Thinkdrop vs Plate
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- Playback for all your recorded audio-based thoughts - Pin important thoughts for quick access - Automatically delete out-of-date thoughts the next time you access the ThinkPad - Face or Touch ID to prevent unauthorized access by anyone other than yourself - Beautiful design - Search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/
Plate
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Plate is a minimalist productivity app designed to help you manage overwhelm and focus on what matters most. Instead of endless lists, Plate gives you a simple, visual way to separate your main priorities from everything else. Add tasks to your “plate” for today, move lower-priority items to overflow, and make progress one thing at a time. Key Features: • Add, edit, and delete tasks quickly • Drag tasks between your main plate and overflow list • Keep everything stored locally on your device – no accounts, no cloud • Clean, intuitive design built for focus Whether you’re managing work, school, or personal goals, Plate helps you stay grounded and productive without the clutter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plate at none against Thinkdrop's 2. Plate also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Plate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thinkdrop ships an update every 3 weeks, Plate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thinkdrop | Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ho Ye Lam | Kamyar Zarkoub |
In-app purchases
Thinkdrop
- Think Drop 2 Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Think Drop 2 Annual Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
Plate
No in-app purchases









