Comparison

MoniCon vs PastTense

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

Head to head
About

MoniCon

Transform your iPad into an HDMI monitor for console gaming. Features AI-powered super resolution, color filters, and real-time diagnostics. Offers a fluid, nostalgic user interface for an enhanced gaming experience.

Highlights
  • iPad as HDMI console monitor
  • AI-powered super resolution (MagicSR)
  • Customizable color filters
  • Capture and preview video
  • Manage resolution and frame rate
  • Fullscreen immersive style
Features
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Introducing MoniCon — an app that transforms your iPad into an HDMI monitor! Harness the potent combination of MoniCon’s robust features and a video capture card to effortlessly play your favorite console games on the sleek display of your iPad. MoniCon also brings you mighty utilities such as MagicSR (AI-fueled super resolution), Color Filters, and real-time diagnostic information. All these handy functions are seamlessly packaged into an elegant, fluid, and nostalgically designed user interface that makes your gaming experience even better. Try MoniCon for FREE now! Key Features: • Capture and preview video with UVC compatible capture cards. • MagicSR: AI-powered super resolution enhancing game rendering. • Color Filter: Customize content color to match your taste. • Manage capture resolution and frame rate. • Fullscreen immersive style. Requirements: • An USB-C iPad with iOS 17 or higher. • An UVC compatible capture card. • Any HDMI output device that can work together with the capture card (like gaming console, camera, etc.).

About

PastTense

Features
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PastTense is a fast, fully offline journal built for the scripting technique — writing your future in the past tense, as if it already came true. No account, no sync, no clutter: open the app and start writing in seconds. Pick a starter line from a category like money, confidence, or a morning reset, or begin from a blank page. Every script lives only on your device — nothing is uploaded, nothing is tracked. WHAT MAKES PASTTENSE DIFFERENT Scripting works because it rehearses the outcome you want as a finished memory, not a wish. PastTense stays a tool, not a lifestyle platform: write, tag, search, and — the part no generic journal does — mark a script as realized when it comes true, building a private track record of what you called in. Reminders, tagging and search all run on-device. Included: • Unlimited scripts — no cap, ever • Distraction-free full-screen editor with live word count • 3 starter categories to try the technique (money, confidence, morning) • Search and tag filtering across your whole library • Mark scripts as realized when they come true — filter, badges, and a running count • Optional daily writing reminder, scheduled on your device • Plain-text export for any script PastTense Pro (one-time purchase, included forever): • All 8 starter categories — 40+ scripting prompts (career, health, relationships, evening, big goals) • Formatted PDF export for any script • Export your entire library in one tap PRICING Download PastTense at no charge and start writing immediately. PastTense Pro is a single one-time purchase — every feature it unlocks stays unlocked forever, with no subscription and no recurring charges. FEEDBACK Questions, ideas, or a scripting win to share? Email obeliskclubclub@gmail.com and we'll get back to you within one to two business days. PastTense is fully offline. No account, no ads, no data collection — every script stays on your device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://obelisk.club/apps/scriptingjournal/terms

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MoniCon at none against PastTense's 1. MoniCon also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. PastTense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MoniCon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoniCon ships an update every 2 days, PastTense monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MoniCon versus PastTense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoniConPastTense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer星佑 李永 张

In-app purchases

None

MoniCon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PastTense

One-time1
  • PastTense Pro$4.99

Questions

Is MoniCon free?
MoniCon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PastTense free?
PastTense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MoniCon or PastTense have ads?
Neither MoniCon nor PastTense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoniCon or PastTense?
MoniCon ships an update every 2 days, and PastTense monthly. Most recently, MoniCon was updated on October 2, 2026 and PastTense on October 8, 2026.

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