Comparison

Plume vs Mintofu

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

Head to head
About

Plume

This is a lightweight menubar application designed for quick note-taking. It offers a simple popup interface for jotting down thoughts and ideas, with Apple Watch and Mac connectivity.

Highlights
  • Lightweight menubar app
  • Fast note-taking
  • Popup interface
  • Apple Watch connectivity
  • Mac connectivity
  • Free basic version
Features
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Plume v3 is online! Plume is a free Light menubar app for taking Notes. I've been looking for a long time for a simple popup app in the menubar to get a little notepad. I found different solutions like Tyke for example which is really nice, but a little too simple for the job and it has a too small writing area. I also found other nice solutions but the apps were always no free and too complex for the need. I couldn't find anything I liked, so I took advantage of the confinement to make this app! Plume is a Fast and Light app for taking notes and can be connected with Apple Watch and Mac. Plume basic is free, so enjoy! If you need any help, please contact us at https://plumenote.app Privacy Policy : https://plumenote.app/privacy EULA : https://plumenote.app/eula

About

Mintofu

Features
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One app for every idea โ€” from a quick note to a marked-up PDF to a sprawling mind map. Mintofu brings your notes, tasks, PDFs, mind maps, and calendar together in one beautifully designed app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Capture a thought, mark up a PDF, manage your to-dos, plan your day, map out a project, and stay focused with a built-in timer โ€” all in one calm, private place, with no clutter and no account required. Start free today and bring your whole world into one app. WHY MINTOFU Your thinking doesn't stay in neat boxes โ€” but most apps do. You end up juggling a notes app, a to-do app, a PDF reader, a mind-mapping tool, and a calendar, copying between them and losing context at every hop. Mintofu was built the other way around. Everything lives in one place, and every piece of content can become any other. Your tools finally move at the speed of your thinking. PRIVATE AI, BUILT IN Apple Intelligence works right inside your notes, tasks, mind maps, and calendar โ€” draft and brainstorm, proofread, rewrite, and summarize, or translate in a tap โ€” and it powers the conversions between them. Everything runs on your device, so your ideas never leave your hardware. FREE FEATURES - Notebooks to organize your notes, ideas and plans by project or topic - Rich-text notes with live Markdown, custom fonts, highlights, drawing, and attachments - One-tap translation for any note or selection - Audio Notes โ€” record voice memos, keep typing while you record, and transcribe them to text - PDF Documents โ€” read and mark up PDFs in any notebook: highlight, write with Apple Pencil, or fill in forms; scans become searchable - Full calendar โ€” month, week, day, and timeline views, plus a productivity heatmap - Public holidays for your region, shown across every calendar view - Live sync with your device calendars; export events as .ics - Tasks with priorities, due dates, subtasks, tags, time tracking, and reminders - Natural-language dates like "next Friday at 3pm" - Smart Lists, Eisenhower Matrix, Focus Queue, and burndown charts to stay on track - Built-in Focus timer and achievement badges - Mind maps on an infinite canvas โ€” import Markdown, convert to notes or tasks in a tap - Kanban boards and dashboards (Overview, Kanban, and Post Board) - Widgets for Quick Capture, Notes, Mind Maps, Calendar, Tasks, and Dashboards - Version History โ€” Mintofu keeps earlier versions of your notes, mind maps, tasks, and events, private on your device - Private, on-device AI throughout, via Apple Intelligence - iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac โ€” fully offline-first - Export to PDF, Markdown, and PNG, or share anywhere - Available in 40 languages, with right-to-left support, VoiceOver, and keyboard shortcuts MINTOFU+ Everything above is free. Upgrade only if you want more: - Unlimited notebooks, mind maps, and audio notes - Unlimited AI generations and translations - Public holidays for multiple regions - Compare and restore any earlier version - Unlimited PDF documents - Monthly, annual, or one-time lifetime PERFECT FOR - Students capturing lectures and planning study sessions - Professionals juggling projects, meetings, and deadlines - Writers and researchers organizing notes, ideas, and drafts - Visual thinkers who brainstorm and plan with mind maps - Anyone building a daily-planning and focus routine that sticks - Privacy-conscious people who want no account and no tracking - Apple users who want one beautiful app across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Bring every idea, task, and plan into one place. Privacy Policy: https://www.mintofu.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mintofu.ai/terms

Screenshots

Plume3 screens
Mintofu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mintofu at 18.0 against Plume's 26.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Plume sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mintofu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Plume versus Mintofu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlumeMintofu
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews81.8% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.418.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCREACH AgencyMintofu AI Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Plume

Subscriptions1
  • Plume - iCloud Sync - Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Plume - iCloud Sync - Lifetime$24.99
3 purchases

Mintofu

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Plume free?
Plume is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mintofu free?
Mintofu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plume or Mintofu have ads?
Neither Plume nor Mintofu shows ads.

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