Minted vs Checkmate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minted
Effortlessly manage contacts, guest lists, and mailing addresses. Scan envelopes to add contacts, collect addresses via various methods, and receive reminders for important dates. Syncs with your online account and offers free envelope addressing on orders.
- Scan envelopes to add contacts
- Collect addresses via email/text
- Request addresses from friends/family
- Store birthdays and anniversaries
- Sync with Minted account
- Free envelope addressing on orders
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Easily manage your address book, guest lists, and contacts year-round, and get FREE envelope addressing on Minted card and envelope orders. Perfect for everyday greeting cards, save the dates, wedding invitations, baby announcements, Easter cards, graduation Class of 2027 announcements, holiday and Christmas cards, and more. Received a card? Use your phone’s camera to scan the envelope to quickly add a contact. The app can also collect contacts' addresses by email, text, or by merging existing contacts from your phone. Or request addresses from friends and family via email, text, or link. Store contacts' birthdays and anniversaries to get reminders so you never forget an occasion. Login and sync with your Minted account and online address book, and get notified of the latest offers from Minted. WHAT IS MINTED? Minted connects you with the best independent artists to bring you endlessly fresh, truly unique art, stationery, gifts and home decor you won't find anywhere else. Our products are completely customizable and made from luxe quality materials.
Checkmate
This app offers a focused workspace for managing projects, tasks, reminders, notes, and files. It utilizes AI to assist in planning by drafting project structures and tasks from prompts. Organize your work visually with list, board, and calendar views, keeping all relevant details connected to each task.
- AI-assisted project planning
- Task and subtask management
- List, board, and calendar views
- Integrated notes and files
- Lightweight collaboration
- Search and manage assigned work
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Checkmate is a focused workspace for projects, tasks, reminders, notes, files, and lightweight collaboration. Organize work the way you think: - Plan projects with tasks and subtasks - View work in list, board, and calendar layouts - Keep due dates, assignees, comments, and files connected to each task - Store private notes beside the work - Use reminders for dated tasks and follow-ups - Search and manage assigned work from one place Build momentum faster with AI-assisted planning: -Draft project structures from a short prompt - Review proposed tasks, subtasks, assumptions, and notes before saving anything - Keep the right context for personal, project, or team work Designed to stay readable and fast to scan, Checkmate helps you keep the important context close to the work instead of split across tabs and tools. Use it for launch plans, client work, internal projects, personal task tracking, and day-to-day coordination. Terms of Use (EULA): https://checkmate.edgecase.works/terms Privacy Policy: https://checkmate.edgecase.works/privacy OPTIONAL AD-FREE ACCESS Ads help support the free app. Remove Ads Forever is a one-time in-app purchase with no renewal. Restore Purchases is included. Active paid subscribers remain ad-free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Checkmate at 100% against Minted's 57%. Checkmate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Minted's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Checkmate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Minted asks for nothing beyond the download.
Checkmate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minted has 2.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Minted's written reviews are positive against 100% of Checkmate's.
Minted ships an update every 5 weeks, Checkmate fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minted | Checkmate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.7K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minted, LLC | Edge Case LLC |
Customer experience
Minted
Checkmate
Bugs and requests
Minted
Reported bugs
4 issues- Addresses not saving correctly
- App freezing or crashing on launch
- Issues with importing contacts from phone
- Problems with password reset functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to export address data
- More customization options for address lists/groups
- Integration with other calendar/contact apps
- Improved user interface and navigation
Checkmate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Minted
No in-app purchases
Checkmate
- Checkmate$4.991 Month
- Checkmate Pro (Annual)$49.991 Year
- Remove Ads Forever$4.99
