Comparison

UpNote vs MindBinder

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

Head to head
About

UpNote

This app provides a clean and beautiful interface for writing and organizing notes, journals, and to-do lists. It offers rich formatting options, an intuitive organization system, and instant syncing across devices, with offline capabilities. Premium features include enhanced security and export options.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor with formatting tools
  • Intuitive organizing system (notebooks, pins, links)
  • Secure note locking with Touch/Face ID
  • Instant cross-device syncing and offline access
  • Markdown support and export
  • Task management and to-do lists
Features
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UpNote is a clean and beautiful app for writing and organizing. It's easy to use with rich features and delightful experience. UpNote is designed to help you take notes easily and stay focused on what matters most. UpNote has beautiful fonts and elegant themes that you can adjust to make your writing experience most comfortable and pleasant. UpNote is an ideal place to keep your diary and journal. It has a powerful lock feature so that you can rest assured that your notes stay private and secure. You can also use Touch ID or Face ID to securely unlock your notes. UpNote’s intuitive organizing system will keep your note space neat and light. There are many ways to organize your notes: putting them into notebooks, pinning your notes to the top of the note list, bookmarking them for quick reference or linking to other notes. You can also close any notebooks to focus on only most important one. UpNote’s rich editor makes it perfect for planning and managing your tasks. Simply write down your to-do list and have them synced to all your devices. UpNote offers highlight, text colors, table, nested list, code and many other important formatting tools so that you could easily format your notes. UpNote syncs notes instantly on all devices. It also works reliably offline, so you could take note anytime, anywhere. If you are a markdown user, UpNote is great for you too. It has intuitive shortcuts based on markdown, which makes it more fun to write notes. You can also export your notes to Markdown or PDF. Try UpNote now and you will fall in love with it! ---- Upgrade to Premium to get full power of UpNote: - Lock your notes and notebooks - Insert table and attachments - Write unlimited number of notes - Elegant themes and notebook covers - Export to text PDF, HTML and Markdown ---- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial peri​od will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ---- If you have any question or feedback, we would love to hear it. Send an email to support@getupnote.com, and we would love to get in touch with you! ---- Privacy policy: https://getupnote.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://getupnote.com/terms.html

About

MindBinder

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MindBinder is a calm, private home for everything you write: quick notes, long drafts, journals and entire books. MINDBINDER PRO — SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED All features described below are part of MindBinder Pro, an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly). Your first month is free and you can cancel anytime. Without an active subscription the app opens in read-only mode: you can view your existing notes, but creating and editing require MindBinder Pro. WRITE • Rich notes with headings, lists, checklists, quotes, callouts, collapsible sections, tables and pictures with captions • Markdown mode, slash commands, find and replace, and find inside a note on iPhone and iPad • An outline of your headings and a floating formatting bar on Mac and iPad • Focus mode with typewriter scrolling and dimmed paragraphs • Draw inside any note, with Apple Pencil pressure and a lasso • Scan documents and extract text from photos, on your device • Version history: restore earlier versions of a note or chapter ORGANISE AND FIND • Projects, nested notes, nested tags and inline #tags • Links between notes with backlinks, and search across everything, also from Spotlight • Note of the Day brings back a note you haven't seen in a while • Grail: one book for all your ideas, reviewed in an endless loop JOURNAL • A Today entry, a calendar, On This Day and an optional daily reminder WRITE YOUR BOOK • Chapters and scenes with status, word targets and a corkboard • Character sheets and world-building, linked to your chapters • A deadline with a daily word quota, writing sprints, statistics and achievements • Compile your manuscript to PDF, ePub, Word, HTML or Markdown, with a title page and chapter style OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT • Bring your own Anthropic API key to shorten, expand, fix grammar or suggest titles and tags. Off by default; text is only sent after you give permission YOUR WORK, SAFE AND PRIVATE • Local-first, with optional iCloud sync in your own iCloud • Automatic local backups, and an optional app lock with Face ID or Touch ID • Import from Obsidian, Markdown folders, Bear and Evernote; export your library as Markdown • No accounts, no tracking, no ads MindBinder Pro is an auto-renewable subscription (1 month or 1 year), with a free first month for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mindbinder.app/privacy/

Screenshots

UpNote4 screens
MindBinder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UpNote at weekly against MindBinder's fortnightly. 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. UpNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and MindBinder 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

UpNote ships an update weekly, MindBinder fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
UpNote versus MindBinder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpNoteMindBinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpNote Company LimitedKarym Zijderveld

Bugs and requests

UpNote

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Lost notes and data
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Google sign-in not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Reminders and calendar integration
  • More customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)
  • Improved drawing/handwriting support
  • PDF annotation and embedding
  • Optical character recognition (OCR)
Show 3 more
  • Ability to reorder bullets and lists
  • Improved table editing and formatting
  • Apple Watch app

MindBinder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

UpNote

Subscriptions1
  • Premium monthly subscription$1.991 Month
One-time7
  • Life-time Upgrade$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$24.99
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  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$24.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$29.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$34.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$39.99
2 purchases

MindBinder

Subscriptions2
  • MindBinder (Monthly)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Mindbinder (Yearly)1 Month trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is UpNote free?
UpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindBinder free?
MindBinder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do UpNote or MindBinder have ads?
Neither UpNote nor MindBinder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UpNote or MindBinder?
UpNote ships an update weekly, and MindBinder fortnightly. Most recently, UpNote was updated on October 26, 2026 and MindBinder on October 25, 2026.

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