Comparison

MindStash vs Rant & Private Burn Journal

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

Head to head
About

MindStash

Capture, organize, and rediscover your ideas and inspirations from across the web and any app. This tool uses AI to tag and connect your saved content, resurfacing relevant thoughts at the right time to build a personal knowledge graph.

Highlights
  • Universal capture from any app
  • AI-powered organization and tagging
  • Intelligent content resurfacing
  • Personal knowledge graph building
  • Spaces for collaboration
  • Rich notes and annotations
  • Universal search
Features
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A seamless way to capture, organize, and re-engage with your ideas, inspirations, and thoughts, across the internet, any app or medium. For work and personal intellectual exploration. You find brilliant things every day. Articles, videos, quotes, screenshots, inspiring thoughts. Most of them vanish into forgotten browser tabs, camera rolls, and random notes apps. MindStash makes sure they don't, and brings them back to you when they matter. HOW IT WORKS - Capture from anywhere: native share, web, screenshots, voice, text - Organize effortlessly: AI tags and connects your stashes automatically - Resurface intelligently: Sparks bring the right idea back at the right moment - Build your personal knowledge graph without the busywork BUILT FOR CURIOUS MINDS Whether you're a researcher, writer, builder, student, or just someone who loves learning, MindStash turns scattered inspiration into a living library you'll actually use. KEY FEATURES - Universal capture from any app via share extension - AI-powered organization and tagging - Sparks: personalized resurfacing of your saved content and thoughts - Spaces to group related stashes, and collaborate with others - Rich notes and annotations on any stash - Search across everything you've ever saved - Private by default, your curiosity is yours You find great things every day. MindStash makes sure they don't disappear into a forgotten browser tabs, screenshots links, and random notes. So that you can do something with the things that you saved or inspired you. Terms of use: https://mindstash.app/terms

About

Rant & Private Burn Journal

Features
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Get it out of your head. Rant, vent, spiral, overthink, say the thing you wouldn’t send. This is a private place for the thoughts you need to put somewhere before they keep circling. Write it down or record it out loud. Then decide what happens next: Keep it if it matters. Burn it if it doesn’t. WRITE WITHOUT CLEANING IT UP No audience. No likes. No need to make it thoughtful, productive, positive, or calm. Write the ugly version. BURN WHAT YOU’RE DONE CARRYING Burn an entry when you’re ready to let it go. Burned entries are permanently deleted and can’t be recovered. Burns are unlimited. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your entries stay on your device. We don’t receive them, read them, or store them on our servers. Premium adds Face ID / biometric protection and App Lock for extra privacy. KEEP THE THOUGHTS THAT MATTER Not everything needs to disappear. Free users can keep up to 10 entries in their private vault. Premium removes the limit. USE A SPARK WHEN YOU’RE STUCK Start with more than 90 included writing prompts for venting, reflection, emotional release, and getting unstuck. Premium adds more prompt collections for the things that are harder to write about. LET IT DISAPPEAR LATER Premium Timed Burns can automatically remove an entry after 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days. FREE • Unlimited writing and burns • Text and voice entries • 90+ writing prompts • Keep up to 10 entries • On-device storage PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • App Lock with Face ID / Touch ID • Unlimited saved-entry vault • Timed Burns • Premium prompt collections No subscription. Some thoughts are worth keeping. Some are better burned. Privacy Policy: https://dahvio.com/rant-privacy

Screenshots

MindStash4 screens
Rant & Private Burn Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

MindStash and Rant & Private Burn Journal are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. MindStash sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per month and Rant & Private Burn Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MindStash ships an update monthly, Rant & Private Burn Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MindStash versus Rant & Private Burn Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindStashRant & Private Burn Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB51 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMindstash B.V.Raymond Rothwell

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MindStash

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Features, Higher Usage Limits$11.991 Month
1 purchases

Rant & Private Burn Journal

One-time1
  • Premium$5.99

Questions

Is MindStash free?
MindStash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rant & Private Burn Journal free?
Rant & Private Burn Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MindStash or Rant & Private Burn Journal have ads?
Neither MindStash nor Rant & Private Burn Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MindStash or Rant & Private Burn Journal?
MindStash ships an update monthly, and Rant & Private Burn Journal every 3 weeks. Most recently, MindStash was updated on October 7, 2026 and Rant & Private Burn Journal on October 24, 2026.

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