Monotter vs Not Yet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monotter
This private life-logging app allows you to record brief, diary-like texts that are never shared online. Your entries form a personal timeline, with features like search, location tracking, and status prefixes to organize your thoughts and activities.
- Private life-logging
- Timeline view of entries
- Powerful search by hashtag, place, rating
- Automatic location tracking
- Status prefixes for tasks
- Calendar export for events
- Todo management with checkboxes
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Monotter is a private life-logging app that lets you jot down and store brief, diary-like texts—never shared online. Your accumulated notes form a Timeline, and each individual note is called an Entry. Keep your thoughts and activities securely recorded for personal reflection. • Powerful Search: Filter entries by hashtag, place, or rating • Location Tracking: Automatically record where you make an entry and name places to auto-label future entries at the same location • Status Prefixes: Prepend /start, /end, /todo, or /done to mark “start”, “end”, “todo”, or “done” states • Calendar Export: Export paired /start–end entries as events to iOS Calendar • Todo Management: Display a checkbox on to-do entries—tap to mark as done • Rating System: Tap to rate entries and sort your timeline by date or rating Features: • Apple Watch Support: Add entries from your watch and launch via a complication • Siri Shortcuts: Automate entries with voice, NFC tags, or time-based triggers • Widget: Show your latest or highest-rated entry on the home screen Unlock the 1,000-entry limit with an in-app purchase.
Not Yet
This app helps you pause impulsive purchases by introducing a waiting period before you commit. It captures your feelings at the moment of desire, allowing for a calmer, more intentional decision later. The focus is on providing space to think, not on budgeting or tracking finances.
- Add items you want to buy
- Set custom waiting periods
- Capture emotional context of desire
- Review decisions after waiting
- Edit purchase details anytime
- View avoided spending summaries
- Local-first and private data storage
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Impulse purchases don’t happen because you need something. They happen because of a moment. Not Yet helps you pause that moment — and decide later, when it matters. Instead of tracking budgets or telling you what to do, Not Yet adds a short cooling-off period before a purchase and captures how you felt when you wanted it. When the wait ends, you choose — calmly and intentionally. No accounts, no onboarding, straight to the point. How it works • Add something you want to buy • Optionally attach a link or images to remember exactly what caught your eye • Choose a short delay (24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days) • Capture what’s driving the urge • Wait — the item is locked • Decide later: buy it, skip it, or wait longer You can edit items at any time — update the price, notes, links, or images as your thinking changes. When you decide not to buy, you’ll see exactly what you avoided spending — a small but satisfying reminder. Why Not Yet is different Most apps remind you what you wanted. Not Yet reminds you how you felt. By replaying the emotional context — bored, stressed, excited, fear of missing out — the impulse often loses its power. What felt urgent rarely feels the same a few days later. No lectures. No guilt. No pressure. Just space to think. Designed to feel calm • Minimal, distraction-free interface • No accounts or sign-in • No ads • No clutter • Local-first and private Helpful, not obsessive • Gentle notifications at decision time • Simple stats that show what you didn’t buy • No charts or dashboards Not a budgeting app. Not a finance tracker. Just a better moment to decide. Free vs Premium Not Yet is fully usable for free. The free version includes: • Up to 3 active waiting items • Standard waiting periods (24 hours, 7 days, 30 days) • Attach links and images to purchases • Edit purchases at any time • Full decision flow and summaries • Decision reminders • All data stored locally on your device Not Yet Premium unlocks: • Unlimited active waiting items • Custom waiting durations — choose any time that fits your decision • Support ongoing development of the app Premium is optional. There are no ads, no accounts, and no data tracking — whether you upgrade or not. Not Yet — because some things are better bought later. Terms of use: https://sidetrck.org/not-yet-terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Not Yet at Free against Monotter's $1.99. Not Yet also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Monotter's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Not Yet is free to download; Monotter costs $1.99 up front. Monotter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Not Yet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Not Yet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Monotter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Not Yet's.
Monotter ships an update every 2 months, Not Yet every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monotter | Not Yet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smallmake | Adam Gelatka |
Customer experience
Monotter
Not Yet
In-app purchases
Monotter
- Monotter Unlock$1.99
Not Yet
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$12.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$9.99









