Comparison

Bullet vs Mindrop

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

Head to head
About

Bullet

Capture tasks, notes, events, and habits in one streamlined digital journal. Mimics the popular paper-based system with features like rapid logging, collections, and tagging. Designed for quick capture and organization, it aims to replace multiple productivity apps.

Highlights
  • Rapid logging of tasks, notes, and events
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly planning logs
  • Habit tracking
  • Collections and tagging for organization
  • Sync across devices
  • Offline functionality
  • Minimalist, ADHD-friendly interface
Features
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The journaling method you know from paper, built for your phone. Tasks, notes, events, and habits - captured in one place so nothing falls through the cracks. Stop juggling five different apps. Start with Bullet. "I've tried close to 20 productivity apps. This is the one I've been looking for." - rcghaseler HOW IT WORKS Open Bullet, tap +, and capture whatever's on your mind. A task for later, a note to remember, an event coming up, a habit to build. Everything lives on one timeline - organized by day, week, month, or year. Schedule entries, set reminders, add sub-tasks, group things into collections, and tag across projects. It's as simple or structured as you need it to be. DAILY LOG, FUTURE LOG, MIGRATION Rapid logging. A Daily Log for today, Weekly and Monthly Logs for planning ahead, and a Future Log for someday. Migration. Collections. If you keep this system in a paper notebook, you'll feel at home in minutes. If you don't, you'll pick it up just as fast - it's simply a quick way to capture and organize your thoughts. Everything the paper system does, without the limitations. Search your entries. Sync across devices. Set reminders. Work offline. "This may be the 1st app to replace my daily notebook planning!" - DiogoSnows REPLACES YOUR APP STACK To-do list, notes app, calendar, habit tracker - Bullet handles all of it. No more switching between tools or wondering where you put something. "It replaces four separate apps that I use." - Pajica ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN Minimal interface, zero visual clutter, and fast capture. Built for brains that need to get the thought out before it disappears. Multiple users with ADHD have told us this is the first productivity app that actually works for them. "I finally feel like I can declutter my head and have actionable plans." - IMP MD WHAT'S FREE Creating tasks, notes, and events. 3 habits. Calendar sync. Home screen widgets. Collections. Search. Data export. Prompts. Drag and drop. No ads, no tracking. WHAT'S PREMIUM Unlimited habits, recurring entries, sub-tasks, tags, filters, templates, image attachments, and biometric lock. Start with a free trial. BUILT BY ONE PERSON Bullet is indie-developed. No investors, no growth team, no corporate roadmap. Just one developer building the app he wanted to use. Every feature request gets read. "You can tell a lot of thought and care has been put into this." - Samuel Conley Works offline. Syncs across all your devices.

About

Mindrop

Features
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Spill is a fast, private voice notes app for the thoughts you do not want to lose. Open Spill, tap the widget, or use a quick trigger and start speaking. No folders first. No category picker. No typing. Just say the idea, task, reminder or note while it is still fresh, then let Spill organise it later. Designed for quick brain dumps, Spill turns short voice captures into useful, searchable notes. Your speech is transcribed on device, then sorted into Ideas, Tasks, Reminders or Notes. Spill can also create a clear title, generate a short summary and detect useful dates or times from what you said. What you can use Spill for: • Capture ideas before they disappear • Dictate quick notes while walking, commuting or working • Save tasks without opening a full to-do app • Create reminders from natural speech • Keep a searchable library of past thoughts • Review recent captures from your Home screen • Filter your library by Ideas, Tasks, Reminders and Notes Private by design Spill is built for people who want speed without giving up privacy. Transcription happens locally on your iPhone, your data is stored on device, and there is no account, no backend, no cloud AI processing and no subscription. Original audio is deleted by default once transcribed, unless you choose otherwise in settings. Say it now. Sort it later. Spill is for anyone who thinks faster than they type: makers, students, writers, busy parents, freelancers, founders and anyone who needs a lightweight place to capture thoughts quickly. Download Spill and turn fleeting speech into organised, private notes.

Screenshots

Bullet4 screens
Mindrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindrop at none against Bullet's 12. Bullet's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Bullet sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Mindrop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bullet ships an update weekly, Mindrop every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bullet versus Mindrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBulletMindrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (316 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings316 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMui Studio LtdPawel Komorkiewicz

Bugs and requests

Bullet

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widget not always showing the correct day's tasks
  • Inconsistent behavior when marking tasks as complete

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync with native calendar app
  • Option to start the week on Sunday
  • Ability to export data (e.g., CSV, PDF)
  • Support for handwriting/sketching
  • Multiple journal/notebook support

Mindrop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Bullet

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly2 variants$14.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly$35.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time3
  • Habits Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$79.99
  • Lifetime$99.99
None

Mindrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bullet free?
Bullet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindrop free?
Mindrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bullet or Mindrop have ads?
Neither Bullet nor Mindrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bullet or Mindrop?
Bullet ships an update weekly, and Mindrop every 9 days. Most recently, Bullet was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mindrop on October 28, 2026.

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