Mental.events vs Philosophy Student
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mental.events
A digital tool designed for philosophers. It allows users to search academic papers, curate reading lists, collect significant quotes, and manage personal notes. Future updates promise additional functionalities.
- Search PhilPapers
- Create reading lists
- Collect quotes
- Manage notes
- Philosophical tool
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This is a tool for philosophers. Search PhilPapers, add works to reading lists, add quotes to collected works, and keep track of your notes. Many more features coming soon.
Philosophy Student
Explore the vast world of philosophy with this comprehensive educational resource. It covers diverse branches, historical movements, and non-Western traditions, offering in-depth essays and writing guidance. Discover curated links to academic journals, podcasts, films, and a bookstore.
- Covers ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, aesthetics
- Explores Pre-Socratics to 20th-century movements
- Includes non-Western philosophical traditions
- Features in-depth essays on consciousness, AI, and logic
- Provides guidance on essay writing and argumentation
- Curated links to journals, podcasts, films, and books
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PhilosophyStudent.org is a comprehensive educational site covering the full breadth of philosophy — branches (ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, aesthetics, etc.), history from the Pre-Socratics through 20th-century analytic and continental movements, and non-Western traditions including Indian, East Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous philosophies. It hosts “The Atomos Blog” with in-depth essays on topics like consciousness, philosophy of physics, AI and machine consciousness, and formal logic, alongside introductory and writing-focused content covering essay forms, argumentation, and the writing process. The site also serves as a resource hub with curated links to journals, podcasts, films, TV shows, and academic departments, plus an Amazon-linked bookstore. A companion mobile app is available on iOS and Android.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mental.events at every 4 days against Philosophy Student's every 9 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mental.events against 5.0 for Philosophy Student. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Mental.events ships an update every 4 days, Philosophy Student every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mental.events | Philosophy Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Heiland | Aristron LLC |
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Mental.events
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Mental.events
No in-app purchases
Philosophy Student
No in-app purchases
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