Mini Notes vs Obi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Notes
This app helps you create notes, to-do lists, and reminders with customizable colors and fonts. It syncs across all your Apple devices via iCloud and offers widgets for quick access. Enjoy a free trial with the option to subscribe for unlimited features.
- AI-powered note-taking
- To-Do list creation
- Task reminders
- Customizable colors and fonts
- iCloud sync
- Widgets for quick access
- Voice memo functionality
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Keep important notes where you can see them—and capture the rest in the format that fits. Mini Notes combines sticky notes, to-do checklists, voice memos, document scans, drawings, focus sessions, countdowns, and reminders in one private workspace. WHY MINI NOTES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep important notes visible • Type notes, check off tasks, record audio, extract text from scans, and draw • Transcribe voice memos on device after recording • Run Pomodoro sessions and track important dates • Organize with folders, favorites, themes, colors, and wallpapers • Sync through your private iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the kind of note you need 2. Pin important content to a widget 3. Edit once and keep it synced across your Apple devices PRIVACY Your content stays on your device and in your iCloud account. Anonymous usage and crash diagnostics may be sent from App Store builds; note content is not sent. ACCESS Explore Mini Notes for 11 app sessions. Then choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime access. Current regional prices are shown before purchase. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://mohiniios.wordpress.com/contact/
Obi
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Obi-Yomi is a quiet, lightweight calendar for viewing your family's and your own plans side by side, like a single band of time. It is not a do-everything power tool. Its focus is simple: bring plans in, share them, and glance at them. ■ Easy to import Each family member just pastes the shareable address (.ics) of the calendar they already use. Apple Calendar or Google Calendar — paste the URL and their plans line up on the band. No need to retype anything. ■ Import from handwriting, photos, and text (supported devices) Photograph a paper handout or note, paste some text, or write by hand on iPad to create event drafts (automatically on devices with on-device AI; on others you enter them while looking at the recognized text). You always confirm before saving. ■ Switch views lightly • Month (zoom in for a weekly timetable, out for two months) • Timeline (two weeks to two years; sort by person or task — like a Gantt chart for long-term planning) • Day view (overlapping events split into side-by-side columns) See the same plans at the level of detail you want. ■ The same board with family Share the same band with just a code and password. No account required. ■ Availability mode Offer "are you free this Saturday?" with marks right on the schedule. Days when everyone is free turn gold. ■ And more • Tap the schedule to add and edit events • Search across all spaces • Export the schedule (PDF / image / HTML) — to send to friends not on iPhone, to print, and so on • Switch themes to match your mood, from washi paper to Impressionist palettes Obi-Yomi is a tool to easily bring in all sorts of information and view your personal and shared plans at a glance. Note: .ics sync can lag minutes to hours (use it for an overview). AI drafting from handwriting/photos/text runs automatically only on devices that support on-device AI.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obi at none against Mini Notes's 3. Obi also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Mini Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Obi asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Mini Notes | Obi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (75 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohini Sharma | Daisaku Seto |
In-app purchases
Mini Notes
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$9.991 Year
- Life Time Access$24.99
Obi
No in-app purchases









