Comparison

NovaNote vs Mindless

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

Head to head
About

NovaNote

This app merges your digital life and ideas with advanced rich text formatting, image and PDF attachments, and voice recording. Seamlessly integrate maps and calendars into your notes for effortless organization and task management.

Highlights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Map integration
  • Calendar integration
  • Image and PDF attachments
  • Voice recording
  • Color-coded categories
  • iCloud sync
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NovaNote is your space to write, organize, and create without interrupting the flow of your ideas. Take notes, create notebooks, add images, scans, drawings, PDFs, audio recordings, tasks, events, and locations: everything stays together in one simple, complete app designed to support your everyday work and creativity. With notebooks, you can organize pages and notes more naturally, keeping projects, study, work, and personal ideas separate and easy to find. Rich text tools let you format text, create lists, adjust alignment, and structure every note with clarity. NovaNote also helps you preserve context. Add locations to notes, connect calendar events, record multiple audio clips in a single note, import attachments, and turn images, scans, and drawings into resources that are always within reach. Attachments are a core part of the experience: add photos, PDFs, images, scans, and drawings, then edit, annotate, crop, and export them whenever you need. Color-coded categories make it easier to quickly find what matters. iCloud sync keeps your content updated across your Apple devices, while improvements to performance, zoom, gallery, scanner, and overall stability make the experience smoother and more reliable. NovaNote is built for anyone who wants functionality and creativity in one place: notes, ideas, documents, and memories, always with you.

About

Mindless

Consolidate your digital life by organizing notes, tasks, and bookmarks in one smart system. It uses AI to auto-tag content and allows natural connections between people, places, and things, mirroring how your brain works.

Highlights
  • AI auto-tagging for content
  • Unified tagging system
  • Deep contact integration
  • Siri Shortcuts support
  • Intelligent image/file analysis
  • Offline-first access
Features
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Stop jumping between Notes, Tasks, Contacts, and Bookmarks. Mindless consolidates your scattered digital life into one smart, elegant system that mirrors how your brain actually thinks - through people, places, and things. THE SNOOZE BUTTON FOR THE INTERNET: Found an article to read later? Concert tickets going on sale at 9:00am? Effortlessly share any link to Mindless and set a reminder. When the time comes, you're right back where you need to be. No more lost tabs or forgotten bookmarks. USE YOUR BRAIN'S NATURAL FILING SYSTEM: Unlike apps that force rigid folders, Mindless works how you think. Tag notes with people's names. Attach reminders to places. Link documents to contacts. Everything connects naturally. — A SMART INBOX FOR EVERYTHING • Capture Now, Organize Later: Drop in thoughts, links, images, and files — AI analyzes the content and auto-tags everything so it's instantly searchable • Talk to Your Tasks: Speak naturally and use your voice to turn messy thoughts turn into clean tasks and detailed meeting notes. • Unified Tags: One tagging system across all content (#recipes works everywhere) • Deep Contact Integration*: Attach notes directly to people for "discuss with Sarah" or "Dad's gift ideas" • Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, remind me to ask John about his Greece trip" - instantly organized • Intelligent Image & File Analysis: Snap a photo or upload a PDF → Mindless reads, analyzes, and auto-tags it so you can find it later with simple search • Auto-Tagging AI: Share an Instagram recipe → automatically becomes #pasta #dinner-ideas • Offline-First: Your data stays yours, always accessible MINDLESS IS PERFECT FOR: • Saving recipes with who recommended them • Meeting prep questions tagged to attendees • Medical appointment notes and questions • Book/movie recommendations by friend • Parenting schedules and reminders • Easy structure for ADHD/distracted mind • Home and car maintenance tracking • Centralized article and video "read later" or "watch later" queue • Shopping lists and daily reminders THE MINDLESS METHOD • Capture first, organize later • Small thoughts build into structured information • When in doubt, create a task • No rigid workflows - choose your path *Works with Google Contacts™ and iCloud™ Contacts — Early users consistently say Mindless feels incredibly natural and intuitive. Whether you need a personal knowledge management system, a lightweight personal CRM, or just a calmer way to organize life, Mindless is a "second brain" that adapts to how you think. Stop managing apps. Start managing life. Privacy Policy: https://getmindless.com/privacy Terms: https://getmindless.com/terms

Screenshots

NovaNote4 screens
Mindless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mindless at 92% against NovaNote's 33%. Mindless also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). NovaNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindless sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. NovaNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindless holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of NovaNote's written reviews are positive against 92% of Mindless's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NovaNote ships an update every 9 days, Mindless weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NovaNote versus Mindless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovaNoteMindless
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.5 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings313 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB235 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancesco SalvatiJoWoCo, LLC

Customer experience

NovaNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Mindless

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

None

NovaNote

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Mindless

Subscriptions4
  • Mindless Plus (Monthly)$10.991 Month
  • Mindless Pro (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Mindless Plus (Annual)$95.991 Year
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  • Mindless Pro (Annual)$179.991 Year

Questions

Is NovaNote free?
NovaNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindless free?
Mindless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NovaNote or Mindless?
Mindless is rated higher. NovaNote averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Mindless averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do NovaNote or Mindless have ads?
Neither NovaNote nor Mindless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NovaNote or Mindless?
NovaNote ships an update every 9 days, and Mindless weekly. Most recently, NovaNote was updated on July 8, 2026 and Mindless on September 10, 2026.

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