ThinkBack vs Mind Your Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThinkBack
This app helps you commit information to long-term memory through spaced repetition. It prompts you daily to review notes, organize them with hashtags, and offers private iCloud syncing. Upgrade for enhanced functionality.
- Spaced repetition for memory building
- Daily review prompts
- Note organization with hashtags
- Private iCloud syncing
- Search and filter notes
- Mark notes as memorized
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ThinkBack is a simple tool designed to encourage memory building using spaced repetition. When you periodically repeat something you're more likely to remember it later. The act of repetition helps commit the information to long-term memory. Repetition can help you recall information when you need it. Random ideas, facts, lists — capture whatever you want, ThinkBack will prompt you daily at a time of your choosing to review them, moving your notes one step closer to long-term memory. What do we have to offer? - Privacy! We don't store your content on our servers. All content you enter into the app can be synced with your personal iCloud account. - Daily prompts to review one or more notes, moving them one step closer to long-term memory. - Group your notes into buckets using #hashtags. Quick, easy and flexible. - Search and filter capabilities make it simple to find the note you're looking for. - Mark a note as memorized to remove it from the daily recall rotation. - Pin your favorite notes to the top of the list. There's much more planned, we're just getting started! This app is free with an option to upgrade: I'm a small indie developer, but I don’t think it’s right to charge money unless you find value in the product. With that, a good bit of functionality is offered to you for free with the option to opt-in to more. If ThinkBack is helping make your life a little easier, upgrading costs less than 5 coffees per year. In-App purchase disclaimer: Should you decide to upgrade to Premium, a purchase will be applied to your Apple account at the time of upgrade. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our Terms of Service (https://sites.google.com/view/thinkback-terms-of-service), Privacy Policy (https://sites.google.com/view/thinkback-privacy-policy) and End User License Agreement (EULA, https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/).
Mind Your Now
This app helps you manage daily tasks and activities by focusing on when to start them, not just when they are due. It offers intelligent scheduling for future plans, reducing mental clutter and increasing accomplishment. Plan your day and future with ease, and re-prioritize tasks as needed.
- Focus on task start times
- Intelligent future scheduling
- Reduce mental clutter
- Review and re-prioritize tasks
- Daily and long-term planning
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Mind Your Now is a simple app for managing your day-to-day tasks and activities. It allows you to focus on the right thing, at the right time. A simple system to reduce the clutter in your mind. Mind Your Now focuses you on when you will start tasks, not when they are due. Let Mind Your Now help you plan for you far into the future, with intelligent task scheduling. Planning your day has never been easier! Easily review and re-prioritize your tasks and plans. Sleep easier at night knowing that you have a plan for all your plans. Worry less and accomplish more! EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ThinkBack at 5.0 against Mind Your Now's 3.7. ThinkBack also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. ThinkBack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Mind Your Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ThinkBack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
ThinkBack ships an update every 3 days, Mind Your Now every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThinkBack | Mind Your Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Storino | Mind Your Now LLC |
Customer experience
ThinkBack
Mind Your Now
In-app purchases
ThinkBack
- Monthly$1.491 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
Mind Your Now
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$49.991 Year









