Comparison

Thinkdrop vs Kinopio

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

Head to head
About

Thinkdrop

Capture fleeting ideas, thoughts, and reminders quickly and privately. Record, write, or snap your thoughts, then securely store them with end-to-end encryption. Gain insights into your thinking patterns and reduce mental clutter.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts via writing, voice, or image
  • End-to-end encryption for privacy
  • Organize thoughts into threads
  • Speech recognition for audio notes
  • Pin important thoughts
  • Sentiment analysis for insights
Features
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Too much on your mind? Always forgetting what you were thinking a few hours ago? All those thoughts in your head, but you can't really organize them? Well, Thinkdrop can help you with these problems. In an age where there is too much information to consume, your mind constantly replaces your thoughts due to limited space. As a result, our minds become cluttered with too many thoughts, leading to stress, anxiety, worry, pressure, confusion, and more. You need a tool that allows you to unload your thoughts. As private as your mind. As secure as your mind. A tool that clears your mind for the better. Thinkdrop is here. Thinkdrop is made to unload your thoughts quickly and privately. Have a thought, idea, compliment, annoyance, concern, accomplishment, or a general remark? Write, speak or even snap it down and unload your thoughts. Thinkdrop then encrypts and securely stores your thoughts locally on your phone or even in your personal iCloud. Thinkdrop is as accessible to you as your own thoughts. Reduce your cluttered mind by unloading your thoughts in Thinkdrop and gain progress Thinkdrop features: - Write, snap, or speak your thoughts. - Proven standard high quality encryption standards (E2EE) on all your thoughts - Expand on your original thought and create threads - Speech recognition when recording your voice to create audio-based thoughts - Import an image for your thought - Playback for all your recorded audio-based thoughts - Pin important thoughts for quick access - Automatically delete out-of-date thoughts the next time you access the ThinkPad - Face or Touch ID to prevent unauthorized access by anyone other than yourself - Beautiful design - Search function to browse all your thoughts - Statistics and insights to understand yourself better (Premium) - Know if you were positive, neutral or negative with machine learning sentiment analysis - Support for unlimited thoughts until you run out of space - Customizable notifications to remind you to clear your mind - Automatically save all captured images to your Photos app - Auto-tagging system - Location Snap to know where you added the thought - Tweet button available to automatically send the written text to your X app - Light and dark mode support - Sync your thoughts across all your Apple devices (Premium) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kinopio

This app provides a freeform digital canvas to visually organize thoughts, brainstorm ideas, and plan projects. It supports images, links, and collaborative features, working intuitively like the human mind. Exclusive iOS features enhance the user experience.

Highlights
  • Freeform digital canvas
  • Visual thought organization
  • Brainstorming and planning tool
  • Image and link support
  • Collaborative spaces
  • Backlinked tags
  • Rich URL previews
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Kinopio is a thinking canvas for new ideas and hard problems. Get your thoughts out and visually connect them together. Kinopio works the way your mind works. Use it for brainstorming, planning, mood-boards, journaling. Basically for figuring stuff out – by yourself or collaboratively. No sign up required. Exclusive iOS features: - Dark theme support - iOS widgets - Enhanced UI Creative lively freeform spaces with: - Images and links - URLs with rich previews - Backlinked [[tags]] - Comments Terms: https://help.kinopio.club/posts/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://help.kinopio.club/posts/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Thinkdrop4 screens
Kinopio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kinopio at 100% against Thinkdrop's 31%. Kinopio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Thinkdrop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Thinkdrop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Kinopio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kinopio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Thinkdrop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kinopio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thinkdrop ships an update every 3 weeks, Kinopio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thinkdrop versus Kinopio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkdropKinopio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (35 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHo Ye LamPirijan Ketheswaran

Customer experience

Thinkdrop

All ratings35 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral31.3%
Negative37.5%

Kinopio

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Thinkdrop

Subscriptions2
  • Think Drop 2 Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Think Drop 2 Annual Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
4 purchases

Kinopio

Subscriptions4
  • Legacy - Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.001 Month
  • Legacy - Yearly Subscription$69.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription$90.001 Year

Questions

Is Thinkdrop free?
Thinkdrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kinopio free?
Kinopio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thinkdrop or Kinopio?
Kinopio is rated higher. Thinkdrop averages 4.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Kinopio averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Thinkdrop or Kinopio have ads?
Neither Thinkdrop nor Kinopio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thinkdrop or Kinopio?
Thinkdrop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Kinopio every 2 months. Most recently, Thinkdrop was updated on October 10, 2026 and Kinopio on October 16, 2026.

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