Comparison

TheMadNote vs Foremind

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

Head to head
About

TheMadNote

Features
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[In-app purchases are optional] The main functionality is available for free. Individuality, minimalism and expressiveness are perfectly combined with The Mad Note app. All essential features on beautiful meditative backgrounds. The best features for productive work with text: • Make every note unique by using custom animated backgrounds • You can stop the animation at any time and start it again • Feel the soothing effect of backgrounds, immerse yourself in a calm atmosphere and increase your concentration • Combine handwritten and typed text • Insert stickers, photos, graphics, etc • Insert and edit text by changing its color, size and style. Use any tool to highlight whatever you want • Create task lists, mark completed items • Use voice input, voice to text conversion for making quick notes and recording important ideas • Group notes by categories and folders • Sync notes between all your devices Opportunities for creators: • Unleash your exquisite potential to create elegant notes for publications • You can create content for social media using atmospheric backgrounds • Write on top of endless relaxing backgrounds with animations • You can use a different background for each note to immerse yourself even more in the desired work atmosphere. • Attract the attention of your audience through the unusual presentation of information in shorts, stories, etc • A smoothly moving background is a great way to focus if you're working on an article, note or to-do list Enjoy backgrounds that help you perform Terms of Use (EULA) - apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Foremind

Features
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Foremind brings AI chat, notes, tasks, timeline planning, and web clipping into one external prefrontal cortex — so you can turn scattered thoughts into clear next actions. With Foremind, you can: • Keep long-running conversations in your main thread, or open 24-hour temporary topics and merge only what matters into your history • Plan across Today, Projects, Timeline, and Priority views to reduce the cost of constant task switching • Organize long-term knowledge with Markdown notes, mind maps, and a knowledge graph • Post quick updates and keep chatting with different AI personas in a lightweight social feed • Save web pages, then keep the source, tags, and cleaned content together • Bring capture, planning, discussion, action, and reflection into one connected system Foremind is especially helpful for people who: • Get distracted easily or feel like they always have too many tabs open in their head • Want one place for ideas, tasks, and long-term memory • Want AI to do more than answer questions — and actually help them sort through their thoughts Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://note.theonly.ltd/privacy-policy-en

Screenshots

TheMadNote4 screens
Foremind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Foremind at 4 against TheMadNote's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. TheMadNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Foremind sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
TheMadNote versus Foremind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTheMadNoteForemind
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImal Faruk敬一 马

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TheMadNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Foremind

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Membership (Monthly)1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Plus Membership (Monthly)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Basic Membership (Annual)3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • Plus Membership (Annual)3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is TheMadNote free?
TheMadNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foremind free?
Foremind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TheMadNote or Foremind have ads?
Neither TheMadNote nor Foremind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TheMadNote or Foremind?
TheMadNote ships an update every 2 weeks, and Foremind every 2 weeks. Most recently, TheMadNote was updated on October 25, 2026 and Foremind on October 25, 2026.

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