Pinterest vs Mininote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discover endless inspiration for fashion, home design, and more. Save ideas to personalized boards, shop styles you love, and learn new skills. Unlock billions of ideas for everyday life.
- Discover inspiration
- Shop styles
- Learn new things
- Create boards
- Save Pins
- Make collages
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Pinterest is a place of endless possibilities. You can: - Discover everyday inspiration - Shop styles you love - Try and learn something new Create boards, save Pins and make collages of all your inspiration. Unlock billions of ideas, from fashion tips and easy recipes to DIY projects and fresh ways to redo your space. Creating the life you love? It's Possible.
Mininote
This app serves as a portable electronic notebook and mood tracking diary, allowing users to record daily thoughts and emotions. It offers powerful note editing, custom emoticons, and a calendar view for mood overviews. Security features like password protection and iCloud backup are included.
- Mood diary recording
- Custom emoticon drawing
- Powerful note editing
- Password protection
- iCloud backup
- Calendar view
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Mininote, a free mood tracking diary. Mininote, a portable electronic notebook, making your life full of smiles. [Key Features] - Record your mood diary anytime and anywhere. - Draw your own lovely mini emoticon. - Record your every day carefully with the powerful note editing function. - Support password setting, iCloud backup, and notification. - Support calendar view, monthly mood can be seen at a glance. [VIP Premium] - No ads - Unlock all VIP materials - More advanced services [ How to subscribe VIP ] We support monthly, annually and one-time purchase, which are deducted from the user's iTunes account and paid upon confirmation of purchase. Auto renew: Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration, and the subscription period will be extended by 1 subscription period after the deduction is successful. If you want to cancel your subscription, please do so at least 24 hours before the current withholding period. To do so, click "Settings" - "iTuneStore & AppStore" - "AppleID" - "View AppleID" - "Subscribe" to cancel the automatic renewal membership subscription. User Agreement：https://www.xmzerone.com/about/moodagreement.html Privacy Policy：https://www.xmzerone.com/about/moodprivacy.html More functions are constantly improving. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
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Verdict
Pinterest and Mininote both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Mininote's written reviews are positive against 35% of Pinterest's. Mininote also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Pinterest's advantage is ratings volume (5.8M vs 21K) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pinterest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Mininote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Pinterest against 4.8 for Mininote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinterest has 5.8M ratings behind it against 21K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Pinterest's written reviews are positive against 83% of Mininote's.
Pinterest ships an update weekly, Mininote fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Mininote | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.8M ratings) | 4.8 (21K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.8M — better | 21K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 424 MB | 321 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pinterest, Inc. | Xiamen ShenZhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Mininote
User reviews
What we love
- 💻 Great for inspiration and ideas
- 🎨 Excellent for creative projects
- 🔍 Helpful for finding references and tutorials
- 🧠 Stimulates creativity and imagination
- 🤝 Allows for collaboration and sharing
Room to improve
- 🤖 Excessive AI-generated content
- 📢 Overwhelming number of ads
- 🔄 Constant feed refreshing
- 🔒 Accounts being deactivated without reason
- 🗃️ Difficulty organizing and managing boards
Mininote
From 21K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Cute and aesthetic design
- 🎨 Lots of customization options
- 🆓 Free to use with optional VIP
- 📝 Great for journaling and note-taking
- 🌟 Helpful mood tracking feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional freezing and crashing issues
- 🔍 Confusing UI navigation at times
- 💰 Some features locked behind VIP paywall
- 🔄 Syncing issues between devices
- 🔤 Weird spacing issues with apostrophes
Bugs and requests
Reported bugs
5 issues- Pins not loading or showing up as blank squares
- Issues with saving pins to boards
- Notifications not working properly
- Scrolling and navigation glitches
- Inconsistent behavior across mobile and web versions
Requested features
5 requests- Restore ability to search and view boards by name
- Bring back photo comments and 'try' feature
- Add option to disable video autoplay and sound
- Improve personalization and relevance of recommended content
- Provide better customer support and communication
Mininote
Reported bugs
4 issues- Sticker uploads often fail
- Occasional data loss when switching devices
- Loading screen freezes on some devices
- Typing issues with certain font choices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more language support
- Improve sticker organization and sorting
- Implement autosave and backup features
- Allow custom background and template options
- Provide more detailed mood tracking analytics
In-app purchases
- Funds for Ads$5.79
- Funds for Ads$11.49
- Funds for Ads$17.49
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- Funds for Ads$23.49
- Funds for Ads$35.00
- Funds for Ads$41.00
- Funds for Ads$70.00
- Funds for Ads2 variants$82.00
- Funds for Ads2 variants$163.99
- Funds for Ads$329.00
Mininote
- Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
- Annually VIP$4.991 Year
- One-time Purchase$5.99
- One-time Purchase$9.99
