Comparison

Mindless vs Spur Notes

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

Head to head
About

Mindless

Consolidate your notes, tasks, and links into a single, intuitive system that mirrors natural thought processes. Capture information quickly, organize it with AI-powered auto-tagging, and retrieve it easily with smart reminders.

Highlights
  • AI-powered auto-tagging
  • Link saving with reminders
  • Unified tagging system
  • Contact integration for notes
  • Voice-to-task conversion
  • Offline-first access
Features
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Stop jumping between Notes, Tasks, Contacts, and Bookmarks. Mindless consolidates your scattered digital life into one smart, elegant system that mirrors how your brain actually thinks - through people, places, and things. THE SNOOZE BUTTON FOR THE INTERNET: Found an article to read later? Concert tickets going on sale at 9:00am? Share any link from Safari, Chrome, or any app to Mindless and set a reminder. When the time comes, you're right back where you need to be. No more lost tabs or forgotten bookmarks. USE YOUR BRAIN'S NATURAL FILING SYSTEM: Unlike apps that force rigid folders, Mindless works how you think. Tag notes with people's names. Attach reminders to places. Link documents to contacts. Everything connects naturally. — A SMART INBOX FOR EVERYTHING • Capture Now, Organize Later: Drop in thoughts, links, images, and files — AI analyzes the content and auto-tags everything so it's instantly searchable • Talk to Your Tasks: Brain dump out loud. Mindless turns messy thoughts into clean tasks and detailed meeting notes. • Unified Tags: One tagging system across all content (#recipes works everywhere) • Deep Contact Integration*: Attach notes directly to people for "discuss with Sarah" or "Dad's gift ideas" • Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, remind me to ask John about his Greece trip" - instantly organized • Intelligent Screenshot, Image, & File Analysis: Snap a photo, save a screenshot, or upload a PDF → Mindless reads, analyzes, and auto-tags it so you can find it later with simple search • Auto-Tagging AI: Share an Instagram recipe → automatically becomes #pasta #dinner-ideas • Offline-First: Your data stays yours, always accessible BUILT FOR BRAINS THAT WORK DIFFERENTLY • ADHD-Friendly: Get a thought out of your head in seconds, before it slips away. No folders to choose, no setup, no system to maintain. • An External Memory for SDAM: If you live with Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM), Mindless gives you a searchable record of your life's details — who you met, what they said, where it happened, and what you meant to follow up on. • Nothing Depends on Remembering: Links, notes, and people resurface with reminders right when you need them. MINDLESS IS PERFECT FOR: • Saving recipes with who recommended them • Meeting prep questions tagged to attendees • Medical appointment notes and questions • Book/movie recommendations by friend • Parenting schedules and reminders • Finally organizing the screenshots buried in your camera roll • Home and car maintenance tracking • Centralized article and video "read later" or "watch later" queue • Shopping lists and daily reminders THE MINDLESS METHOD • Capture first, organize later • Small thoughts build into structured information • When in doubt, create a task • No rigid workflows - choose your path *Works with Google Contacts™ and iCloud™ Contacts — Early users consistently say Mindless feels incredibly natural and intuitive. Whether you need a personal knowledge management (PKM) system, a lightweight personal CRM, or just a calmer way to organize life, Mindless is a "second brain" that adapts to how you think. Stop managing apps. Start managing life. Privacy Policy: https://getmindless.com/privacy Terms: https://getmindless.com/terms

About

Spur Notes

Features
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Spur Notes is a simple notes app for thoughts that sometimes branch. Write as usual. When a related idea comes to mind, quickly give it its own Related Note. The connection stays, so you can move between the original note and what grew from it. A notes app first • Write and edit notes quickly • Search your notes • Organize with tags • Keep important notes in NOW or Pinned Make room for the next thought • Quickly create a Related Note from any note • Move between the original note and related notes • See nearby notes and their connections Take the context with you • Copy a note and its connected thoughts together as text • Paste them into your writing, AI tools, or wherever you work next Your notes stay yours • Recover recent edits with Version History • Restore your most recently deleted notes • Export your notes when you want to take them with you Go further with Spur Pro • Unlimited branching • Use Pro on your device without an account • With Pro, sign in to sync notes across devices Basic note-taking is free, with unlimited ordinary notes and no account required. Your existing writing stays readable and editable if your subscription ends. Start with a note. Branch only when you need to. === Privacy Policy: https://spur-notes.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://spur-notes.com/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mindless4 screens
Spur Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Mindless at 3 against Spur Notes's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Mindless sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Spur Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mindless versus Spur Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindlessSpur Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoWoCo, LLCGaku Nimiya

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mindless

Subscriptions4
  • Mindless Plus (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Mindless Pro (Monthly)$18.991 Month
  • Mindless Plus (Annual)$83.901 Year
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  • Mindless Pro (Annual)$167.991 Year
1 purchases

Spur Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Spur Notes Pro7 Days trial$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindless free?
Mindless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spur Notes free?
Spur Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindless or Spur Notes have ads?
Neither Mindless nor Spur Notes shows ads.

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