Comparison

Mental Note ๛ vs Meeting Notes & Work Planner

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

Head to head
About

Mental Note ๛

This app offers a versatile digital notepad experience, allowing users to combine text, photos, voice recordings, and drawings on a single page. Capture ideas in any format, organize them with tags, and share them easily.

Highlights
  • Combine text, photos, audio, and drawings
  • Finger drawing with multiple colors
  • Add photos from album or camera
  • Record audio while editing notes
  • Organize notes with tags
  • Password protect private notes
  • Export notes in various formats (PDF, text)
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"...a true notepad experience that may help you make a clean break from the pencil-and-paper era." -New York Times. Users describe Mental Note as "the only notepad app... that's actually better than, and as simple as, a pen and paper." It's "the future of note taking", and "a big sketchpad... [to] free associate and put stuff down in any format". Turn your iPhone into a digital notepad. Combine photographs, voice recordings, drawings and text - all on the same page, in any order you choose. An idea... a flash - a moment of genius. When a thought hits, and you have to remember it, why limit how you record it? The more context and sensory details you can capture, the clearer the idea can be put down. Use photographs, audio, sketching and text together on the same page... a digital page that can be shared with anyone. Mental Note allows you to capture ideas as they happen: use photographs, dictate, add text, sketch on anything. Ideas clarified. Creativity captured. FEATURES - Draw with your finger using multiple colours and widths on top of photographs, text, or anywhere else on the page. Zoom in to sketch fine details. - Take a photo or choose one from your album and add it to the page. - Add audio to the page by recording with your microphone. Continue to edit your note while recording. - Organize your notes using tags. - Password protect your private notes and flag your important ones. - Attach Calendar events to your notes. - Undo, redo anything in the note by shaking the device. - Delete note sections using the toolbar button or by swiping any note section. - Move a note section by swiping and then dragging it to its new location. - Length of a note is limited only by device memory. - Export in a variety of formats including PDF, text, Mental Note format, and more. Send using email, iCloud, Dropbox, and more. * Send a note in Mental Note format so the note may be imported into another person's Mental Note app. * Using email, export a complete note directly from Mental Note as either a PDF document or a picture (each audio recording is attached to the email as a separate file). You can also email just the text from your note. - Export your notes and backups to your iCloud and/or Dropbox account. - Share a note with your friends using most installed apps. - Map the location a note was created at (if location services are enabled). - Change the size and font of the text in your notes. - Change the color and background of your notes. - Numerous other configuration options. THIS VERSION IS OPTIMIZED FOR iPhone. FOR iPad, PLEASE SEE Mental Note for iPad. Read more: www.zymbiotic.com X @zymbiotic facebook.com/zymbiotic

About

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Easily create handwritten notes, add images, and convert speech to text. Organize your content with folders and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note creation
  • Image integration
  • Speech-to-text conversion
  • Drawing and doodling tools
  • Folder organization
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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Don’t work hard, work smarter! Document all your classes or meetings with the awesome tools SketchNotes brings to you. CREATE EASY NOTES AND ADD IMAGES • Create customizable notes, and write anything you want in an easy, yet really helpful note that will make almost impossible to forget homeworks and projects QUICK SPEECH TO TEXT TOOL • If your teacher or partners are talking fast, use the Speech to text tool and save all the highlights lessons. You won’t even have to write anything. PERSONALIZE AND SHARE • Set your creativity free. Use our pencils, sharpies and shapes to draw doodles, funnels or anything that comes to your mind. ORGANIZE AND SYNC • Create folders and subfolders to make sure you will find the information you need whenever you want • Sync your notes on the cloud Price of subscription: - 3 day free trial then $9.99 per month Terms of use: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policies: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Mental Note ๛4 screens
Meeting Notes & Work Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Meeting Notes & Work Planner at Free against Mental Note ๛'s $4.99. Meeting Notes & Work Planner also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 15). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Meeting Notes & Work Planner is free to download; Mental Note ๛ costs $4.99 up front. Mental Note ๛ sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Meeting Notes & Work Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Mental Note ๛ against 4.1 for Meeting Notes & Work Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Notes & Work Planner has 1.9K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Mental Note ๛'s written reviews are positive against 66% of Meeting Notes & Work Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Note ๛ ships an update every 5 months, Meeting Notes & Work Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mental Note ๛ versus Meeting Notes & Work Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Note ๛Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (15 ratings)4.1 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews65.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZymbiotic TechnologiesGiant Brains

Customer experience

Mental Note ๛

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral17.9%
Negative18.9%

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

All ratings1,929 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews257 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative24.9%

User reviews

Mental Note ๛

From 15 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app with many features
  • 👍 Easy to use and organize notes
  • 🎨 Ability to add photos, audio, and drawings
  • 💯 Excellent customer support
  • 🗂️ Helpful for business, work, and personal use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔒 Password protection issues
  • 🔍 Lack of search functionality
  • 📁 No syncing or backup options
  • 🖍️ Drawing tools could be improved

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Simple and straightforward
  • 💡 Helpful for organizing notes
  • 👍 Good for handwritten notes

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🔒 Concerns about security and privacy
  • 👎 Confusing interface and navigation
  • 🤖 Annoying pop-ups asking for reviews

Bugs and requests

Mental Note ๛

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes sometimes disappear or get deleted unexpectedly
  • Audio recording feature not working properly
  • Keyboard issues causing loss of typed text
  • Location services not accurately detecting user's location

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add iCloud or Dropbox sync
  • Implement copy/paste and text formatting options
  • Improve drawing tools with more customization
  • Introduce a task/to-do list feature
  • Add video recording capability
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  • Provide more font and color options

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes getting deleted unexpectedly
  • Inability to edit or move images
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Freezing and performance problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve stability and reliability
  • Provide better support and documentation
  • Allow more flexibility in note-taking

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mental Note ๛

One-time3
  • Paper Customization feature$2.99
  • Straight Line Drawing feature$3.99
  • Dark Mode Override feature$3.99
5 purchases

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • New Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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  • Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Mental Note ๛ free?
Mental Note ๛ costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Meeting Notes & Work Planner free?
Meeting Notes & Work Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mental Note ๛ or Meeting Notes & Work Planner?
Meeting Notes & Work Planner is rated higher. Mental Note ๛ averages 4.0 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Meeting Notes & Work Planner averages 4.1 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Mental Note ๛ or Meeting Notes & Work Planner have ads?
Neither Mental Note ๛ nor Meeting Notes & Work Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mental Note ๛ or Meeting Notes & Work Planner?
Mental Note ๛ ships an update every 5 months, and Meeting Notes & Work Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mental Note ๛ was updated on September 23, 2026 and Meeting Notes & Work Planner on September 22, 2026.

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