Comparison

Notedrafts vs MindSpill

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

Head to head
About

Notedrafts

This app allows you to write, organize, and mark up documents with various tools. It supports PDF annotation, freeform sketching on a large canvas, and vertically extended pages for continuous writing. Customize templates, import various file types, and organize notes with folders and icons.

Highlights
  • Write on PDFs
  • Freeform canvas sketching
  • Vertically extended pages
  • Customizable templates
  • Import PDFs and images
  • Organize with folders and icons
Features
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Notedrafts is a note taking app that lets you write and organize your thoughts across different types of documents. Whether you're marking up a PDF, writing on a large canvas, or taking notes in a long vertical layout, Notedrafts adapts to your workflow. Note taking: - Write on PDF - Create notebooks with customizable templates - Sketch and note taking on a large freeform canvas - Take notes on vertically extended pages for long lists or continuous writing Customizable templates - Choose from daily planners, monthly calendars, habit trackers, and more - Adjust start times, set the current month, and choose how many habits to track - Change page size and background color Import and export - Import PDFs, images, or scan paper documents - Export your notes and share them easily Organize with ease - Create folders with custom icons and colors - Pin important documents and folders to the sidebar for quick access - perfect for study notes and school notes Advanced writing and drawing tools - Pens - Regular Pen, Monoline, Fountain Pen, Pencil, Watercolor, Highlighter - Tools - Ruler, Stroke Eraser, Pixel Eraser, Lasso - Insert images and text into your notes

About

MindSpill

Organize your tasks, notes, and calendar events in one unified view. Capture thoughts naturally through voice or text, and let the app untangle them into actionable items. Integrates with your existing calendar and offers export options.

Highlights
  • Unified task, note, and calendar view
  • Natural language input (voice & text)
  • AI-powered task breakdown
  • Real-time calendar integration
  • Export to Apple Reminders, Calendar, Notes, Notion
  • Home screen widgets
  • On-device voice transcription
Features
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Say what's on your mind. Messy is fine. MindSpill gives you back your whole day — tasks, notes, and your real Apple Calendar, together on one screen instead of scattered across three apps. Something big? Ask it to break it down. And if it's simple, it'll tell you that instead. SAY IT ONCE Talk the way you'd talk to a friend who's about to help — half-finished, out of order, jumping around. No blank field to stare at, no format to get right. Your voice is transcribed on your device. Prefer to type? Type it messy. Point the camera at a whiteboard, a school letter, a handwritten list, and MindSpill reads the text. Paste a link and get the parts you actually need to act on. IT COMES BACK UNTANGLED The problem was never that there's too much. It's that everything is stuck together and you can't see where to pull. Say "dentist Thursday at 4" and it's there on Thursday at 4, with a nudge before it. Say "call the dentist Thursday" and it's waiting on your Plan that morning. Say "I should call the dentist" and it sits in Ongoing, showing up every day until you deal with it — and never once nagging you about it. Say "pay rent on the 1st of every month" or "team sync every other Tuesday at 10" and it repeats on its own. When plans change, move just that one, or change all the ones after it. YOUR REAL CALENDAR, IN THE SAME VIEW The events already on your iPhone appear right beside what you captured, so you can see your actual day in one place. No copying, no importing. MindSpill also checks for conflicts before you schedule something, so you find out before it's a problem. ROOM TO BREATHE MindSpill finds the open time in your day and offers it to the things that are waiting. On a packed day, it suggests a short Mind Break in a gap. And when something has sat there for days, you can let it go — no guilt, no red marks. TOLD STRAIGHT Tap Break it Down on anything you've been avoiding. Sometimes it splits into steps. Sometimes it surfaces the thing you'd have forgotten. Sometimes it just tells you this one's simple and to go do it. Most apps' AI always has something to say. This one knows when a task doesn't need help. GOES WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE A widget on your home screen that reads like your plan, where you can tick things off. A word to Siri. And when you want something somewhere else, send it: Apple Reminders, Apple Calendar, Apple Notes, or Notion. NO STREAKS. NO SHAME. Miss a day and nothing happens. There's no number to protect, no chain to break, no notification asking where you've been. A quiet weekly view shows where your time actually went — no scores, no judgement. ALSO IN THIS APP - Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac, kept in sync with MindSpill Pro - In English, Deutsch, Español and Français - Siri Shortcuts and App Intents - Home screen widgets you can tick tasks on - Comments on tasks and notes - Search everything you've ever said PRIVACY Voice transcription happens on your device — your audio never leaves your phone. Photos are read on-device and only the text is kept. The text of a spill is sent to our AI service to be sorted, only after you agree. Your data is never sold or used for advertising. PRICING Everything is free for 7 days — the full app, nothing held back. After that, MindSpill Pro is $5.99/month or $49.99/year, renewing automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. When your trial ends, you keep what you made. Your spills, tasks and notes stay, and you can still view, edit, complete and export them. Terms: https://mindspill.app/terms Privacy: https://mindspill.app/privacy

Screenshots

Notedrafts4 screens
MindSpill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Notedrafts at 764 against MindSpill's 1. On price, rating, update cadence 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. Notedrafts sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and MindSpill sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MindSpill holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notedrafts has 764 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notedrafts ships an update every 3 days, MindSpill every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Notedrafts versus MindSpill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotedraftsMindSpill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (764 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings764 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAppycron Interactive e.K.Neon Media Limited Liability Company

Customer experience

Notedrafts

All ratings753 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral9.9%
Negative8.9%

MindSpill

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Notedrafts

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • No issues reported

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add support for scribble to erase
  • Implement custom notebook covers
  • Add pure text writing mode
  • Ability to customize toolbar
  • Embed URL links with web preview
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  • Add page tags and linking between pages
  • Introduce light mode app icon

MindSpill

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Notedrafts

One-time5
  • Unlimited Notes$14.99
  • Unlimited Notes$24.99
  • Unlimited Notes$39.99
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  • Unlimited Notes$49.99
  • Unlimited Notes$69.99
2 purchases

MindSpill

Subscriptions2
  • MindSpill Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • MindSpill Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Notedrafts free?
Notedrafts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindSpill free?
MindSpill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notedrafts or MindSpill?
MindSpill is rated higher. Notedrafts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 764 ratings, while MindSpill averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notedrafts or MindSpill have ads?
Neither Notedrafts nor MindSpill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notedrafts or MindSpill?
Notedrafts ships an update every 3 days, and MindSpill every 4 days. Most recently, Notedrafts was updated on November 8, 2026 and MindSpill on November 9, 2026.

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