Comparison

Minute Notes vs Simple To

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

Head to head
About

Minute Notes

Quickly capture thoughts and ideas with a simple, focused notepad. Search your notes instantly and export them as plain text. Designed for privacy with no accounts or cloud services, all data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • One-tap note creation
  • Fast search across titles and text
  • Pin important notes
  • Export notes as plain text
  • Native split-screen layout
  • Offline storage
Features
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Capture a thought before it disappears. Minute Notes is a focused notepad for writing, finding, and exporting plain-text notes without an account. Open the app, create a note with one tap, and keep typing. FAST FROM THE FIRST NOTE • Create a note with one tap • Search across titles and note text • Pin important notes to the top • Export any note as portable plain text with the system share sheet • Use a native split layout built for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes are stored on this device. Minute Notes has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK, and no cloud or upload service. You choose where an exported note goes. Minute Notes is deliberately small: a clear place to capture an idea, find it again, and move it somewhere else when you are ready.

About

Simple To

Features
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Simple is a beautifully minimal to-do list that helps you capture tasks and actually get them done — without accounts, ads, or clutter. Everything lives privately on your device. No sign-up, no network, no tracking. Just open the app and start. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Add, edit, and delete tasks in seconds • Set due dates so nothing slips through • Assign priorities (low, medium, high) to focus on what matters • Check off tasks and watch them move to a separate Completed tab • Search your tasks instantly as you type • Sort by priority, due date, or creation order • Accidentally deleted something? Undo it with a tap • Clear all completed tasks at once when you're done DESIGNED TO FEEL GREAT • Clean, modern design with a warm, easy-on-the-eyes palette • Light and dark themes • Responsive layouts tuned for both iPhone and iPad • Smooth, fast, and distraction-free YOURS, IN YOUR LANGUAGE Simple is fully localized in 11 languages, including full right-to-left support for Arabic: English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Indonesian. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% local storage — your tasks never leave your device • No account required • No ads • No data collection Whether it's groceries, work deadlines, or daily habits, Simple gives you a fast, focused place to keep your life organized. Download it free and clear your mind today.

Screenshots

Minute Notes4 screens
Simple To4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple To at 13.0 against Minute Notes's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Minute Notes versus Simple To: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinute NotesSimple To
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 40 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy MotorinTheTinyApp

In-app purchases

None

Minute Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Simple To

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minute Notes free?
Minute Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple To free?
Simple To is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minute Notes or Simple To have ads?
Neither Minute Notes nor Simple To shows ads.

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