Comparison

PostNL vs MindScope

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

Head to head
About

PostNL

Track and send packages with ease. Get a complete overview of items in transit and find nearby service points. Activate My Mail for a view of incoming mail (Netherlands only). Receive real-time status updates via notifications and a home screen widget.

Highlights
  • Track packages
  • Send packages
  • Find PostNL points
  • My Mail overview
  • Status notifications
  • Home screen widget
  • Digital stamps
Features
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Easily track packages with the PostNL app Track and send your packages with the PostNL app. In the app, you always have a complete overview of everything on its way to you. Sending a package is also easy via the app. Looking for a PostNL point? You can easily find these in the app as well. Curious about which mail is on its way to you? Activate My Mail so you also have a complete overview of all your mail (note: only available in the Netherlands). This way, you always have us at hand! Always up-to-date If you enable notifications, we ensure that you are always informed of the latest status of your package. Also, install the PostNL widget on your home screen to always stay up-to-date. Sending something? Have the QR code from your account scanned and receive a shipping confirmation by email. Easily create a label via the app and have it printed at a PostNL point. Need a stamp? Buy a digital stamp and write it on the letter, convenient! Download the app and let us know what you think!

About

MindScope

Features
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Make a little room for curiosity. MindScope brings together reasoning puzzles, knowledge questions and self-reflection on your iPhone. Explore at your own pace in English, Dutch or Spanish. THINK STUDIO Play four original practice games: Memory Trail, Spot the Change, Number Detective and Mental Rotation. Complete eight tasks per session with gradually adaptive difficulty, follow a personal 20-session plan, and review each answer. Resume unfinished sessions and challenge friends with a code for the same tasks. Answers and results can be shared separately. YOUR DAY, THREE SMALL STEPS My Day combines a thinking puzzle, a knowledge question and a reflection prompt in a short daily routine. Continue where you left off and read the explanation behind each answer. Reflection has no right or wrong answer. PRACTICE AT YOUR LEVEL My Day adjusts the difficulty gradually using your recent answers. Knowledge rounds adapt separately for each subject, with a manual level option. Explore patterns, numbers, logic and spatial reasoning, then review your answers and explanations. A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE Explore 360 Knowledge & Culture questions across Geography, History, Art History, Science, Nature & Ecology, and Language & Literature. Practise in five-question rounds across three difficulty levels. The separate Daily Challenge offers another daily activity from a bank of 360 challenges. SEE YOUR WEEK Your weekly overview brings together My Day activity, practice sessions, knowledge rounds and completed personal actions. Review results by subject and level, revisit a missed question and find a concrete next step. Comparisons appear when enough comparable practice answers are available. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Share a puzzle card or a text challenge with an App Store link. Share the answer separately when you are ready. Your personal results stay off the card. EXPLORE YOUR OWN RESPONSES Try modules involving cognitive reasoning, emotional awareness, self-awareness and personal judgment. Complete Profile brings your responses together in a longer assessment. Follow up on personal suggestions with practical actions. YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR DEVICE Choose English, Dutch or Spanish in Settings. Questions, explanations, reports and PDF exports follow your selected language. No account is required. Results are stored locally on your device. FREE PRACTICE, OPTIONAL REPORTS Practice modules, My Day, Knowledge & Culture, Daily Challenges and the Complete Profile assessment are free. After a Complete Profile, you can optionally purchase the detailed report for that session, including session scores, personality-trait descriptions, strengths and attention points, personal suggestions and a PDF. Each new report is a separate purchase. There is no subscription. ABOUT YOUR RESULTS MindScope is an informational self-exploration app, not an IQ test, diagnosis, clinical assessment or independently normed or validated instrument. Percentages describe a session, not population percentiles. Practice trends do not establish a change in intelligence. Knowledge results are kept separate from reasoning and personality scores.

Screenshots

PostNL4 screens
MindScope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PostNL at none against MindScope's 2. MindScope's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. MindScope sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PostNL asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PostNL ships an update every 2 weeks, MindScope every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PostNL versus MindScope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPostNLMindScope
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPostNL Holding B.V.Joachim Huveneers

Bugs and requests

PostNL

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Account creation issues
  • Inaccurate tracking information
  • Notification problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add English language option
  • Improve delivery preferences
  • Provide more delivery updates

MindScope

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PostNL

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MindScope

One-time2
  • MindScope Returning Report$1.99
  • Unlock Complete Report$4.99

Questions

Is PostNL free?
PostNL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindScope free?
MindScope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PostNL or MindScope have ads?
PostNL shows ads; MindScope does not.
Which is updated more often, PostNL or MindScope?
PostNL ships an update every 2 weeks, and MindScope every 9 days. Most recently, PostNL was updated on November 1, 2026 and MindScope on October 29, 2026.

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