JotNotes vs MindPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JotNotes
Capture notes, ideas, and goals effortlessly with this streamlined application. Organize your thoughts using color-coded boards for easy retrieval in any aspect of your life.
- Clutter-free interface
- Organized notes
- Color-coded boards
- Easy to find notes
- Capture ideas and goals
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JotNotes is a simple, clutter-free app for capturing notes at work, school, or in everyday life. All your notes stay neatly organized and easy to find — thanks to a clean interface designed to stay out of your way. Create color-coded boards to group your notes by topic, project, or anything else that matters to you.
MindPad
Organize your to-do lists and written thoughts in a single, streamlined application. Create custom folders to categorize your entries and enhance your overall productivity.
- Save tasks and notes
- Organize with folders
- Enhance productivity
- All-in-one solution
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Save your tasks and notes all in one place. Add tasks to folders for organization. Stay organized and productive using MindPad - Save tasks and notes!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MindPad at none against JotNotes's 1. MindPad also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). JotNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, 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. JotNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MindPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JotNotes against 5.0 for MindPad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindPad has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of JotNotes's written reviews are positive against 100% of MindPad's.
JotNotes ships an update every 3 days, MindPad every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JotNotes | MindPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Igor Rusinov | Julian Burton |
Customer experience
JotNotes
MindPad
In-app purchases
JotNotes
- Unlock Full App$0.99
MindPad
No in-app purchases
