Motivation vs Monotter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Motivation
This app helps combat procrastination by visually reminding you of the time passing in the year. It aims to boost productivity and encourage users to make the most of their valuable time.
- Time remaining visualization
- Procrastination reduction tool
- Productivity enhancement
- Motivation reminders
- Yearly progress tracking
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Use this app to remind you that time moves fast. Time is a priceless asset that we should not waste. Procrastination is one of the biggest problems that plagues our generation. This app aims to reduce procrastination by notifying you of how much time is left in the year. Increase your productivity, stay motivated, and don't let your time go to waste.
Monotter
This private life-logging app allows you to record brief, diary-like texts that are never shared online. Your entries form a personal timeline, with features like search, location tracking, and status prefixes to organize your thoughts and activities.
- Private life-logging
- Timeline view of entries
- Powerful search by hashtag, place, rating
- Automatic location tracking
- Status prefixes for tasks
- Calendar export for events
- Todo management with checkboxes
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Monotter is a private life-logging app that lets you jot down and store brief, diary-like texts—never shared online. Your accumulated notes form a Timeline, and each individual note is called an Entry. Keep your thoughts and activities securely recorded for personal reflection. • Powerful Search: Filter entries by hashtag, place, or rating • Location Tracking: Automatically record where you make an entry and name places to auto-label future entries at the same location • Status Prefixes: Prepend /start, /end, /todo, or /done to mark “start”, “end”, “todo”, or “done” states • Calendar Export: Export paired /start–end entries as events to iOS Calendar • Todo Management: Display a checkbox on to-do entries—tap to mark as done • Rating System: Tap to rate entries and sort your timeline by date or rating Features: • Apple Watch Support: Add entries from your watch and launch via a complication • Siri Shortcuts: Automate entries with voice, NFC tags, or time-based triggers • Widget: Show your latest or highest-rated entry on the home screen Unlock the 1,000-entry limit with an in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Motivation at Free against Monotter's $1.99. Motivation also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). Monotter's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 40%) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Motivation is free to download; Monotter costs $1.99 up front. Motivation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Monotter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Motivation holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Motivation's written reviews are positive against 67% of Monotter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Motivation ships an update every 3 months, Monotter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Motivation | Monotter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Don Bytyqi | Smallmake |
Customer experience
Motivation
Monotter
In-app purchases
Motivation
- Motivation Pro$2.99
Monotter
- Monotter Unlock$1.99
