Comparison

YourMind vs Active Notes

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

Head to head
About

YourMind

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YourMind is a mind mapping application specially optimized for mobile environments. With this app, you can utilize it for various purposes such as organizing ideas, planning, and visualizing information. Through a card-based approach, you can visually structure your own ideas and concepts. You can write down the ideas that come to your mind on simple cards and arrange them as you wish, making the relationships between ideas clear. This app offers a range of features to support your creativity and idea development. For instance, you can decorate cards using various colors and icons, and you can enhance your ideas by attaching not only text but also images and links. In essence, YourMind is a powerful tool that assists in effectively capturing and advancing your creative thoughts. With an easily accessible interface and diverse features, you can efficiently manage and visualize your ideas. * Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ * Privacy Policy https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/yourmind-privacy-policy/774c3036-c2ef-4f17-9ea7-85b55f69b2c0/privacy

About

Active Notes

This app uses AI to transform visual information like screenshots and emails into actionable notes, reminders, and calendar events. It helps reduce digital clutter and syncs seamlessly with your calendars and devices.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted visual capture from screenshots, emails, and URLs
  • Unified calendar sync with Apple and Google Calendars
  • Self-cleaning workspace that removes past events/tasks
  • Elegant delivery tracking for packages
  • Shared circles for effortless note sharing
  • Family sharing included with subscription
Features
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Stop being the only one who remembers. You know it's early release Thursday. You know the party RSVP is due Friday, practice moved to 4:30, and nobody has thought about dinner. Nobody else knows, because it lives in your camera roll and your head. Active Notes takes it from there. Screenshot the school email, the party invite or the sign-up flyer. The date goes on your calendar with a reminder, the to-do is written for you, and the note clears itself once the day has passed. Nothing to type, nothing to set up. Free to use, no account needed. NOTHING FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS Early release. The birthday party RSVP. Practice moved to 4:30. Screenshot it and the date lands on Apple Calendar, or Google Calendar with a free account, with a reminder before it starts. When a flyer asks something of you, like "RSVP by Friday" or "sign up by Wednesday", the note offers it as a to-do. Screenshot the dress or the deal and it's in To Buy with the price and the link. Say yes to the calendar once and every event after lands on its own. Each morning a short digest tells you what today holds. All free. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS With Premium, share a list with your household and it's on their phone the moment you add something. Screenshot an invite into Family Events and it lands on everyone's calendar. Add milk from the couch and it's on their list before they reach the aisle; a tick on their phone is a tick on yours. Nobody asks "what time is the party?" again. Joining is free for them. DINNER, DECIDED Share a recipe from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or any website and it arrives ready to cook from: the ingredients to tick, the step you're on lit, every "simmer 20 minutes" a timer. Plan tonight's dinner from the recipes you saved. All free. With Premium, plan the whole week together, fill the empty nights in a tap, and send every ingredient to one grocery list with the amounts added up. FREE • Screenshots you share, read and filed • Events on Apple Calendar, with reminders • Suggested to-dos from flyers and emails • A morning and evening digest of your day • Recipes ready to cook from, and tonight's dinner planned • Lists and To Buy, on your Apple Watch too A free account (Apple or Google) adds Google Calendar, notes kept forever, and joining your household. PREMIUM: THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD, HANDLED • Your household on the same page: shared lists, Family Events on everyone's calendar, one cookbook on both phones • The week's dinners planned, with one grocery list • Every new screenshot read the moment you take it, no tap needed, and cleared from your camera roll • Your notes on iPhone, iPad and Mac, backed up • Apple Family Sharing: everyone in your family gets Premium Also included: live package tracking, your digest read in a natural voice, a weekly recap, pin to top and priority support. $4.99 a month, or $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. IT CLEANS UP AFTER ITSELF Once the party is over, the note removes itself. We call it the Visual Offload System™, and the feeling is Permission to Safely Forget™. Keep the notes you want. Recipes never clear themselves. IT READS THE SCREENSHOT. ONLY THE SCREENSHOT. You never ask it anything, and it never reads your email or messages, sends anything or spends your money. Smart Extraction sends the image to a cloud AI provider to pull out the details, never to train models, and can be turned off. Shared lists sync to your household. No ads, no trackers, nothing sold. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your App Store settings. Terms: https://www.getactivenotes.com/termsofservice.html Privacy: https://www.getactivenotes.com/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

YourMind4 screens
Active Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Active Notes at none against YourMind's shown. YourMind's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.1). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. YourMind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Active Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YourMind ships an update every 3 days, Active Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
YourMind versus Active Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYourMindActive Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJong Hyuk ParkGriffin Optics LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

YourMind

Subscriptions2
  • monthly$0.991 Month
  • annual$7.991 Year
5 purchases

Active Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Active Notes Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Active Notes Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Active Notes Premium Lifetime$299.00

Questions

Is YourMind free?
YourMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Active Notes free?
Active Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do YourMind or Active Notes have ads?
YourMind shows ads; Active Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, YourMind or Active Notes?
YourMind ships an update every 3 days, and Active Notes every 3 months. Most recently, YourMind was updated on November 7, 2026 and Active Notes on November 13, 2026.

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