Comparison

Kintenato vs Useless Notes

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

Head to head
About

Kintenato

Features
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Curate and Share Your Family’s History with Animated Moments Kintenato brings family history to life with Animated Moments. Have fun curating and sharing interactive music-synced animations of your family tree, events, photos, and source documents, creating a deeper emotional connection to the past. Built exclusively for iPhone and iPad, Kintenato integrates seamlessly with iCloud, keeping your family’s history and Animated Moments private, secure, synchronized, and easily shareable with loved ones. Key Features: - Create and share Animated Moments – Select interesting moments from your family history and create interactive clickable music-synced animations with people, events, photos, and source documents. - Build or import your Family Tree – Start building your family tree from scratch or import a family tree that you already have to create Animated Moments. Manage, search and navigate People, Events, Facts, Photos and Source Documents. - iCloud Sync & Private Sharing – Keep your family history synced across devices and securely share and sync it with family members, so that they always see the latest family history and Animated Moments. Unlike many other apps, no external account is needed for this. - Access your Family History and Animated Moments anywhere, even when offline. - Multiple Family Projects – Manage different family histories and easily switch between them. - Import and Export via GEDCOM – Inter with other family history apps and websites while maintaining full control of your data. - Printable Charts – Create and share formatted ancestor and descendant charts as PDFs or printed keepsakes. - Designed for Apple Users – A smooth, intuitive experience built specifically for iPhone and iPad users, leveraging native gestures and iCloud.

About

Useless Notes

Features
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Useless Notes is a creative note-taking app that lets you capture ideas in an infinite, freeform canvas environment. Instead of traditional lists, you can add text notes, links with previews as colorful cards that can be positioned and scattered anywhere on the canvas. The app embraces a playful, casual approach to organizing thoughtsβ€”cards appear at random positions and angles, giving your notes a natural, organic feel. You can delete notes with a fun burning animation, filter by different types of content, and search through your notes when you need to find something specific. It's perfect for anyone who wants a more visual and less structured way to capture thoughts, ideas, and inspiration without the constraints of traditional note-taking apps.

Screenshots

Kintenato3 screens
Useless Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Useless Notes at none against Kintenato's 1. Useless Notes also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Kintenato sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Useless Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kintenato ships an update every 3 months, Useless Notes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Kintenato versus Useless Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKintenatoUseless Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.6 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB55 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperNorrie QuinnBogdan Stefanovic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kintenato

One-time1
  • Kintenato Plus$9.99
None

Useless Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kintenato free?
Kintenato is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Useless Notes free?
Useless Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kintenato or Useless Notes have ads?
Neither Kintenato nor Useless Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kintenato or Useless Notes?
Kintenato ships an update every 3 months, and Useless Notes every 5 days. Most recently, Kintenato was updated on November 7, 2026 and Useless Notes on November 9, 2026.

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