Comparison

Simple Notes vs Mindrafts

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

Head to head
About

Simple Notes

A powerful yet simple note-taking application offering cross-device syncing, customizable themes, and robust security features. It allows users to set reminders, highlight text, and even save notes as images.

Highlights
  • Cross-device syncing (Dropbox/iCloud)
  • Zoomable font sizes
  • Searchable highlighted text
  • Note reminders
  • Password protection (AES 256-bit)
  • Shake to undo/redo
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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Simple, Clean and Easy to Use, Yet Powerful and Loaded with Features. Key Features: --------------------- - One universal app for all your IOS Devices. - Sync your notes with Dropbox and/or iCloud. - Zoom in or out on any note to get the ideal font size suitable for your vision. - Highlight words and search terms inside your notes. - Set reminders to your notes to read them later. - Save text as an image to your camera roll. - Use Password Protection with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES 256-bit) to secure data and to protect your notes from prying eyes. - Shake your device to undo or redo: delete, creating, editing, restoring and more. - 9 font styles with five font colors. - Sort your notes chronologically or alphabetically. - Choose from six different color themes to modify your notes to suit your taste. - The ability to AirPrint your notes. - Auto Paste: when you run the app it will save text that you copied (Text in the Clipboard) automatically as a note. - Night Mode that makes reading in the dark easier on your eyes. - And much more..

About

Mindrafts

This privacy-focused note-taking app offers an on-device AI assistant for offline writing improvements, summarization, and analysis. It features a rich editor supporting Rich Text and Markdown, with robust organization and export options.

Highlights
  • On-device AI assistant (MindChat)
  • Offline AI processing
  • Rich Text and Markdown editor
  • Note organization (notebooks, tags)
  • Import/Export (Markdown, HTML, ZIP)
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking
Features
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Mindrafts is a flexible, and privacy-focused note-taking app built with a true local-first design. The app includes an on-device AI (LLM) that runs entirely offline. All data and AI processing stay on your device, with no uploads, no accounts, no syncing, and no tracking. The local AI assistant, MindChat, works without an internet connection. It can improve writing clarity, correct grammar, expand or shorten paragraphs, summarize documents, extract key points, and analyze the content of selected notes. You can get fast, reliable AI assistance anytime, even in airplane mode or with no signal. Mindrafts provides a powerful editor that supports both Rich Text and Markdown. You can create headings, lists, to-dos, code blocks, quotes, formulas, images, and more, making it easy to capture ideas, tasks, writing, and study notes. Notes can be organized using notebooks and tags. You can search titles and content, pin important notes, sort your notes. The mobile experience is designed to be simple and intuitive. Swipe right to open the sidebar, long-press a note for quick actions, and tap the title to add icons or tags. Mindrafts supports importing Markdown, HTML, and ZIP files, and exporting to Markdown, HTML, and TXT. You can also export all notes at once as a ZIP file for backup or migration. If you encounter issues or have suggestions, feel free to email us at mindrafts.ai@gmail.com . Your feedback helps us continue improving the experience.

Screenshots

Simple Notes4 screens
Mindrafts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mindrafts at Free against Simple Notes's $2.99. Mindrafts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Simple Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (39 vs 1). 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

Mindrafts is free to download; Simple Notes costs $2.99 up front. Mindrafts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Simple Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindrafts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Notes has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Simple Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mindrafts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Notes ships an update every 2 months, Mindrafts weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Simple Notes versus Mindrafts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple NotesMindrafts
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (39 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB512 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSadah Software Solutions, LLCShan Chengliang

Customer experience

Simple Notes

All ratings39 ratings
Positive74.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative13.1%

Mindrafts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindrafts

Subscriptions2
  • Mindrafts Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Mindrafts Pro - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Notes free?
Simple Notes costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindrafts free?
Mindrafts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Notes or Mindrafts?
Mindrafts is rated higher. Simple Notes averages 4.0 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Mindrafts averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simple Notes or Mindrafts have ads?
Neither Simple Notes nor Mindrafts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Notes or Mindrafts?
Simple Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Mindrafts weekly. Most recently, Simple Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mindrafts on October 30, 2026.

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