, 1 GB of storage and 25 MB per file.
- Shared spaces come with the Family and Team bundles, which are capped at 6 and 10 accounts.
- Offline use covers documents opened earlier; creating documents, search and the AI assistant need a connection.
- Prices are set per country in local currency, so the amount shown on the pricing page varies by region.
xTiles
- The free plan stops at 3 personal spaces, 5 MB file uploads and 2 weeks of planner history.
- Free and Plus include one shared space each; unlimited shared spaces need Pro.
- Several AI integration abilities, such as editing project structure and access rights, are marked as coming soon.
- There is no Linux desktop app, and SAML single sign-on is only on the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
Key features
Craft
- Block-based documents
- Documents combine styled text, headings, lists and tables in blocks, and can be shared or published to the web.
- Tasks, daily notes and calendar
- Tasks sit inside documents and daily notes, with a calendar view. On Mac, iPhone and iPad, system calendar events appear alongside them.
- Whiteboards and Collections
- Whiteboards provide a visual canvas, and Collections add structured tracking with rich data to a document.
- Craft Assistant
- AI help for writing and editing, metered in credits: 15 on the Starter plan and 50 per month on Plus.
- Offline editing
- Documents opened earlier can be read and edited without a connection and sync on reconnect. Mac and iOS sync in the background; elsewhere it must be enabled in settings.
- API, MCP and capture tools
- A REST API and MCP server are included in all plans. A browser extension clips web pages, and emails can be forwarded into a space.
xTiles
- Tile-based pages and projects
- Notes, tasks, images, files and links are placed as tiles on a page, and pages are grouped into projects inside personal or shared spaces.
- Daily planner
- Plan the day with tasks, reminders and Google or Outlook calendar events. Free accounts can view and edit 2 weeks of planner history.
- AI assistant and AI integrations
- The built-in assistant has 1,000 credits on Free and no cap on paid plans. Through MCP, ChatGPT and Claude can create projects and tasks, with full editing on Pro.
- Web clipper
- Clip web pages into xTiles as a task, a note or part of a project, with AI summaries of long pages.
- Sharing and collaboration
- Real-time editing in shared spaces, comments and mentions, private or public project sharing, published pages, forms and a timeline view.
- Template gallery
- Free templates for planning, work and study, including planners aimed at people with ADHD, plus 100+ premium templates on paid plans.
Plans
Craft
Starter$0
One account with up to 1,500 content blocks, 1 GB of storage, 25 MB per file, 7-day version history and 15 AI credits.
Plus$96
per year ($10 if billed monthly)
One account, unlimited documents, 30-day history, 50 AI credits a month. Help center: up to 5 spaces of 1 TB each, 5 GB per file; the pricing table says unlimited storage.
Family$180
per year ($18 if billed monthly)
Fixed-price bundle of 2 to 6 Plus accounts with up to 5 shared family spaces.
Team$600
per year ($60 if billed monthly)
Fixed price for up to 10 Plus accounts with up to 25 shared team spaces, member roles and centralized billing.
xTiles
Free$0
Unlimited pages and projects, free templates, Google and Outlook calendars, 3 personal spaces and limited AI integrations.
Plus$12.42
per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
Unlimited personal spaces and uploads, 100+ premium templates, recurring tasks, full planner history, linked pages and unlimited AI assistant.
Pro$24.92
per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
Unlimited shared spaces and AI integrations that can edit any project, including shared workspaces, plus two 45-minute onboarding sessions.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Pro, plus SAML single sign-on, organization spaces, a dedicated account manager and premium support.
Ways to pay less
Craft
- Annual discount
Save up to 20% with annual billing
Plus is $96 a year versus $10 a month, a 20% saving. Family ($180 a year or $18 a month) and Team ($600 a year or $60 a month) save about 17%.
- Education
Free Education plan for students and staff
Enrolled students, faculty and staff with a school-issued email get free access to premium features, including unlimited documents and 250 GB of storage, re-verified every 12 months.
- Other savings
Limited-time discount on Plus and Family
Read on 10 October 2026 the pricing page showed Plus at $6.40 a month instead of $8.00 and Family at $12.00 instead of $15.00, with Team unchanged at $50.00. It calls this a limited-time recurring discount.
- By country
Lower price shown to buyers in India
Craft says it sets prices in local currencies tailored to each market. On 10 October 2026 its pricing page showed Plus at ₹658.3 a month billed yearly in India, against $8.00 a month ($96 a year) in the US.
xTiles
- Annual discount
Save up to $121 a year with annual billing
Annual billing brings Plus from $19 to $12.42 per user a month (saving $79 a year) and Pro from $35 to $24.92 (saving $121 a year).
- Education
50% off Plus for students and educators
Students, campus leaders and educators can get 50% off the Plus plan for one year by applying through xTiles.
- Nonprofit
50% off for non-profits
Non-profit organizations can apply through a form for 50% off for one year.
