Thinkdrop vs Kyugo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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- Playback for all your recorded audio-based thoughts - Pin important thoughts for quick access - Automatically delete out-of-date thoughts the next time you access the ThinkPad - Face or Touch ID to prevent unauthorized access by anyone other than yourself - Beautiful design - Search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/
Kyugo
This app reimagines daily scheduling with a unique circular, layered canvas. It offers an intuitive and human-centered approach to visualizing time, helping users understand their day at a glance and regain control.
- Circular timeline visualization
- Layered time representation
- Google & Apple Calendar sync
- One-handed gesture controls
- Seamless event rescheduling
- Visual distribution of life layers
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A new way to experience time. Kyugo 3.0 reimagines the calendar from the ground up. Instead of boxes, grids, and scattered task lists, Kyugo presents your day as a circular, layered canvas—clear, intuitive, and deeply human. It helps you see your time the way you feel it: in cycles, rhythms, and interconnected moments. This major release marks the official relaunch of Kyugo after its acquisition by Anders (andersbuilds.com). Version 3.0 brings a renewed commitment to craftsmanship, clarity, and calm. Every interaction has been refined, every gesture polished, every layer made more readable. The result is a seamless, mobile-first calendar that adapts to the reality of modern life. Time, visualized in layers Kyugo transforms your schedule into a living, circular representation of your day. Each event becomes part of a larger flow. Each layer—work, personal life, routines, commitments—combines into a unified whole you can understand at a glance. No zooming, no hunting for information. Everything is right there, beautifully arranged around your clock. Designed for clarity and presence Kyugo isn’t just another productivity tool. It’s a calmer, more intuitive way of relating to time. • Understand your day instantly with a circular timeline • Reveal how your energy, priorities, and commitments stack together • Create a sense of balance by visually distributing the layers of your life Kyugo helps you step back, see the whole picture, and make space for what matters. Seamless Google & Apple Calendar sync Connect your existing calendars in seconds. Whether you use Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or both, Kyugo stays perfectly in sync—without duplicates, complexity, or manual work. Everything remains aligned across your devices and your ecosystem. Natural gestures. Fluid controls. Thumb-first design. Kyugo is thoughtfully optimized for one-handed use. Interactions feel effortless: • Drag events around the circle to reschedule • Resize durations with precise snapping • Shift your day in seconds when plans change • Glide between views smoothly thanks to polished motion Your schedule becomes tactile, visual, and intuitive. Built for modern life Kyugo adapts to how your day actually unfolds. Meetings run long. Plans shift. Free time appears and disappears. Kyugo helps you navigate change gracefully with a visual flow that always stays coherent. More than a calendar—your life, in one view Kyugo merges functionality and beauty to help you: • Make intentional choices • Regain control of your time • Reduce overwhelm • See the shape of your day and the space inside it • Build a calmer rhythm for work, rest, and everything in between Kyugo 3.0 is the beginning of a new chapter—crafted to help you design your day with clarity, intention, and flow. Your time. Your rhythm. Your life. Begin your new way of living today. The app is free to download, but requires a paid subscription to use. Terms of Use: https://app.kyugo.app/Grace/Projects/Kyugo/Docs/kyugo-tos-2025.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thinkdrop at 4.3 against Kyugo's 3.7. Thinkdrop also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 9). Kyugo's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 31%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Thinkdrop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Kyugo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thinkdrop holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Thinkdrop's written reviews are positive against 45% of Kyugo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Thinkdrop ships an update every 3 weeks, Kyugo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thinkdrop | Kyugo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) — better | 3.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ho Ye Lam | Anders Laederich |
Customer experience
Thinkdrop
Kyugo
In-app purchases
Thinkdrop
- Think Drop 2 Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Think Drop 2 Annual Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
Kyugo
- 1 month1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Kyugo Premium Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- 1 year subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Year
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- Kyugo Premium Annual14 Days trial$99.991 Year








