Authenticator vs Minimal Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Authenticator
Secure your online accounts with this open-source two-factor authentication app. It supports TOTP and offers multiple convenient setup and export options, all while remaining completely offline and private.
- TOTP algorithm support
- QR code scanning for setup
- Import accounts from files
- Manual account entry
- Export account keys
- Offline functionality
- Open-source
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Authenticator is an elegant, open-source two-factor authentication app that supports the Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) algorithm. It offers multiple convenient methods to set up your accounts: • Scan a QR Code. • Read from a QR Code image. • Import from a file. • Manual entry. The app features an beautiful “Account Details” page that displays each account along with its QR Code. You can view or copy this information at any time. Authenticator also provides several easy ways to export all your accounts: • Export key URIs to the clipboard. • Export key URIs as plain text. • Export key URIs as a TXT file. • Export key URIs as QR Code images. Authenticator always remains offline and never connects to any networks. It does not track any data or collect any personal information. Just works as it should be. Authenticator is fully open source on GitHub: https://github.com/bingzheung/authenticator
Minimal Notepad
A free, minimalist application for creating, editing, and deleting notes. It offers a straightforward and uncluttered interface for quick note-taking.
- Create new notes
- Edit existing notes
- Delete notes
- Minimalist interface
- Free to use
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MiNo is a free minimal app for taking notes. Simply create new notes and edit or delete them with this minimal notepad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Minimal Notepad at Free against Authenticator's $0.99. Minimal Notepad also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Authenticator's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Minimal Notepad is free to download; Authenticator costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Authenticator against 5.0 for Minimal Notepad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Authenticator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Minimal Notepad's.
Authenticator ships an update every 2 months, Minimal Notepad every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Authenticator | Minimal Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 兵 张 | Julian Lau |
Customer experience
Authenticator
Minimal Notepad
In-app purchases
Authenticator
No in-app purchases
Minimal Notepad
No in-app purchases
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