Comparison

TwinMind vs MakerFolio

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

Head to head
About

TwinMind

This app acts as an AI-powered second brain, capturing and transcribing your conversations, meetings, and lectures. It automatically generates summaries, suggests tasks, and builds a searchable memory bank for personalized assistance and content generation, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • AI-powered transcription
  • Automated summaries and action items
  • Searchable memory bank
  • Personalized AI suggestions
  • Content generation (emails, study guides)
  • On-device transcription
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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TwinMind captures everything you say and hear in your conversations, meetings, and lectures. It automatically transcribes, summarizes, and proactively offers suggestions, so you never forget anything and always know what's next. The app builds your Second Brain by capturing your life. Every capture builds TwinMind in the background, all day without draining your battery. It works in any of 140+ languages. The longer you use TwinMind, the more it can do for you. ASK YOUR LIFE ANYTHING Whatever the question, it answers from your conversations, email, and the web. One subscription covers pro ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini like Sol, Opus, Sonnet & Fable. YOUR SECOND BRAIN People and memorable moments get their own pages, updating daily. Days of captures read like an encyclopedia of your life. PREPARED BEFORE YOU ASK Your daily digest lands every morning with yesterday's highlights and today's priorities. Connect your calendar and email to get briefed on what's next, with replies already drafted. TURN CONVERSATIONS INTO CREATIONS Connect TwinMind to Claude or ChatGPT over MCP, and your memories become reports, prototypes, drafts, or anything you can describe. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Audio is deleted after transcription by default. If you turn on Save Audio, we store it until you delete it. When you record offline, audio stays on your device until it is transcribed. How it works: • Tap Capture on your phone, watch, or laptop • Put the phone away; it transcribes in the background all day • Every capture becomes a memory, with the summary, action items, and transcript • Your second brain fills itself in with people, projects, and moments • Your daily digest arrives each morning with yesterday's highlights and your priorities • Chat across memories, with your email, calendar, and digital life included • Connect Claude or ChatGPT and turn memories into creations Try TwinMind on your next conversation. It's free, with unlimited transcription. Upgrade to Pro or Max for advanced features & the latest flagship models. Supported platforms: Available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. Top supported languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi (हिन्दी), Spanish (Español), French (Français), Arabic (العربية), Bengali (বাংলা), Portuguese (Português), Russian (Русский), Urdu (اردو), Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), German (Deutsch), Japanese (日本語), Nigerian Pidgin, Marathi (मराठी), Telugu (తెలుగు), Turkish (Türkçe), Tamil (தமிழ்), Cantonese (廣東話), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) Terms of Service: https://twinmind.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://twinmind.com/privacy-policy/

About

MakerFolio

This app helps makers document their projects with photos, notes, material costs, and time tracking. Organize your creations with custom categories and export your work as PDFs or project files.

Highlights
  • Document projects with photos and notes
  • Track time and material costs
  • Calculate profit/loss
  • Create beautiful photo galleries
  • Organize with custom categories and tags
  • Share projects via .mfproject files
  • Export projects and catalog as PDF
Features
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Every maker has a project worth remembering. MakerFolio gives you the perfect home for all of them. Whether you build furniture in a garage, sew garments from scratch, throw pottery, cast jewelry, or wire electronics — MakerFolio is the dedicated portfolio app built for the way makers think and work. DOCUMENT EVERY BUILD Capture your projects the way they deserve to be remembered. Add photos straight from your camera or library, write detailed build notes, list materials and tools, record measurements, and track every step of your process. Your knowledge. Organized. Preserved. TRACK YOUR TIME & COSTS Know exactly what each project costs you — in money and hours. Log your materials cost, additional expenses, and time spent. Add a selling price and MakerFolio automatically calculates your profit or loss. Perfect for hobbyists, craft sellers, and small-batch makers alike. BEAUTIFUL PHOTO GALLERIES Your work deserves to look its best. Add up to 10 photos at a time, reorder them with drag-and-drop, write captions, and mark your best shots as the featured image or finished product. Your project gallery becomes a visual record of every build. STAY ORGANIZED YOUR WAY Create custom categories that match how you work — by craft type, skill level, project status, or anything else. Add tags for quick filtering. Sort and group your projects exactly the way you think about them. SHARE & EXPORT Share your project as a .mfproject file via AirDrop, Messages, or iCloud Drive — photos included. Recipients can open it directly in MakerFolio. Export a PDF of any project to share with clients, print for your shop, or post online. Export a full catalog PDF of your entire portfolio — great for markets, commissions, or just showing off. BUILT FOR iPHONE & iPAD MakerFolio feels right at home on any Apple device. On iPad, enjoy a split-view layout that keeps your project list and details side by side. Dark Mode supported, of course. PERFECT FOR: • Woodworkers & furniture makers • Sewers, quilters & fiber artists • Leatherworkers & cobblers • Jewelers & metalworkers • Potters & ceramicists • Electronics & hobbyist makers • DIY home improvers • Craft sellers & market vendors • Anyone who builds things and wants to remember them MakerFolio. Just your work, beautifully documented. Download MakerFolio and start building your portfolio today.

Screenshots

TwinMind4 screens
MakerFolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TwinMind at Free against MakerFolio's $0.99. TwinMind also leads on ratings volume (872 vs 4). MakerFolio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On update cadence, ads, device support 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

TwinMind is free to download; MakerFolio costs $0.99 up front. TwinMind sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. MakerFolio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MakerFolio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TwinMind has 872 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of TwinMind's written reviews are positive against 100% of MakerFolio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TwinMind versus MakerFolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwinMindMakerFolio
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (872 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings872 — better4
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThirdEar AI IncTodd Haddaway

Customer experience

TwinMind

All ratings872 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral4.6%
Negative16.8%

MakerFolio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

TwinMind

Requested features

1 request
  • Capture widget for quick access

MakerFolio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

TwinMind

Subscriptions10
  • TwinMind PRO Dev (Monthly)3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • TwinMind PRO (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$15.001 Month
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  • TwinMind MAX Dev (Monthly)7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • TwinMind MAX (Monthly)7 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access$119.991 Year
  • TwinMind PRO (Annual)$143.991 Year
  • TwinMind PRO Dev (Annual)7 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • TwinMind MAX Dev (Yearly)7 Days trial$289.001 Year
  • TwinMind MAX (Yearly)7 Days trial$359.991 Year
None

MakerFolio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TwinMind free?
TwinMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MakerFolio free?
MakerFolio costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TwinMind or MakerFolio?
MakerFolio is rated higher. TwinMind averages 4.8 out of 5 from 872 ratings, while MakerFolio averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TwinMind or MakerFolio have ads?
Neither TwinMind nor MakerFolio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TwinMind or MakerFolio?
TwinMind ships an update weekly, and MakerFolio weekly. Most recently, TwinMind was updated on October 15, 2026 and MakerFolio on October 4, 2026.

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