Comparison

Mino vs Plan Universe

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

Head to head
About

Mino

A minimalist bullet journal app offering customizable templates and iCloud sync. Organize notes, schedules, and personal thoughts with features like search, export, and personalization options. Unlock advanced tools for enhanced privacy and planning.

Highlights
  • Customizable bullet journal templates
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Searchable handwritten notes
  • Export and share pages
  • Personalization with themes and grids
  • Biometric journal protection (Pro)
  • Import Apple Calendar events (Pro)
Features
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Minimal design, maximum freedom. A customizable bullet journal, notebook and infinite canvas for handwriting, with essential templates, dotted or squared guides and iCloud sync. Free Features • Unlimited journals, notebooks and infinite canvases for your notes, schedules and ideas • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly views • iCloud sync to keep everything updated across devices • Search handwriting, text boxes and text in photos • Group, arrange and recolor handwriting with the Select tool • Export and share pages, or back up your full library • 10 theme colors, dotted or squared grids and light and dark mode • Focus Mode for more writing space • Fun facts and quotes with a home screen widget you can shuffle anytime Pro Features • Protect your journals and notebooks with Face ID or Touch ID • View two journal pages side by side with Dual Page View (iPad) • View and edit Apple Calendar events on your journal pages • Turn handwriting into editable text, events and reminders • Save favorite pages and browse page previews with Glance View • Revisit entries from the same date in past years with On This Day • Add photos, stickers, colored tape, shapes, tables, maps and website cards • Add editable text stickers and text boxes with flexible formatting • Link objects to any journal page, notebook page or canvas • Connect items with lines and arrows, and save views on your canvas • Save any page as a reusable template • Personalize your pages with custom themes, journal styles and Color Pop • Quarterly pages, mini calendars and time indicators for planning • Pin your favorite part of a page to your home screen widget Simple tools for meaningful moments. Let your journal be whatever you need it to be. By using this app, you agree to Apple’s Terms of Use (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) and our Privacy Policy.

About

Plan Universe

Visualize your goals and tasks as interactive mind maps. Generate plans using AI, organize with drag-and-drop functionality, and stay on track with a dedicated 'Today' view. Your data remains private, stored on your device and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Goal-based mind map generation
  • Drag-and-drop branch organization
  • AI-assisted plan breakdown
  • On-device data processing
  • Integrated 'Today' task view
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Attachment support (photos, PDFs)
Features
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Most planning apps hand you a list. Plan Universe hands you a map. Describe a goal in your own words and watch it become a mind map of sections and tasks — drafted entirely on your device. PLAN ON A CANVAS, NOT IN A LIST • Every plan opens as a mind map. Goals branch into sections, sections into tasks, nested as deep as the work actually goes. • Drag a branch and its whole subtree follows, so rearranging a plan feels like moving furniture rather than editing rows. • Tap any node to edit it right where it sits. The map stays put around you. LET APPLE INTELLIGENCE DO THE BREAKDOWN • Say what you want to achieve and get back a structured plan, ready to edit. • Attach photos or PDFs when the context matters — a syllabus, a brief, a photo of a whiteboard. • It all runs on device. Your plans are never sent to us, and never used to train anything. STAY ON TOP OF WHAT'S DUE • The Overview tab gathers every task from every plan, in deadline order. • Reminders arrive the morning a task is due, so nothing slips quietly. • Jump from any task straight to its place on the map, with the plan open around it. KEEP IT ALL, KEEP IT PRIVATE • Plans sync through your own iCloud account, so a new iPhone picks up exactly where the last one left off. • Your data lives on your device and in your private iCloud. We have no access to it. Plan generation requires an iPhone with Apple Intelligence enabled. Everything else works on any supported iPhone. PLAN UNIVERSE PRO The free version includes 2 plans. Pro removes the limit, monthly or yearly. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled; manage them anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mustafanatur.github.io/plan-universe-privacy/ Start with one goal. See where it branches.

Screenshots

Mino3 screens
Plan Universe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plan Universe at 5.0 against Mino's 4.7. Mino's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mino sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Plan Universe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plan Universe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mino has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mino ships an update every 6 days, Plan Universe every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mino versus Plan Universe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinoPlan Universe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (37 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better27.1
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAPICREATESMustafa Natur

Customer experience

Mino

All ratings36 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Plan Universe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mino

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$12.99
2 purchases

Plan Universe

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Mino free?
Mino is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plan Universe free?
Plan Universe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mino or Plan Universe?
Plan Universe is rated higher. Mino averages 4.7 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Plan Universe averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mino or Plan Universe have ads?
Neither Mino nor Plan Universe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mino or Plan Universe?
Mino ships an update every 6 days, and Plan Universe every 5 days. Most recently, Mino was updated on November 3, 2026 and Plan Universe on November 6, 2026.

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