The First Hour vs Mind Archive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The First Hour
This app helps you replace morning phone scrolling with intentional planning. It offers a quick daily to-do list, intention setting, and evening reflection to build awareness and track progress. Designed to foster focus and reduce phone dependency for more purposeful days.
- Morning planning with daily to-do list
- Set daily priorities and intentions
- Evening reflection and progress review
- Habit streak tracking
- Visual progress and celebrations
- Reduce phone scrolling
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Stop scrolling, start succeeding. FirstHour replaces your morning phone scrolling habit with 3 minutes of intentional planning. Transform chaotic mornings into purposeful days. - Morning Planning Beautiful daily todo list with quick-add suggestions Set priorities and intentions for your day Replace mindless scrolling with mindful planning Takes just 2-3 minutes - Evening Reflection Review what you accomplished with visual progress Rate your day and capture key insights Build awareness of what actually matters Simple check-in to close your day - Habit Building Track streaks of intentional mornings Visual progress that keeps you motivated Encouraging celebrations for consistency Designed for daily use without overwhelm The first 30 minutes of your day shape everything that follows. Instead of consuming other people's content, start with your own intentions. Users report better focus, reduced phone dependency, and more productive days. Perfect if you want to: Break morning phone scrolling addiction Build consistent daily planning habits Start days with clarity instead of chaos Develop healthier technology relationships Simple, beautiful, effective. No complexity—just a tool that helps you reclaim your mornings and transform your days. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mind Archive
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A personal library for everything worth remembering. Mind Archive is an aesthetic notes app that organises your journals, PDFs, recipes and ideas as beautiful books on your own shelves. A calm, private place for what actually matters to you. Not another notes app you'll abandon in a month. A library you'll actually want to open. YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY Every note is a book. Every book sits on a shelf. Every shelf lives in a bookcase you design yourself. Organise your journal, recipes, reading notes, travel plans, work projects and daily thoughts the way you naturally sort what you care about — no folders, no tags, no complicated systems to learn. EIGHT WAYS TO REMEMBER Choose the right kind of book for what you're capturing: - Notes with rich text, checklists, images and file attachments - Journals with dated entries for reflections and gratitude - Recipes with structured ingredients and step-by-step method - PDFs that remember your last read page and bookmarks - Photo albums you can reorder and swipe through - Voice memos grouped together in one place - Files you can open with any app - Links you want to come back to THE NOTICEBOARD A beautiful cork-board canvas for quick captures and gentle reminders. Pin posters with photos, colours, patterns or text — set optional reminders that fire when you need them. Perfect as a family fridge board, mood board, weekly planner, or a home for the little things that don't need a whole book. SYNC EVERYWHERE Start writing on iPhone and pick up on the web at mindarchive.io. Your library stays perfectly in sync across every device. Local-first architecture means it works offline too — your library is always yours, always to hand. MAKE IT YOURS Design a library that feels like yours. Choose a preset theme like Rich Classic, Colour Pop or Minimalist, or build your own with the custom colour picker — every book cover, every shelf, every background. Toggle between spine view and cover view. Every corner of your library reflects the way you think. FIND ANYTHING, INSTANTLY Search across every book, shelf and word. Browse the collapsible Index view for a bird's-eye look at your whole library. Pin bookmarks to any book spine for one-tap access to what matters most. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library is yours alone. Encrypted local storage, no advertising, no tracking, no AI training on your content. Change your email or password anytime, and delete your account in a single tap if you ever want to leave. IMPORT, EXPORT, KEEP FOREVER Export any book, shelf or entire bookcase to a .mindarchive file and share it, back it up, or move it elsewhere. Import PDFs and files directly from Safari, Mail, Files or any other app using the iOS Share extension. TRY MIND ARCHIVE PRO FREE Every feature, every book type, every theme — free for 7 days. Build your library, sync it across your devices, make it yours. No commitment, cancel anytime. You won't be charged until your trial ends. AVAILABLE IN English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. MADE IN SCOTLAND Built independently by Barrel of Sunshine Ltd. Privacy Policy: https://www.mindarchive.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mindarchive.io/terms
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Verdict
The First Hour and Mind Archive are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. The First Hour sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Mind Archive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | The First Hour | Mind Archive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elber Funez | Barrel of Sunshine |
In-app purchases
The First Hour
- First Hour Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- FirstHour Premium Annual$7.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly$7.991 Year
Mind Archive
- Mind Archive Pro$2.991 Month
- Mind Archive Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Mind Archive Pro$49.99









