Comparison

3minders vs PinWall

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

Head to head
About

3minders

This app places your three most important reminders directly on your lock screen, ensuring you never miss crucial tasks. Personalize your experience with stunning wallpapers and elegant fonts to stay focused on what matters most.

Highlights
  • Three prominent lock screen reminders
  • Customizable wallpapers from Unsplash
  • Hand-selected font options
  • Daily self-reflection prompts
  • Personalized user experience
Features
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You probably tried lots of different apps to make you remember to do something really important. But you keep just ignoring and dismissing all of notifications and reminders. Now you have 3 reminders on your lock screen. Right in your face. Always with you. So go ahead. Think about what’s really significant for you. Make just three most important notes and remind yourself daily right from your lock screen. Explore amazing photos provided by Unsplash and set them as wallpapers. Personalize experience with beautiful hand selected fonts. Don’t wait and start a journey within yourself!

About

PinWall

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Create a personal iPhone Lock Screen with sticky notes, reminders, quotes, and photo stickers. PinWall is a wallpaper editor for the things you want to keep in view. Add a to-do list, an inspiring sentence, or a favorite photo to your own background. Move, resize, rotate, and style each element to make a Lock Screen that feels like yours. MAKE IT YOURS - Choose a wallpaper background from Photos or Files. - Add notes with custom fonts, colors, alignment, and backgrounds. - Add photos or transparent images and give them sticker outlines or a paper backing. - Arrange notes and images in layers with drag, pinch, rotation, and alignment guides. SAVE AND APPLY - Your current wallpaper draft saves automatically on your device. - Save the finished PNG to Photos or share it with another app. - Follow the illustrated guide in Settings to set your wallpaper manually on your iPhone. - Or add the included companion shortcut to set your Lock Screen through Apple Shortcuts. - If photo saving is denied, open iPhone Settings from PinWall to allow adding photos. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your text, photos, and wallpaper draft are processed on your device. No account is required, and PinWall includes no ads or third-party analytics SDKs. PinWall supports portrait iPhone layouts on iOS 18 or later. Saving and sharing images, and following the manual wallpaper guide, do not require Shortcuts. The Set Wallpaper action uses Apple's Shortcuts app and requires adding the companion shortcut. Notes are part of the exported image; they are not interactive widgets or notification alerts. PINWALL PRO The free plan includes one note and one image per wallpaper. All sticker styles, export and Shortcuts are included. Upgrade to PinWall Pro for unlimited notes and images with a lifetime one-time purchase or a monthly auto-renewable subscription. Prices are shown in the app for your App Store region. When Pro ends, each wallpaper keeps only its most recently added note and image. Older items are permanently deleted and are not restored if you purchase Pro again. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in App Store subscription settings. Restore Purchases is available in PinWall Settings. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/ywang035/pinwall-ios-app/blob/main/PRIVACY.md Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

3minders4 screens
PinWall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PinWall at every 2 days against 3minders's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, 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. 3minders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PinWall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3minders ships an update every 6 weeks, PinWall every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
3minders versus PinWall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3mindersPinWall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandr MoscaliucYang Wang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

3minders

One-time1
  • Premium Version$3.99
2 purchases

PinWall

Subscriptions1
  • PinWall Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • PinWall Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is 3minders free?
3minders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinWall free?
PinWall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 3minders or PinWall have ads?
Neither 3minders nor PinWall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3minders or PinWall?
3minders ships an update every 6 weeks, and PinWall every 2 days. Most recently, 3minders was updated on November 2, 2026 and PinWall on October 31, 2026.

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