Comparison

Pinboard vs Antoinette

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

Head to head
About

Pinboard

Connect with your community through a digital pinboard. Post messages, share offers, and seek recommendations within closed groups or the wider Pinboard World. Features include direct messaging, an SOS function, and an anonymous advice forum.

Highlights
  • Post trusted messages in categories
  • Communicate within closed communities
  • Direct messaging
  • Anonymous advice forum
  • SOS urgent post function
  • Access Pinboard World community
Features
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PINBOARD is an on-line version of a traditional pinboard. - Set one up to communicate within your closed community and post trusted messages into categories of ‘Offered’ ‘Wanted’ and ‘Recommended’ - Suitable for use within any group such as schools, clubs, mum & baby groups, villages, offices, gyms etc. - Users will be verified - Now with the facility to reach ‘Pinboard World’, the wider Pinboard community Read your Pinboard in a weekly newsletter and on our PINBOARD APP! - CONNECT with other Pinboarders newsletter more easily on your device - CREATE AND EDIT your own posts directly from your device - GAIN ACCESS TO ‘PINBOARD WORLD’, the wider Pinboard community - DIRECT MESSAGE within your own private community, or the wider ‘Pinboard World’ - SEARCH ARCHIVE of old Pinboard newsletters - ’FAVOURITE’ FUNCTION to build your ultimate address book - ’SOS’ FUNCTION to make instant urgent posts PLUS, NEW EDITORIAL FEATURES: - ASK PINBOARD - The safest, kindest (and anonymous, if you wish) place to reach out to the whole community if you need help/advice with anything - however commonplace or sensitive - GUEST EDITS - Experts share their hot tips and recommendations - BEST OF - We road test and recommend the best of the latest launches - PINBOARD PERKS - Get exciting discounts and opportunities from our partner brands Terms: https://pinboard.com/terms Policies: https://pinboard.com/privacy

About

Antoinette

This app acts as a personal coordination assistant, organizing your voice notes and plans into a daily brief. It helps you stay in sync with friends and family by sharing relevant updates and managing shared plans without group chat clutter.

Highlights
  • Voice note organization
  • Daily brief compilation
  • Shared plan coordination
  • Privacy controls per person
  • Comment threads for updates
  • Calendar integration for plans
Features
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Care rarely fails because people stop caring. It fails on admin. Antoinette is for the friends you genuinely like but rarely see. Tell her what's going on in a voice note - she turns it into updates and real plans, you approve them, and every evening your friends get a calm brief. No feed, no group chat noise. HOW IT WORKS Tell Antoinette anything - by voice note or text. She listens, extracts your plans and updates, and turns them into a structured picture of your day. Your friends do the same, and Antoinette shows you what's relevant from their world too. Want a nudge to check in yourself? Turn on a daily reminder in Settings. YOUR DAILY BRIEF Every evening, Antoinette compiles a brief: the plans worth knowing about, updates from your circle, and gentle nudges when someone could use a check-in. Open the app and your day makes sense - no scrolling, no digging. WORTH REPLYING TO Add photos to what you share. React with a tap, and keep the conversation in a comment thread under the post it belongs to - not scattered across three group chats. Tag a friend with "@" and the update reaches them, notification and all - even if your access categories alone would not have. PLANS, TOGETHER Share plans with friends and let Antoinette handle the coordination. Invite anyone by phone number or email, even if they're not on Antoinette yet - they get a link to join. Add a co-host to share the work. Antoinette tracks who's in and keeps everyone on the same page without the back-and-forth. Your calendar shows the week at a glance, including what friends have planned. PRIVACY BY DESIGN You control exactly what your friends can see. Put each friend in an access category - share everything, just the big plans, or nothing at all. Your updates, your rules. VOICE-FIRST Talk to Antoinette the way you'd talk to a friend. She understands context, remembers what you've told her, and builds a running picture of your life over time.

Screenshots

Pinboard4 screens
Antoinette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Antoinette at 5.0 against Pinboard's 3.0. Antoinette also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Pinboard's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pinboard sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Antoinette asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Antoinette holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinboard ships an update every 5 weeks, Antoinette every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pinboard versus Antoinette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinboardAntoinette
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB67 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperOURPINBOARD LIMITEDJAN LEON FRIEDMANN

Customer experience

Pinboard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Antoinette

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pinboard

One-time7
  • Item For Sale Post$9.99
  • Property Search Post$9.99
  • Recruitment Post$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Recommended Post$9.99
  • Business Post$25.00
  • Items For Sale > £1000 Post$29.99
  • Property Post$50.00
None

Antoinette

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pinboard free?
Pinboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Antoinette free?
Antoinette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pinboard or Antoinette?
Antoinette is rated higher. Pinboard averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Antoinette averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pinboard or Antoinette have ads?
Neither Pinboard nor Antoinette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinboard or Antoinette?
Pinboard ships an update every 5 weeks, and Antoinette every 4 days. Most recently, Pinboard was updated on October 15, 2026 and Antoinette on October 25, 2026.

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