コトバノート vs MindBackyard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
コトバノート
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好きな言葉をウィジェットに飾れる、あなただけの言葉の記録アプリ。 お気に入りの言葉や座右の銘、心に残るセリフ、名言、お気に入りの歌詞、小説のフレーズなどをカテゴリ別にアプリに保存し、ホーム画面のウィジェットに表示することができます。 ウィジェットは、フォント、色、サイズのカスタマイズが可能で、いくつでも追加が可能。 言葉の力で、あなたの毎日をちょっと鮮やかに。 <主な機能> ・お気に入りフレーズのカテゴリ別保存 ・ウィジェットへのフレーズ表示 ・カテゴリ別フレーズ切り替え表示、15分〜1日 ・フォント、カラー、サイズのカスタマイズ ・お気に入り登録 ・iCloudへの自動バックアップ
MindBackyard
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MindBackyard is a space to move through and move thoughts around. It is part of Mental Background OS. Wander. Explore. Give thoughts places. Change your perspective. Or spend time somewhere with less asking for your attention. No task to finish. No score to improve. No outcome required. THOUGHT SPACE Thought Space is Spatial Mental Shelving. Sometimes a thought doesn't need to become a task or something to solve. It may simply need a place. Bring thoughts into a spatial environment as Thought Blocks and place them visually around you. Move a thought closer. Move it farther away. Change its orientation. Resize it. Move it again when your relationship with it changes. There is no correct arrangement. You decide what a thought's placement means. New sample Thought Blocks help you get started exploring Thought Space. THOUGHT BLOCKS Thought Blocks have position, orientation, and adjustable size. Turn a Thought Block into a new set of Mental Steps, or connect one or multiple saved sets to keep possible paths available. Create Nested Thought Spaces inside Thought Blocks to organize categories. Each can hold more Thought Blocks and Thought Furniture. Use breadcrumbs to navigate. Inactivate a Thought Block to suspend most interactions while keeping it visible and in place. Reactivate it when you're ready. Use the built-in MindEaseOut experience to release a Thought Block when you no longer want to keep it. Send a Thought Block's name directly to MindFlipOut, MindShoutOut, or MindZoneOut to continue with that thought in another MINDBEBOP app. THOUGHT FURNITURE Thought Furniture adds objects to Thought Space. The first is Workbench. Place a Thought Block on the Workbench and choose when to work with it. Explore possible actions, create Mental Steps, review past Expected Blocks and outcomes, or pause in MindZoneOut. The Workbench is optional. Placing a Thought Block on it doesn't automatically change the thought. Move, rotate, or resize the Workbench. Thought Blocks placed on it move with it. CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE Pinch to zoom in or out in Thought Space. The thoughts don't have to change. Sometimes you can simply change where you're looking from. INFINITE HALLWAY Give your attention somewhere to wander. Walk through an infinite hallway. Open low-stakes doors. Visit rooms and chambers. Return to places you've visited before. Or just keep walking. There is nowhere you need to be. Attention can simply move. MENTAL STEPS Create Mental Steps from a selected Thought Block, or connect saved sets from MindEntry. Select a connected set to open it in MindEntry. Creating or connecting Mental Steps doesn't start them. They can remain available until you want one. MindBackyard can also be used within Mental Steps in MindEntry, before returning to the same active step. USE IT HOW YOU WANT Thought Space doesn't require a particular purpose. A thought can become something to act on. It can connect to Mental Steps. It can be explored with Thought Furniture. It can be arranged because changing its place feels useful. Or it can remain where it is without becoming anything else. MindBackyard can support action, a new perspective, or simply spending time in the space. You decide what the space is for. PART OF MINDBEBOP MINDBEBOP is a modular system designed to reduce Thought Noise, support Mental Navigation, and anchor successful mental states. MindBackyard provides Spatial Mental Shelving — a place for thoughts and attention to move without requiring a destination. DESIGNED TO STAY LIGHTWEIGHT • 100% free • No subscriptions • No account required • No tracking • No analytics • No cloud storage • Everything stays on your device • Optional tips are available if you'd like to support a solo developer Sometimes you want to do something with a thought. Sometimes you don't. MindBackyard gives both somewhere to happen. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: コトバノート at none against MindBackyard's 6. コトバノート also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MindBackyard sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. コトバノート asks for nothing beyond the download.
コトバノート ships an update every 3 days, MindBackyard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | コトバノート | MindBackyard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KENICHI YAMAMOTO | Kentaro Yamauchi |
In-app purchases
コトバノート
No in-app purchases
MindBackyard
- MINDBEBOP Access Monthly$7.991 Month
- MINDBEBOP Access Yearly$49.991 Year
- Tip (optional)$4.99
- Tip (optional)$19.99
- Tip (optional)$99.99
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- MINDBEBOP Access Lifetime$99.99









