Comparison

Minimal | Notes vs Nudges

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

Head to head
About

Minimal | Notes

This app offers a distraction-free writing environment inspired by meditation. It features collaborative writing, note expiration, and the ability to publish notes as websites. Organize tasks with integrated to-do lists and sync across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Note Lifetime reminders
  • Collaborative writing
  • Publish notes as websites
  • Todo lists sync with Calendar
  • Beautiful formatting
  • Sync across Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Features
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Write with focus. Open your mind with Minimal, a meditation-inspired notes and writing app. Minimal combines thoughtful, modern design with powerful features to deliver a spacious, beautiful writing environment. • Note Lifetime • Collaborative writing • Publish notes as websites • Add Todos to the Calendar app • Beautiful formatting • Sync everywhere: Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Minimal is a simple yet powerful notes app. Inspired by meditation, nature, and architectural design, Minimal provides a beautiful space to think, write, and organize projects. NOTE LIFETIME The Note Lifetime keeps your notebook fresh and reflective of the present moment. When a note goes unedited for a duration you choose in settings, you’ll be gently notified. This is an opportunity to review the note, act on it, or let it go. COLLABORATIVE WRITING Share notes with friends, family, and teammates. With a gentle design, writing remains focused and tranquil, even as thoughts merge and ideas multiply. Everyone receives changes as notes evolve, and multiple people can make edits at the same time without conflict. FOCUSED + SPACIOUS DESIGN Minimal is designed so only one element is ever in focus. We love the beauty of a blank page – abundant empty space allows for an ease of creative expression. PUBLISH AS WEBSITE Transform notes into beautifully-formatted websites in microseconds. TODO LISTS Todo lists are an effective way to organize projects and complete tasks. Sync with the Calendar app, get things done, and check everything off. BEAUTIFUL FORMATTING Minimal combines Markdown-style formatting with elegant typography. The result is simple, expressive notes that make it easy to think and write. SYNC EVERYWHERE Bring focus to your favorite devices. Minimal is designed for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Cloud Sync is fast, reliable, and invisible. SHARE, EXPORT, IMPORT You’re in control of your notes. Share directly in iMessage, export as PDF or HTML, and use the system share mechanism to take notes anywhere. Importing links + prose into Minimal is just as easy. CUSTOMIZE EVERYTHING The best notebook is personal. We made everything in Minimal customizable, from fonts + themes to sorting notes + note actions. You can also build custom workflows using the Shortcuts app. A LITTLE GIFT Wow, thanks for reading. As a little gift for tuning in, these are our favorite musicians -> Somi, Snarky Puppy, and London Grammar. They’re jazzy and introspective, just how we like it. Enjoy. —— For help, write us at team@minimal.app or on Twitter at @minimalnotesapp. To learn about our terms + approach to privacy, visit https://minimal.app/terms. We offer a long free trial and make cancellation easy. After that, Minimal costs $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year. These prices are in USD and may vary by region. Cancel in your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before renewal.

About

Nudges

An ultra-minimalist to-do list application designed for speed and ease of use. Add tasks with a simple tap and swipe to manage them, ensuring a distraction-free experience.

Highlights
  • Ultra-minimalist design
  • Quick task addition
  • Swipe to delete tasks
  • Tap to edit tasks
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Nudges is an uber minimalist to-do app. It is designed to be quick, easy and distraction free. Just add a task and swipe to delete it and tap to edit it, it's as simple as that.

Screenshots

Minimal | Notes4 screens
Nudges3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nudges at none against Minimal | Notes's 3. Nudges also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Minimal | Notes's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (298 vs 5). On price and ads 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. Minimal | Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Nudges asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nudges holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minimal | Notes has 298 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Minimal | Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nudges's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal | Notes ships an update monthly, Nudges every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Minimal | Notes versus Nudges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal | NotesNudges
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (298 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings298 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimelessJaskaran Singh

Customer experience

Minimal | Notes

All ratings294 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews376 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative12.2%

Nudges

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Minimal | Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when using certain formatting or pasting content
  • Syncing issues between iOS and macOS versions
  • Incompatibility with older macOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to insert images or attachments
  • Improve iCloud sync reliability
  • Implement a folder-based organization system
  • Add a word/character count feature

Nudges

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Minimal | Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Minimal Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Minimal Annual14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Minimal Family Plan14 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

Nudges

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal | Notes free?
Minimal | Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nudges free?
Nudges is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minimal | Notes or Nudges?
Nudges is rated higher. Minimal | Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 298 ratings, while Nudges averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Minimal | Notes or Nudges have ads?
Neither Minimal | Notes nor Nudges shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal | Notes or Nudges?
Minimal | Notes ships an update monthly, and Nudges every 17 months. Most recently, Minimal | Notes was updated on November 2, 2026 and Nudges on November 3, 2026.

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