Comparison

Easlo Experiments vs smalltype

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

Head to head
About

Easlo Experiments

This app encourages an experimenter mindset for personal growth. Track new habits, routines, or products for a set duration, logging progress and observations. Review your trials to decide if they fit your life.

Highlights
  • Set custom experiment frequency and duration
  • Log progress with notes and photos
  • Home screen widgets for mindfulness
  • Assign reminders for experiments
  • Review and reflect on experiment outcomes
Features
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What if there’s a better way than blindly committing to goals and habits just because they’re recommended to us? By adopting the experimenter mindset, you can try new habits, routines, or products for a set number of days and see what actually works for you. Experiments helps you track these personal trials, letting you check in on your progress and log observations through notes or photos. At the end of your chosen duration, you can review and reflect on whether you want to continue with it. Key Features: · Set your own frequency and duration for each experiment. · Check in on your experiment and attach notes or photos. · Add home screen widgets to stay mindful of your ongoing experiments. · Assign reminders to your experiments for timely nudges. Experiment. Reflect. Repeat.

About

smalltype

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Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

Screenshots

Easlo Experiments4 screens
smalltype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: smalltype at none against Easlo Experiments's 1. smalltype also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Easlo Experiments's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. Easlo Experiments sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. smalltype asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easlo Experiments ships an update every 3 weeks, smalltype every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Easlo Experiments versus smalltype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEaslo Experimentssmalltype
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEaslo Pte. Ltd.Herman Haidin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Easlo Experiments

One-time1
  • Experiments Pro$9.99
None

smalltype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easlo Experiments free?
Easlo Experiments is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is smalltype free?
smalltype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Easlo Experiments or smalltype have ads?
Neither Easlo Experiments nor smalltype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Easlo Experiments or smalltype?
Easlo Experiments ships an update every 3 weeks, and smalltype every 4 days. Most recently, Easlo Experiments was updated on September 11, 2026 and smalltype on September 22, 2026.

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