Mininote vs Remember Basic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mininote
This app serves as a portable electronic notebook and mood tracking diary, allowing users to record daily thoughts and emotions. It offers powerful note editing, custom emoticons, and a calendar view for mood overviews. Security features like password protection and iCloud backup are included.
- Mood diary recording
- Custom emoticon drawing
- Powerful note editing
- Password protection
- iCloud backup
- Calendar view
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Mininote, a free mood tracking diary. Mininote, a portable electronic notebook, making your life full of smiles. [Key Features] - Record your mood diary anytime and anywhere. - Draw your own lovely mini emoticon. - Record your every day carefully with the powerful note editing function. - Support password setting, iCloud backup, and notification. - Support calendar view, monthly mood can be seen at a glance. [VIP Premium] - No ads - Unlock all VIP materials - More advanced services [ How to subscribe VIP ] We support monthly, annually and one-time purchase, which are deducted from the user's iTunes account and paid upon confirmation of purchase. Auto renew: Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration, and the subscription period will be extended by 1 subscription period after the deduction is successful. If you want to cancel your subscription, please do so at least 24 hours before the current withholding period. To do so, click "Settings" - "iTuneStore & AppStore" - "AppleID" - "View AppleID" - "Subscribe" to cancel the automatic renewal membership subscription. User Agreement：https://www.xmzerone.com/about/moodagreement.html Privacy Policy：https://www.xmzerone.com/about/moodprivacy.html More functions are constantly improving. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Remember Basic
Personalize your iPhone and iPad home screens with customizable sticky notes. Choose colors, fonts, and frames, and display them as widgets. Send notes to your Apple Watch for quick access and dictation.
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Apple Watch integration
- Markdown support
- Optional page titles
- Standalone Apple Watch use
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Show stickies on iPhone/iPad Home Screen! Customise stickies with colors, fonts and beautiful frames! 【 iPhone / iPad 】 • select text and page color. • change font and text alignment. • add widgets to show on home screen or lock screen! • send text to Apple Watch. (standard version) 【 Apple Watch - only on standard version 】 • enter text directly or transfer from iPhone app. • setup as widgets on watch faces or smart stack. • select text/page color (used in color watch faces*). • dictate on watch and sent the text back to iPhone! • use emojis to design your own watch faces. 【 NOTES 】 • you need to open the app first before adding widgets to home screen. • you can use some Markdown syntax. • every page can have different notes and customisation. • you can add optional title to the page. • Apple Watch version can be used standalone without iPhone. Upgrade to standard version for more pages, iCloud and Apple Watch sync!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remember Basic at none against Mininote's 4. Mininote's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, 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. Mininote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Remember Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mininote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mininote has 21K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Mininote's written reviews are positive against 50% of Remember Basic's.
Mininote ships an update fortnightly, Remember Basic every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Mininote | Remember Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21K ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 321 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiamen ShenZhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd. | Virtual GS |
Customer experience
Mininote
Remember Basic
Bugs and requests
Mininote
Reported bugs
4 issues- Sticker uploads often fail
- Occasional data loss when switching devices
- Loading screen freezes on some devices
- Typing issues with certain font choices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more language support
- Improve sticker organization and sorting
- Implement autosave and backup features
- Allow custom background and template options
- Provide more detailed mood tracking analytics
Remember Basic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mininote
- Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
- Annually VIP$4.991 Year
- One-time Purchase$5.99
- One-time Purchase$9.99
Remember Basic
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mininote free?
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