BossNote vs minical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BossNote
This app combines notepad, calendar, and cloud storage features to help you organize notes, events, photos, voice recordings, and more. Access your information offline and sync across devices.
- Integrated notepad and calendar
- Cloud storage synchronization
- Offline access to all services
- Time-and-date recognition
- Attachment support (photos, voice, sketches, files)
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BossNote is your personal assistant in the Cloud available on iPhone, iPad and Web. Organize and keep your information together with BossNote - it is a simple application that combines the functions of Notepad, Calendar, and Cloud Storage. BossNote allows you to create notes, set alarms for important events, store photos, you can make sketches and drawings, voice recordings and locations, regardless of the Internet connection it can easily provide an access to your information. FEATURES: • Unique combination of Notepad and Calendar • Synchronization with Cloud Storage and Web Client • All Services are Available Offline • Time-and-Date Recognition System • Attachments: Photos, Locations, Sketches, Voice Recordings and other Files of any format. www.twitter.com/bossnote_online www.facebook.com/bossnoteonline
minical
This app offers a minimalist and intuitive way to manage your schedule. View events at a glance with home and lock screen widgets, color-code them for easy distinction, and quickly edit them with smart suggestions. Stay organized with customizable notifications and cloud syncing.
- Minimalist design
- Home & lock screen widgets
- Event color-coding
- Smart event editing
- Customizable notifications
- Cloud syncing
- Event sharing
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minical is a calendar app with a simple, intuitive minimalist design that lets you check your schedule at a glance. Designed for everyday use, it focuses on clarity and ease of use, allowing you to view your schedule through widgets without opening the app. ■ Simple, easy-to-use, and beautiful design - A monthly calendar that lets you view your schedule at a glance - Widgets on the home screen and lock screen that allow you to check your schedule (21 types on iPhone, 26 types on iPad) ■ Color-Coding of Events Easily distinguish your events for work, home, school, etc. - Color-code individual events - Group events by color in the calendar ■ Smart Event Editing View and edit events with just one tap. - Input suggestions (based on past events and event templates) - Quickly add standard events using “Event Templates” - Register notes, URLs, locations, and recurrences - URL preview (displays website thumbnails) - Integration with map apps (Apple Maps, Google Maps, Naver Map, Waze) ■ Event Notifications Never miss an important event. - Notifications at specified times (supports multiple alerts) - Summary notifications for all events of the day - Changeable notification sounds (7 types) - Icon badge display (today’s date, week number, and number of today’s events) ■ Cloud Integration Store your events in an external cloud service for an easy switch from other apps. - Sync with iCloud Calendar, Google Calendar, etc. - Backup function (save events to iCloud Calendar, Google Calendar, etc.) ■ Event Sharing Share your schedule with family and friends. Ideal for planning dates, trips, or preserving memories. - Share events (via iCloud or Google Calendar) ■ Customizable Design Personalize with stylish color themes without compromising the clean design. - Color theme settings (38 types) - Dark mode support - Font changes (10 types) - Holiday and weekday highlights - Changeable app icon (21 types) ■ Powerful Search Function Quickly find past and future events with minical. - Search for events by keyword or through the calendar ■ User-Friendly Worldwide Supports various cultures and languages. - Change the first day of the week - Display week numbers - Display holidays - Change language settings (48 languages) - Toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour displays - Change time zones - Display traditional calendar dates (in supported regions) ■ Accessibility Designed for ease of use by everyone. - Supports VoiceOver (screen reading) - Reflects text size settings from the Settings app - Adjustable event text size ■ Additional Features There are many more convenient settings and functions: - Copy events to multiple dates - Default event settings (calendar, notification time, event duration) - Dim display of past events - Change the order of calendar display - Integration with Focus mode and the Shortcuts app - Action buttons and control via Control Center - Display of event participants - Join buttons for web conferences (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex) --- Terms of Service: https://minical.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://minical.app/privacy minical uses some icons from icons8 (https://icons8.com/)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: minical at 4.8 against BossNote's 4.0. minical also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 16). BossNote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. BossNote sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and minical sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
minical holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: minical has 6.1K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of BossNote's written reviews are positive against 79% of minical's.
BossNote ships an update every 2 months, minical every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BossNote | minical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (16 ratings) | 4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 6.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruslan Shigabutdinov | minical Inc. |
Customer experience
BossNote
minical
Bugs and requests
BossNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
minical
Reported bugs
4 issues- Events disappearing
- Widget not displaying correctly
- Incorrect date display on widgets
- Inability to delete events
Requested features
11 requests- Apple Reminders integration
- Travel time option
- Ability to invite attendees
- Dimming of past dates
- Natural language input for events
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- Weekly/daily view
- Task/to-do list
- Ability to change font, text size, and event colors
- Stickers or emojis on calendar
- Ability to update entire event series
- Week number display on widgets
In-app purchases
BossNote
- Improve your account$0.99
- Advanced Attachments$0.99
- Color notes$0.99
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- Mark as "Done!"$0.99
- Advanced Security$1.99
minical
- candy size tip$0.99
- donut size tip$3.99
- pizza size tip$9.99
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- minical pro$11.99
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