Comparison

Mental Note Lite ๛ vs WristDeck

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

Head to head
About

Mental Note Lite ๛

This app transforms your device into a versatile digital notepad. Seamlessly combine text, drawings, photos, and voice recordings on a single page to capture ideas in rich detail. Organize, protect, and share your notes in various formats.

Highlights
  • Combine text, photos, audio, and drawings
  • Finger drawing with multiple colors
  • Organize notes with tags
  • Password protect private notes
  • Export notes to PDF, text, and more
  • Share notes via email and cloud services
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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. The Mental Note Lite digital notepad comes with space for four notes. Upgrade to the full version of Mental Note to create an unlimited number of notes. Read more: www.zymbiotic.com X @zymbiotic facebook.com/zymbiotic

About

WristDeck

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A simple iPhone and Apple Watch companion app to author your own text-based slide decks. Create slide decks on your iPhone and view them on your Apple Watch. Who is this app for? - Gym-goers who dislike bringing their phone. Use the quick note to remember your locker number and check the slides for your routine. - People cooking and following recipes who might not want to constantly unlock their iPhone to see what the next step is. Then there's the greasy fingers... - Knitters and crocheters wanting a convenient way to write down and follow their patterns. - You? Get creative! It's a very simple tool so you decide what it's useful for. Features: - iPhone: Create decks and customize them using a color and icon for quick recognition - iPhone: Add slides to decks - iPhone: Sort your decks and slides so they show up on your watch in your specified order. - Apple Watch: View the slides on your wrist. - Apple Watch: A dedicated "quick note" button allows you to store a note on your watch. - Apple Watch: Edit slides on your watch. - Both: Also works without an internet connection (excluding sync). - Both: iCloud based sync to keep your Apple Watch and iPhone in sync.

Screenshots

Mental Note Lite ๛4 screens
WristDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WristDeck at none against Mental Note Lite ๛'s 8. Mental Note Lite ๛'s advantage is device support and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Mental Note Lite ๛ sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. WristDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mental Note Lite ๛ versus WristDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Note Lite ๛WristDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — better—
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZymbiotic TechnologiesSpoonx

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Mental Note Lite ๛

One-time8
  • Paper Customization feature$2.99
  • 100 sheet refill pack$3.99
  • Note Copying feature (includes free Note Linking feature)$3.99
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  • Export to another app feature$3.99
  • Password Protection feature$3.99
  • Straight Line Drawing feature$3.99
  • Dark Mode Override feature$3.99
  • 250 sheet refill pack$4.99
None

WristDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Note Lite ๛ free?
Mental Note Lite ๛ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WristDeck free?
WristDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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