Comparison

giffgaff vs Minebook

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

Head to head
About

giffgaff

Manage your mobile account effortlessly. Track data usage, renew plans, and access WiFi hotspots across the UK. This app provides a comprehensive overview of your mobile services and allows for easy top-ups and account management.

Highlights
  • Check data usage
  • Buy or renew plans
  • Plan expiry notifications
  • Add credit/auto top-up
  • WiFi Extra access
  • Community access
Features
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Plans and phones, sorted. Check your data before it runs out, buy or renew a plan in a couple of taps, pick up a new or refurbished phone, and jump on WiFi Extra's thousands of UK hotspots. Check how much data you have left - Buy or renew a plan - Buy a new or refurbished phone - Keep an eye on when your plan expires - Add credit or turn on auto top up - Pay with a saved card or PayPal - Redeem a voucher - Access the community - Add multiple giffgaff accounts - Get on thousands of WiFi hotspots across the UK with WiFi Extra You'll need your giffgaff member name and password to log in. New to giffgaff? Order a free SIM at giffgaff.com/orders/free-sim

About

Minebook

Easily save and organize your favorite Minecraft locations, including bases, portals, and builds. Copy coordinates or teleport commands instantly. Pro features allow for unlimited entries, photos, and OCR coordinate extraction from screenshots.

Highlights
  • Save Minecraft locations and coordinates
  • Copy XYZ coordinates
  • Copy /tp teleport commands
  • Organize by world and dimension
  • Add notes and tags
  • Backup and restore data
  • OCR coordinate extraction (Pro)
Features
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Minebook - Address Book for Minecraft - is a fast and easy way to save all your favourite Minecraft locations and coordinates. Stop scrolling through messy notes and screenshots. Save every base, portal, biome, village, stronghold, farm and build in seconds, then copy XYZ coordinates or a ready-to-paste /tp command. BUILT FOR SPEED • Add multiple worlds to keep Survival, Creative, servers and Realms organised • Save locations with X, Y, Z coordinates, names, notes and tags • Tap XYZ to copy coordinates instantly • Tap /tp to copy a teleport command ready to paste in-game STAY ORGANISED • Use tags to group bases, portals, villages, strongholds, farms, mines and more • Add notes so you remember why a location matters • Add photos and search by name or tag with Pro • Back up and restore your Minebook data for safekeeping BUILT FOR MINECRAFT’S DIMENSIONS • Organise locations across the Overworld, Nether and End • Coordinate validation and helpful prompts when entering locations BASIC + PRO Minebook includes a Basic tier supporting up to 2 worlds, with up to 5 locations per world and 3 tags per location. Upgrade to Pro with a one-time purchase to unlock: • Unlimited worlds and locations • Unlimited tags • Search and filtering • Add photos to your locations • Extract XYZ coordinates automatically from screenshots using OCR No ads. No subscriptions. UNOFFICIAL COMPANION APP Minebook is an unofficial companion app for Minecraft. It is independently developed and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Mojang or Microsoft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB and Microsoft.

Screenshots

giffgaff4 screens
Minebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Minebook at 100% against giffgaff's 28%. giffgaff's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Minebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. giffgaff asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
giffgaff versus Minebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergiffgaffMinebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopergiffgaffSimon Pumphrey

Customer experience

giffgaff

All ratings1,034 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews323 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative65.6%

Minebook

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

giffgaff

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Inability to update payment methods
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices
  • Unreliable app performance after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Detailed data usage tracking
  • Ability to manage family accounts
  • Landscape mode support for tablets
  • Seamless SIM card switching

Minebook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

giffgaff

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Minebook

One-time1
  • Minebook Pro$3.99

Questions

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

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