Minders vs Keepsake Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minders
This app helps you capture and organize thoughts, links, and lessons from books or podcasts. Its social media-like interface makes browsing notes easy, with features like re-scheduling posts and tagging for future reference. All your content is private and stored in iCloud.
- Markdown notes with image/video support
- Automatic link preview generation
- Tagging for easy post retrieval
- Social media-like posting and interaction
- Scheduled post re-sharing
- Multiple streams for different uses
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Minders: Micro Journal & Personal Knowledge System Your mind, organized like a feed you actually want to scroll. Minders is part journal, part bookmarker, part image board — a new way to capture the things you want to remember. Jot down lessons from books, save interesting links, clip quotes from podcasts, or keep a running log of your day. If it's worth keeping in mind, it belongs in Minders. A familiar interface for a new kind of notebook Browse your thoughts the way you'd browse a social feed — but every post is yours, private, and stored in your iCloud. Filter by links, photos, or tags to find exactly what you're looking for. Or flip through your life like a book: the built-in table of contents organizes every post by year and month, so you can revisit any chapter of your story. Resurface what matters Great ideas get buried. Minders brings them back. Schedule a post to reappear in 30 days, 6 months, or a year — perfect for inspirational quotes, lessons learned, or goals you don't want to forget. Pin your most important posts to the top of your feed to keep them top of mind. Features - Write in markdown, with support for images and video - Automatic link previews make bookmarking articles effortless - Tag posts to find them later - Repost, reply, and quote-post, just like social media - "Heart" posts to save your favorites in a dedicated tab - Filter by links, photos, or tags to navigate your archive - Table of contents view organizes posts by year and month - Pin posts to keep them front and center - Schedule posts to resurface in the future - Multiple streams let you separate work from personal (subscription) Private by design Every post is stored in your personal iCloud, away from prying eyes. No ads, no algorithms, no one else reading over your shoulder. Pricing Minders is free to download. Without a subscription, you can view all your posts, but the Hearted, Media, Links, and Tags tabs are limited, you're capped at 50 posts per stream, and you can't create additional streams. A subscription unlocks everything. Minders requires iCloud to function. Privacy Policy: https://minders.ussherpress.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://minders.ussherpress.com/terms
Keepsake Diary
This AI-powered diary interacts with your entries, remembering past conversations and responding to your thoughts. Engage in daily riddles, ask questions, or journal freely, with the AI character offering unique replies. Safety features are in place for sensitive topics.
- AI-powered diary entries
- Interactive AI character
- Daily riddles
- Journaling mode
- Question and answer mode
- Memory recall
- Safety features for sensitive topics
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The Keepsake Diary is a journal that writes back to you, every day. At the time you choose, a letter arrives in your diary with one question, written for you from what you have shared. Open the envelope, write your answer by hand or with the keyboard, and tap Finish. Tomorrow, a new letter. - One page a day. Add to it until midnight, then it is kept in your calendar as a gold envelope. - Write with Apple Pencil, your finger, or the keyboard. - Open any day you have written and read it again. - Your entries are encrypted on your device before they are saved. Only your devices can read them. - A home screen widget shows your streak and your week. The diary is written by AI. It is not a therapist or a real person. If something you write sounds like you might be in danger, the diary shows you real crisis resources. For adults 18 and over. Privacy policy: keepsakediary.com/privacy Terms: keepsakediary.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Keepsake Diary at every 4 days against Minders's every 3 months. Keepsake Diary also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). Minders's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Minders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Keepsake Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Minders against 5.0 for Keepsake Diary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively.
Minders ships an update every 3 months, Keepsake Diary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minders | Keepsake Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Allen Ussher | Sahil Lalani |
Customer experience
Minders
Keepsake Diary
In-app purchases
Minders
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Non-expiring License$34.99
Keepsake Diary
- Keepsake Diary$9.99









