mymind vs Playbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mymind
This app acts as a private digital space to store and organize everything you care about, from notes and images to articles and bookmarks. It offers a clutter-free experience without algorithms or social feeds, allowing you to effortlessly save and recall information.
- Save images, notes, articles, and bookmarks
- Effortless saving via share sheet
- Automatic organization and visualization
- Private and ad-free experience
- No algorithms or social feeds
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mymind isn't another productivity app. It's a quiet, private garden for the things you care most about. It's a private place where you build your own personal taste. With just a single tap you can save images, notes, articles, products, text highlights, recipes, movies or other bookmarks to your mind. It works effortlessly via the share sheet. One place for everything you care about. No need to file it, label or even tag it. It's all magically organized and visualized for you. Some call mymind it a treasure trove of ideas, inspiration & references. No algorithms selling your data, no social feeds fighting for your attention. It's just you and your mind, extended into a clean, private and almost magical space that feels less like software and more like memory itself. —— https://mymind.com/privacypolicy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Playbook
Access and manage your creative files from anywhere with this mobile app. Share your work, get feedback, and post to social media seamlessly. It offers beautiful organization and easy retrieval of all your projects on the go.
- Seamless cross-device file access
- Share work and receive feedback
- Post directly to social media
- Beautifully organized creative storage
- Easy retrieval of creative files
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You asked and we answered: it’s finally here! The Playbook Mobile App is now available on iOS so you can see everything and find anything, beautifully, anywhere. Share your work and receive feedback while you’re on the go, seamlessly access your creative files across devices, and even post to social media - all from your Playbook. Happy Playbookin’! Psst… tag us on social media at @playbook_hq to let people know that it’s time to make the switch to Playbook! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.playbook.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Playbook at 4.8 against mymind's 4.0. Playbook also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). mymind's advantage is ratings volume (417 vs 121). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. mymind sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Playbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $18.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Playbook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 417 and 121 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of mymind's written reviews are positive against 61% of Playbook's.
mymind ships an update every 3 weeks, Playbook every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mymind | Playbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (417 ratings) | 4.8 (121 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.2% of reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 417 — better | 121 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mymind, Inc. | Playbook.com |
Customer experience
mymind
Playbook
Bugs and requests
mymind
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and data loss
- Syncing issues between devices
- Buggy UI elements and navigation
- Inconsistent behavior across platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- Ability to edit and rearrange saved items
- Integration with more third-party services
- Password/biometric protection
- Improved sharing and collaboration features
Playbook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mymind
- The Bookmarker$4.991 Month
- Student$7.991 Month
- Mastermind$12.991 Month
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- Student of Life Yearly$79.001 Year
- Mastermind Yearly$129.001 Year
Playbook
- Playbook Pro$18.001 Month
- Playbook Team$250.001 Month
