Comparison

Notes and Folders vs Mihari

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Notes and Folders

Organize your thoughts and memories with this note-taking app. Create nested folders for notes and photos, lock sensitive entries with a passcode, and easily search your content. It also includes a built-in web browser for capturing online information.

Highlights
  • Nested folder organization
  • Attach multiple photos to notes
  • Passcode lock with Face/Touch ID
  • Auto-save functionality
  • Built-in web browser
  • Searchable notes
  • Share Extension support
Features
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Over 240,000 downloads worldwide! Notes and Folders is a simple notepad that lets you organize notes and photos with folders. You can also lock your notes with a passcode. FOLDERS - Organize your notes with folders - Create folders inside folders NOTES - Attach multiple photos to a note - Character count - Auto-save while editing - Editing buttons: copy & paste, undo, select, and arrow keys - Built-in web browser to add text and screenshots of web pages to your notes DIARY - Write a diary entry for any date - Read a whole month of entries at once OTHERS - Widget - Passcode lock (Face ID and Touch ID supported) - Search notes - Share notes to other apps - Save text and images from other apps (Share Extension) - Theme colors - Adjustable text size - iPad support - Backup with Dropbox - Backup with a computer URL SCHEME notesandfolders:// BACKUP You can back up your notes with Dropbox, or with a computer (Finder on Mac, or the Apple Devices app or iTunes on Windows). For details, see FAQ > "About Backup" in the app's settings. ADS This app shows banner ads, and a full-screen ad only once a day (every 24 hours). Ads are not shown after purchasing ad removal.

About

Mihari

Features
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■ The app that watches you. "Today I won't doomscroll" — how many times have you broken that promise? Mihari stops phone and social media overuse with surveillance and penalties, not willpower. Set your limit, and Mihari stands watch. Break it, and you're locked out. Push through anyway, and the penalty roulette spins. It works solo. Invite friends, and there's truly no escape. ■ Break the limit, get locked out - Set watched apps and a daily time limit - The moment you pass the limit, iOS Screen Time shields your apps - OS-level blocking you can't dodge by deleting the app ■ Opening it anyway? Spin the wheel - Breaking through the shield auto-spins the penalty roulette - Your own penalties get locked in: "20 push-ups", "no late-night snacks", and more - Fully customizable. No escape is what makes it work ■ Clean days stack up - Every day you hold out builds your streak - Hourly heatmaps and per-app stats make you face your phone habits - Generate a result card and share your progress on social media ■ Invite friends, and the watching gets serious (optional) - Create a group and every member becomes your watcher - When someone breaks their limit, sirens ring on everyone's phones and it's posted to the feed - Group-shared penalties and a solidarity streak: one slip takes everyone down - The "exposure" is friendly teasing between friends — designed to keep you laughing and going ■ For people who - Melt hours into social media and short videos - Keep disabling their own Screen Time limits - Need to focus on studying or work - Want to quit phone overuse together with friends or a partner ■ No account needed Solo use requires no sign-up. Download, set a limit, and the watching starts today. Sign in is only needed for group features. ■ Privacy Your screen-time data (usage minutes and counts) is processed entirely on your device through Apple's Screen Time framework. Only the fact that you broke your limit (with a timestamp) is shared with our server, and only when you join a group. Raw usage numbers never leave your device. Set your limit. Mihari is watching. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mihari.stellaps.co.jp/privacy

Screenshots

Notes and Folders4 screens
Mihari4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mihari at none against Notes and Folders's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notes and Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mihari sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes and Folders ships an update fortnightly, Mihari every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Notes and Folders versus Mihari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes and FoldersMihari
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (304 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings304 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKinkumaDesignStellaps Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes and Folders

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
2 purchases

Mihari

Subscriptions2
  • Mihari Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Mihari Pro (Yearly)$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Notes and Folders free?
Notes and Folders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mihari free?
Mihari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notes and Folders or Mihari have ads?
Notes and Folders shows ads; Mihari does not.
Which is updated more often, Notes and Folders or Mihari?
Notes and Folders ships an update fortnightly, and Mihari every 2 weeks. Most recently, Notes and Folders was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mihari on November 6, 2026.

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