# Wait Menu vs Fleeting Thoughts

The clearest difference is price: Wait Menu at $1.99 against Fleeting Thoughts's $9.99. Wait Menu also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Fleeting Thoughts's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Wait Menu costs $1.99 and Fleeting Thoughts $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wait Menu against 5.0 for Fleeting Thoughts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fleeting Thoughts has 5 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.

Wait Menu ships an update every 10 days, Fleeting Thoughts every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Wait Menu | Fleeting Thoughts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **$1.99** | $9.99 |
| Rating | [5.0 (1 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wait-menu/id6479543539/reviews) | [5.0 (5 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fleeting-thoughts/id6759990909/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | **5** |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | **Every 5 days** |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Size | 7 MB | 10 MB |
| Requires iOS | **18.6** | 26.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Jacek Glazik](https://appshunter.io/developer/1671002494) | [Dylan Russell](https://appshunter.io/developer/1869725372) |

## What reviewers say

### Wait Menu

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wait-menu/id6479543539)

Track upcoming events with a simple, lightweight countdown app. See remaining time in days, hours, and minutes, and get notified before events start. Integrates with your system calendar and syncs across devices.

**Highlights:** Event countdowns, System calendar integration, Customizable notifications, Home screen widgets, iCloud sync, Dark Mode support

**In-app purchases:** none


### Fleeting Thoughts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fleeting-thoughts/id6759990909)

Capture thoughts privately with voice, text, scans, videos, and files in a unified timeline. Your data stays on your device or chosen cloud storage, with no accounts or tracking. Edit, tag, and export your notes easily.

**Highlights:** Unified timeline for voice, text, scans, video, and files, On-device transcription and Apple Intelligence cleanup, Private data storage (device, iCloud, or Files app), Video trimming, reframing, and image cropping, Document scanning with text extraction, Tagging and filtering for organization, Markdown or JSON export options

**Features:** Apple Watch app, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Wait Menu free?

Wait Menu costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Fleeting Thoughts free?

Fleeting Thoughts costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Wait Menu or Fleeting Thoughts?

Wait Menu and Fleeting Thoughts are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.

### Do Wait Menu or Fleeting Thoughts have ads?

Neither Wait Menu nor Fleeting Thoughts shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Wait Menu or Fleeting Thoughts?

Wait Menu ships an update every 10 days, and Fleeting Thoughts every 5 days. Most recently, Wait Menu was updated on October 8, 2026 and Fleeting Thoughts on October 1, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*