Comparison

5minutejournal vs Auer Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Timed writing sessions
  • Writer's block assistance
  • Daily journaling commitment
  • Progressive writing prompts
  • Simple interface
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

5minutejournal2 screens
Auer Notes3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
5minutejournal versus Auer Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5minutejournalAuer Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoding Minds, Inc.Uri Fridman

Customer experience

5minutejournal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Auer Notes

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

5minutejournal

No in-app purchases

None

Auer Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5minutejournal free?
5minutejournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auer Notes free?
Auer Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 5minutejournal or Auer Notes?
5minutejournal is rated higher. 5minutejournal averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Auer Notes averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do 5minutejournal or Auer Notes have ads?
Neither 5minutejournal nor Auer Notes shows ads.

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