Comparison

Minute Notes vs MDDock

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

Head to head
About

Minute Notes

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

MDDock

Features
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MDDock is a calm, local-first Markdown workspace for people who think in notes. Every note lives as plain Markdown on your device, so your ideas stay readable, portable, and yours — no lock-in, no cloud dependency. Write in a clean, distraction-free editor with syntax highlighting and full Markdown support. Link ideas naturally with [[wiki links]] and let MDDock build a living knowledge graph as you write. Find anything in milliseconds with instant full-text search across your entire library. Read beautifully with desktop-grade typography, a focused reader mode, and support for code blocks, tables, math, and diagrams. On iPad, split the library and editor side by side so you can browse, write, and reference without losing context. Keep your library completely offline, or turn on MDDock Cloud to sync securely across your devices. Your data is encrypted end-to-end and always belongs to you. Whether you are building a personal wiki, journaling, drafting articles, or managing a research library, MDDock gives you the speed of plain text and the structure of a connected knowledge base.

Screenshots

Minute Notes4 screens
MDDock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MDDock at every 2 days against Minute Notes's every 40 months. MDDock also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, MDDock every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Minute Notes versus MDDock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinute NotesMDDock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy MotorinåŒ—äŗ¬å¾®ę ¼äŗ’åŠØē§‘ęŠ€č‚”ä»½ęœ‰é™å…¬åø

In-app purchases

None

Minute Notes

No in-app purchases

None

MDDock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minute Notes free?
Minute Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MDDock free?
MDDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minute Notes or MDDock have ads?
Neither Minute Notes nor MDDock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minute Notes or MDDock?
Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, and MDDock every 2 days. Most recently, Minute Notes was updated on September 14, 2026 and MDDock on September 16, 2026.

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