5minutejournal vs Auer Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5minutejournal
This app encourages a daily writing habit by requiring users to write for five consecutive minutes. If writing stops, progress is lost. It's designed for those facing writer's block or seeking daily journaling commitment.
- Timed writing sessions
- Writer's block assistance
- Daily journaling commitment
- Progressive writing prompts
- Simple interface
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This app may seem simple. Just write for five minutes - but there's a catch. Stop writing and you'll lose everything! If you struggle with writer's block, can't quite get your thoughts out, or just want to commit to writing every day, this is the app for you.
Auer Notes
This is a straightforward note-taking application focused on speed, ease of use, and privacy. It prioritizes a minimalist interface and local data storage, ensuring offline access and preventing other apps from accessing your notes.
- Fast and easy to use
- Minimalist user interface
- Local data storage
- Offline access
- Plain text notes
- Private and secure
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Auer Notes is a note-taking application designed to be fast, easy to use, and stay out of the way until you need it. Simple and clear, Auer Notes is intentional, focusing on less, instead of more. It does one thing, the simplest possible way. Local Data: Your data is stored locally and it's always available, even when you are offline. The app doesn't use iCloud. There is no cloud or vendor preventing you from accessing your data. Also, no other apps have access to your notes. Minimal: Auer Notes has a modern and minimalist user interface designed to be simple. It is aggressively mute on purpose. The application was built to be lightweight, and to utilize less device resources. Auer Notes: A plain text and private notes app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 5minutejournal at 100% against Auer Notes's 0%. 5minutejournal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.2). Auer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
5minutejournal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auer Notes has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 5minutejournal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Auer Notes's.
| Parameter | 5minutejournal | Auer Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coding Minds, Inc. | Uri Fridman |
Customer experience
5minutejournal
Auer Notes
In-app purchases
5minutejournal
No in-app purchases
Auer Notes
No in-app purchases
