Comparison

Mental Note for iPad ๛ vs Konspektor

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

Head to head
About

Mental Note for iPad ๛

This app transforms your iPad into a versatile digital notepad. Seamlessly combine text, drawings, pictures, and voice recordings on a single page. Capture ideas in any format and share them easily.

Highlights
  • Combine text, pictures, audio, and drawings
  • Freehand sketching with multiple colors
  • Organize notes with tags
  • Password protect private notes
  • Export notes in PDF, text, and other formats
  • 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". Mental Note for iPad brings the future closer with an even bigger sketchpad for you to capture your ideas on. Turn your iPad into a digital notepad.  Combine pictures, 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 pictures, 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 pictures, dictate, add text, sketch on anything.  Ideas clarified. Creativity captured. FEATURES - Draw with your finger using multiple colours and widths on top of pictures, text, or anywhere else on the page. Zoom in to sketch fine details. - Choose a picture from your album and add it to the page. - Add audio to the page by recording with the built-in 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 iPad. FOR iPhone, PLEASE SEE Mental Note - the digital notepad. Read more: www.zymbiotic.com X @zymbiotic facebook.com/zymbiotic

About

Konspektor

Edit RTF and TXT files on your iPhone or iPad with a user-friendly interface. Compose notes, documents, or source code with various formatting and editing tools. Share and export your work in multiple formats.

Highlights
  • Edit RTF and TXT files
  • Cloud file integration
  • Enhanced writing row
  • Rich text formatting
  • Selection and editing tools
  • Multiple export formats
Features
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A user-friendly RTF and TXT editor coming to iOS! Now you can edit Rich Text Format (.rtf) and Plain Text (.txt and other) files right on your iPhone or iPad! With Konspektor, you can make notes, compose text documents or edit source code files using a variety of different formatting options. All of this is available completely free — no ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions! EDIT DOCUMENTS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES: • Files stored locally on your device • Cloud files, including from iCloud Drive • Files from other apps (if their developers allow it) ENHANCED WRITING EXPERIENCE: • An additional row of frequently used keys, such as numbers and punctuation • Edit and View modes • Hold the document title to drag the currently selected text to other places DIFFERENT FORMATTING OPTIONS: • Bold, italics, underline and strikethrough • Numbered and bulleted lists • Nested lists • Indentation • Paragraph alignment • Predefined styles VARIOUS EDITING TOOLS: • Arrow keys, similar to those found on external keyboards • Selection tool • Tap four times to Select All • Change text case tool • Characters and words counter SHARE YOUR WORK: • Share to other apps • Send the document contents as email • Export to RTF, TXT, HTML, PDF or DOCX Fun fact: Konspektor was built using the amazing Swift Playgrounds app!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Konspektor at 100% against Mental Note for iPad ๛'s 52%. Konspektor also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Mental Note for iPad ๛'s advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Konspektor is free to download; Mental Note for iPad ๛ costs $4.99 up front. Mental Note for iPad ๛ sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Konspektor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Konspektor holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Mental Note for iPad ๛'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Konspektor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Note for iPad ๛ ships an update every 5 months, Konspektor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Mental Note for iPad ๛ versus Konspektor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Note for iPad ๛Konspektor
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZymbiotic TechnologiesLidia Matveeva

Customer experience

Mental Note for iPad ๛

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral22.8%
Negative25.5%

Konspektor

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mental Note for iPad ๛

One-time3
  • Paper Customization feature$2.99
  • Straight Line Drawing feature$3.99
  • Dark Mode Override feature$3.99
None

Konspektor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Note for iPad ๛ free?
Mental Note for iPad ๛ costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Konspektor free?
Konspektor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mental Note for iPad ๛ or Konspektor?
Konspektor is rated higher. Mental Note for iPad ๛ averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Konspektor averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mental Note for iPad ๛ or Konspektor have ads?
Neither Mental Note for iPad ๛ nor Konspektor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mental Note for iPad ๛ or Konspektor?
Mental Note for iPad ๛ ships an update every 5 months, and Konspektor every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mental Note for iPad ๛ was updated on October 13, 2026 and Konspektor on October 11, 2026.

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