Comparison

Daily Notes vs MinT

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

Head to head
About

Daily Notes

Capture your thoughts and memories with a versatile note-taking app. It supports handwriting, image insertion, and voice recordings for quick and easy documentation. Organize your life with a calendar view, event reminders, and secure password protection.

Highlights
  • Handwriting input with customizable settings
  • Voice recording and playback
  • Calendar view with Lunar Calendar support
  • Event creation and reminders
  • Password protection for notes
  • Notes backup and restore
Features
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A kind of simple but powerful memo application, supports handwriting, picture and voice record, that you can record everything easily and quickly. 1. View the calendar conveniently, and support Lunar Calendar. 2. Create and edit event quickly, set reminder, and offers a variety of ring tone options. 3. Powerful handwriting input, waving a finger on the screen with your strokes to record things, while providing stroke size, color, kerning and other settings, make your writing colorful, you can save and modify the writing. 4. Record and play your voice with the event, you can also delete the voice by long pressing the voice button. 5. Provide password setting for security, and support notes backup and restore. Come on and enjoy it ! If any question and suggestion, please contact czh0766@163.com.

About

MinT

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MinT is not a Pomodoro timer, or another timer that starts after you have already decided to focus. It is an app blocker built to help you quit using your phone on autopilot. A Pomodoro asks you to decide, “I am starting now.” A regular timer only tells you how much time has passed. But the moment that trips many of us up happens earlier: Before you have formed a thought, your hand has already opened a short-video, social, shopping, or news app. By the time you notice, ten minutes are gone and the thing you meant to start is still waiting. That is the moment MinT protects. It creates a small but real space between your finger and the feed, giving awareness time to catch up. Remember why you picked up your phone, then choose: open with a purpose or stop here. HOW AN APP OPEN BECOMES A CHOICE AGAIN Choose the app that pulls you in most easily. The next time you open it, Apple's Screen Time shield catches the action before the feed appears. It shows today's opening and usage context so you can recognize the impulse. If you really need the app, choose a clear amount of time and turn the ring clockwise. Finish the ritual and MinT opens a temporary access window. When the time ends, protection returns automatically. Halfway through, you may realize, “I do not actually want to scroll. I just do not want to face what is in front of me.” Open Tasks instead and carry that existing momentum into one smaller, easier first action. That is what awareness means in MinT. It is not a message telling you to use your phone less. It is the feeling of having a choice again at the exact moment an impulse occurs. WHY A RING YOU HAVE TO TURN Ordinary pop-ups quickly become muscle memory: appear, dismiss, continue. MinT's ring asks for a continuous physical action. One-way rotation removes extra decisions, while tactile feedback gives restless fingers somewhere else to land. You do not need to be fast or perfect. Briefly lifting your finger does not erase all your effort. There is no puzzle or lecture, only a moment of being present. If you are restless, easily distracted, or recognize ADHD traits in yourself, stillness can be a burden. MinT lets the body move first, then brings awareness back. QUIT THE MOMENT YOU “COME TO” AFTER TEN MINUTES OF SCROLLING MinT does not demand that you never watch another short video, or pretend every kind of entertainment is wrong. You can enter with a purpose, decide how long you need, or change your mind when awareness returns. Over time, the habit you are breaking is not just one app. It is the automatic path of opening without choosing. MinT keeps that awareness with you through: • Countdowns, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island keep remaining time visible. • Halfway reminders bring back the purpose of the open. • Fixed-time or Screen Time usage modes restore protection by time or actual usage. • Per-app controls set the ritual, duration, and intervention strength. • Progressive pressure can make repeated opens require more effort. • Free Start uses the ring without opening a protected app. • Deep Focus keeps protected apps locked for a chosen period. • Tasks turn a reminder, event, or personal prompt into one small next step. • Local insights separate access-window time from actual usage. • Gentle nudges and quiet themes reduce stimulation and shame. If you often know what to do but cannot begin; if your hand regularly moves faster than your mind; if limits, reminders, and timers have not stopped the automatic open, MinT is designed for that missing moment of awareness. The free version protects one app. MinT Pro unlocks multiple protected apps, full personalization, and advanced on-device insights. MinT does not diagnose or treat ADHD and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Quitting mindless phone use does not have to be a war with yourself. Before the next open, let awareness return. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Daily Notes4 screens
MinT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Notes at none against MinT's 3. Daily Notes also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and 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

Both are free to download. MinT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Daily Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daily Notes versus MinT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily NotesMinT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (144 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings144 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Brown Bear Technology Co., LTD上海半塘信息技术有限公司

Bugs and requests

Daily Notes

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Notes disappear after saving or later in the day
  • App crashes when opening details for the first time
  • Screen shifts up when typing, obscuring text
  • Voice input causes app to freeze or lock up
  • Photo attachment feature non-functional
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  • Verification code form rejects valid email/phone formats
  • App incompatible with iOS 13 and later
  • Calendar dates greyed out and unwritable on certain days
  • Back button displays ads with no way to navigate back
  • Reminder feature doesn't work for certain months
  • Text input lag and poor word processor performance
  • Password prompt appears without user setting one

Requested features

14 requests
  • Cloud sync and backup functionality
  • Better integration with other apps
  • iPad landscape and split-screen support
  • Ability to type instead of handwrite
  • Tag or hashtag system for better organization
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  • Print functionality for notes
  • Calendar view with notes visible alongside dates
  • Ad-free version option
  • Improved handwriting recognition speed
  • Week view option for iPad
  • Sync across iPhone and iPad
  • Select/copy functionality in details section
  • Better error notifications when saves fail
  • Recurring event indicators on calendar

MinT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Daily Notes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MinT

Subscriptions2
  • MinT Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • MinT Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • MinT Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Daily Notes free?
Daily Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MinT free?
MinT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daily Notes or MinT have ads?
Neither Daily Notes nor MinT shows ads.

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