Comparison

Mnmlist vs Aura Deen

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

Head to head
About

Mnmlist

Build habits with clarity and consistency using a distraction-free, minimalist interface. This app focuses on simplicity, helping you show up daily without complicated systems or gamification. It prioritizes privacy and is completely free to use.

Highlights
  • Create habits in seconds
  • One-tap daily check-ins
  • Track consistency over time
  • Minimalist and distraction-free design
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking
  • Completely free, no subscriptions
Features
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Mnmlist is a habit tracker with very little in it. Add the habits you care about and tap each one on the days you do it. Today has a card for each habit with your current streak and this week. Open a habit to see its month, how this month compares with the last one, and which days of the week you do it most. The Calendar tab shows the whole year, for one habit or for all of them. Home Screen widgets show one habit or all of them: this week, a month, three months, the whole year, or today's habits in a ring. You can mark a habit done from a widget, from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button, or by asking Siri. On Apple Watch, turn the Digital Crown to go through your habits and tap to mark one done. On iPad, and on iPhone Duo when it's open, your habits and the one you're looking at sit side by side. Habits sync between your devices through iCloud, and you can export them as a CSV file from Settings. Mnmlist works with VoiceOver and larger text sizes, in light and dark mode, and in 22 languages. It's free. There are no ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases, no analytics and no tracking. Inspired by Leo Babauta's mnmlist.com. If something's missing or broken, Settings › Send Feedback reaches me.

About

Aura Deen

Features
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Aura is a daily companion: plans, habits, finances, notes, a timer, a walk tracker and spiritual practice in one place. It works offline and syncs when you are back online. PLANS AND TASKS • Tasks with a date, time, category, repeats and reminders • Subtask checklists: tick off the last one and the task is done • Your day on a timeline, with the free gaps visible • Calendar: day, 3-day, week, month and year views • A focus timer for any task, and a sleep schedule HABITS • Streaks, a weekly schedule and reminders • Habits with a quantity: glasses of water, pages, minutes • Stats for the week, month and year • Share your 7-day results and streaks as a card, or save it to Photos FINANCE • Log income and expenses in a couple of taps, with your own categories • Category limits and savings goals • Monthly bills and income added automatically; move money between card and cash • See where your money went this month NOTEBOOK • Notes sorted into Dream, Plan, Idea, Gratitude and your own categories • Headings, lists, checklists, quotes, tables, photos and a cover picture • Typing shortcuts: "-", "1.", "[]" or "#" at the start of a line, and a "/" menu • Drag blocks to reorder them, with undo and redo • Pin notes and search across all of them • Photos you add to a note are kept without their location data TIMER AND TRACKER • A timer for work, study, sport and rest; sessions are saved to Plans • GPS walks, runs and rides: distance, time, pace, steps and the route on a map • Focus: the apps and sites you choose are closed through Screen Time while the timer runs (iOS 16 and later) • Recording continues while the screen is locked, and on iOS 16.2 and later the timer shows on the Lock Screen • Share your week or a route as a card SPIRITUALITY (optional: chosen at first launch or in Settings) • Prayer times in any country, with the calculation method chosen from your location • Qibla direction and adhan reminders • Prayer log, Quran reading with translation and audio • Qaza journal: prayers made up, counted in rak'ahs, with a day-by-day calendar • Fasting: Sunnah days on the calendar, a log of voluntary and make-up fasts, reminders • Dhikr, duas, morning and evening adhkar • A Friday reminder for Surah Al-Kahf • Ramadan mode FRIENDS AND CHALLENGES • Friends, groups, a leaderboard and an achievements feed • Challenges: your own and public ones, with check-ins and photos • Direct messages with photos and voice notes; report or block with one tap PRIVACY • An optional privacy password: your tasks, habits, finances and notes, and your dhikr, Quran, fasting and qaza logs, are encrypted on your device before they are sent to the cloud • Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock • Delete your account and data inside the app EXTRAS • Widgets: qibla and prayer times, tasks, habits; on the Lock Screen, the next prayer with a countdown and your next task • Dark mode, and a plain or Flowers background • English, Russian, Kazakh

Screenshots

Mnmlist4 screens
Aura Deen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aura Deen at 15.0 against Mnmlist's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mnmlist ships an update weekly, Aura Deen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mnmlist versus Aura Deen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMnmlistAura Deen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB81 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAssylbek IssatayevDaulet Tajiyev

In-app purchases

None

Mnmlist

No in-app purchases

None

Aura Deen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mnmlist free?
Mnmlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aura Deen free?
Aura Deen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mnmlist or Aura Deen have ads?
Neither Mnmlist nor Aura Deen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mnmlist or Aura Deen?
Mnmlist ships an update weekly, and Aura Deen fortnightly. Most recently, Mnmlist was updated on October 25, 2026 and Aura Deen on October 24, 2026.

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