Stardate vs Mentor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stardate
Record and transcribe voice notes instantly from your Apple Watch or iPhone. Enjoy complete privacy with 100% local processing and offline functionality. Access your audio and text files easily via iCloud Drive.
- One-tap voice note transcription
- Offline functionality
- 100% local processing
- Unlimited recording length
- iCloud Drive integration
- Searchable notes
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* Transcribe super fast voice notes from Apple Watch or iPhone with one tap. * Works offline. No servers involved. * Transcription is 100% local to your device. Keep your notes private! * No forced limits on recording length or number of recordings. * Copy all or some of your entries straight from the search bar. * Audio and text files are saved to iCloud Drive for easy access from Finder.
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 rating: Stardate at 4.5 against Mentor's 3.0. Stardate also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). Mentor's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Stardate holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stardate has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Stardate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mentor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stardate ships an update every 3 weeks, Mentor every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Stardate | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (24 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neptune Day, LLC | Gunar Ortiz |
Customer experience
Stardate
Mentor
In-app purchases
Stardate
No in-app purchases
Mentor
No in-app purchases
