Comparison

Minute Notes vs Month Atlas

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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
Read full description

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 β€’ Create a note with one tap β€’ Search across titles and note text β€’ Pin important notes to the top β€’ Export any note as portable plain text with the system share sheet β€’ 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

Month Atlas

Features
Read full description

Your whole month at a glance: Month Atlas brings your calendars together in a monthly overview that stays fully visible. Follow multi-day plans, find your way with week numbers and open a day's events right below the month grid. A CLEAR VIEW OF YOUR MONTH β€’ See Monday through Sunday with week numbers and colorful event bars. β€’ Keep track of today and the current week with dedicated highlights. β€’ Swipe or use the arrows to move between months. Tap Today to return to the current month. β€’ Tap a date to open its event list. When space runs out, β€œ+N” shows how many more events that day contains. β€’ Search event titles in your selected calendars and open results directly in the editor. YOUR CALENDARS, YOUR CHOICE β€’ Show or hide individual calendars set up on your iPhone. β€’ Customize calendar colors: across calendar apps where possible, otherwise just in Month Atlas. β€’ Turn on adaptive week height when you need it. Busier weeks get more room while the whole month stays visible. β€’ Enjoy Light and Dark Mode, following your iPhone's appearance setting. β€’ Choose a holiday calendar to highlight holiday dates in the month grid. β€’ Use Month Atlas in English or German and change the app language in Settings. EDIT EVENTS DIRECTLY β€’ Create an event with β€œ+” or by touching and holding a date. β€’ Edit titles, locations, dates, times, notes and URLs, or plan all-day and multi-day events. β€’ Set daily, weekly, monthly or yearly repeats, with an optional end date. β€’ Add multiple alerts and adjust the minutes before an event. β€’ Choose whether a change to a recurring event affects just that event or future events too. OPTIONAL EVENT NOTIFICATIONS Enable the app's own event notifications in Settings and allow iOS notifications. These use alerts from all calendars, including hidden ones. Apple Calendar may notify you as well. Without regular app use, notifications may be missing or out of date. REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS Month Atlas requires iOS 17 or later and full calendar access. Saving requires a writable system calendar. Changes affect your actual calendar events; read-only calendars can be viewed but not edited. Whether multiple alerts are retained and delivered also depends on your calendar provider and iOS notification settings.

Screenshots

Minute Notes4 screens
Month Atlas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Month Atlas at every 3 days against Minute Notes's every 40 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· 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, Month Atlas every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
Minute Notes versus Month Atlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinute NotesMonth Atlas
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy MotorinAndre Weihe

In-app purchases

None

Minute Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Month Atlas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minute Notes free?
Minute Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Month Atlas free?
Month Atlas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minute Notes or Month Atlas have ads?
Neither Minute Notes nor Month Atlas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minute Notes or Month Atlas?
Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, and Month Atlas every 3 days. Most recently, Minute Notes was updated on November 13, 2026 and Month Atlas on November 13, 2026.

Other comparisons