Ideaflow vs Mentor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ideaflow
Capture fleeting thoughts, links, and information effortlessly with this AI-powered notebook. Record voice notes and organize insights for your projects and connections. It offers a low-friction experience for managing your ideas.
- AI-powered note-taking
- Instant information capture
- Voice note recording
- Link saving
- Project organization
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Ideaflow is an AI-powered notebook with instant capture, voice notes, and more. We're building the lowest friction way to capture fleeting insights, important links, and tidbits of information for all the projects and people you're working on, helping, or connecting. Also available on the web at https://ideaflow.app/
Mentor
Capture, organize, and develop your creative ideas into actionable projects. This app allows for quick input of text, images, voice notes, and links, automatically styling them for clarity. Manage all your work on a unified screen and export projects as PDFs.
- Smart capture (text, image, voice, links)
- Voice to text conversion
- Automatic formatting
- Unified project management screen
- PDF export
- Reminders and notifications
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Mentor is your perfect ally for turning your ideas into projects, no matter where you are. Designed for creatives seeking a practical and stylish solution to capture, organize, and bring their ideas to life quickly and efficiently, all from the palm of your hand. Smart Capture: Insert text, images, and links directly into the app. Additionally, record voice notes and convert them to text with a single touch, perfect for moments when you need to act quickly. Automatic Styling: Everything you add is automatically formatted to look clear and attractive, saving you time and effort. Unified Screen: Manage all your projects, tasks, and ideas on a single screen, optimizing your workflow in any situation. PDF Export: Easily share your ideas and projects by exporting them as PDFs, no matter where you are. Reminders and Notifications: Stay on top of your projects and ideas with customizable reminders and notifications. Mentor is the app creatives need to take their projects to the next level, wherever they are. Download it now and start turning your ideas into reality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ideaflow at fortnightly against Mentor's every 2 months. Ideaflow also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mentor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ideaflow has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ideaflow ships an update fortnightly, Mentor every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Ideaflow | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IdeaFlow, Inc. | Gunar Ortiz |
Customer experience
Ideaflow
Mentor
In-app purchases
Ideaflow
No in-app purchases
Mentor
No in-app purchases
