Comparison

Mindgrow vs Scrolane

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

Head to head
About

Mindgrow

This app provides concise, 5-10 minute microlearning courses to help users understand the context, history, and trade-offs behind complex global issues. It focuses on providing balanced information without opinions or clickbait, enabling users to form their own conclusions.

Highlights
  • 5-10 minute microlearning courses
  • Covers AI, politics, science, psychology, and history
  • Explains history, incentives, and trade-offs
  • Balanced viewpoints and competing perspectives
  • Swipeable card format
  • Save insights and track learning streaks
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Mindgrow is for people who can't stop asking "but how does that actually work?" Black holes. AGI. CRISPR. Why there's something rather than nothing. The questions that keep you up at night — turned into immersive, interactive courses you can finish in minutes. No lectures. No walls of text. Every course is a designed experience: cinematic, visual, animated — built to make hard ideas click. FEED YOUR CURIOSITY Explore immersive courses across: • AI & the future of intelligence • Space & the universe • Physics, biology & the brain • The politics and power struggles behind technology • Deep questions science can't answer (yet) Every course focuses on: • How it actually works • Why it matters • What we still don't know COURSES PEOPLE CAN'T PUT DOWN • Simulation Theory: Are We Already Inside an AI? • Why the People Building AI Fear AI • The Fermi Paradox: Why No Aliens? • What James Webb Telescope Found in Early Galaxies • Emergent Behaviors: Capabilities Nobody Programmed • CRISPR, Ethics, and Humanity's Genetic Future • Dark Matter: The Universe's Hidden Force • The Rewiring Brain: Neuroplasticity After 25 Explore 300+ courses, with new topics added weekly. IMMERSIVE, NOT PASSIVE Each Mindgrow course is an interactive experience: • Cinematic, animated screens you move through at your own pace • Visuals and interactions that make complex ideas intuitive • 5-10 minutes per course — deep enough to matter, short enough to finish You don't read about the idea. You step inside it. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Learn on your commute, between meetings, or before bed • Save insights for later • Track your learning streak • New courses matched to your interests HONEST BY DESIGN Every course shows you the evidence, the open debates, and what scientists genuinely don't know yet. You leave informed — not influenced. START FREE Try Mindgrow today and start feeding your curiosity. • 3-day free trial • Full access to all courses • Plans from $12.99/month or $59.99/year • Cancel anytime during the trial Stay curious. Understand more. Terms of Service: https://mindgrow.io/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://mindgrow.io/privacy-policy

About

Scrolane

Features
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You unlock your phone to check one thing. Forty minutes later you lock it again, and none of it stayed. Scrolane takes that exact habit — the scrolling, the swiping, the five minutes in a queue — and gives you something to keep at the end of it. HOW IT WORKS Swipe through cards. One idea each, about two minutes, finished — not a teaser for a longer article. Every card ends with a single question, because answering something is what makes it stick. When a topic won't let you go, open a course: five to eight short modules, built around what you've been reading and the level you read at. WHAT'S INSIDE • A feed shaped by your interests and your level, not by what's trending • Courses that go deep on the topics you keep coming back to • Save any card, add your own notes, find them all in one place • A curiosity map that lights up as you explore • Saved cards stay readable offline BUILT ON SOURCES Every card is written from cited reference material and checked before it reaches you. Spot something off? One tap reports it, and the card gets reviewed and rewritten. NO STREAKS. NO GUILT. Nothing to keep alive, nothing that punishes you for a day away. Just minutes of curiosity, counted quietly, against a weekly goal you set yourself and can change whenever. NOTHING TO PERFORM No likes, no comments, no followers, nobody watching what you read. There's no account to create either — open the app and start. WHAT YOU'LL READ ABOUT The physics behind ordinary things. The ways your own mind misleads you. The history of the ideas that shaped how we think. Mathematical paradoxes that survive a second look. Logic puzzles that reward patience. The library keeps growing. TWELVE LANGUAGES English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Russian. SCROLANE PREMIUM Unlimited cards, every course, and a feed tuned to you. • Yearly subscription: $49.99 per year • Weekly subscription: $1.99 per week • 3-day free trial before either plan begins • Prices shown are for the United States; your local price appears in the app Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://scrolane.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://scrolane.com/terms

Screenshots

Mindgrow4 screens
Scrolane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scrolane at none against Mindgrow's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Mindgrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Scrolane sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mindgrow versus Scrolane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindgrowScrolane
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindgrow LLCAdconcept OU

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindgrow

Subscriptions2
  • Mindgrow Premium Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Mindgrow Premium Subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Scrolane

Subscriptions3
  • Scrolane Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Scrolane Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Scrolane Premium (Annual)1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindgrow free?
Mindgrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scrolane free?
Scrolane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindgrow or Scrolane have ads?
Mindgrow shows ads; Scrolane does not.

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