Comparison

A Third Ear vs minical

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

Head to head
About

A Third Ear

Features
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Capture every detail. Edit with precision. Understand with AI. This is the ultimate tool for professionals who need more than just a voice recorder. Designed for executives, scribes, and project managers, this app organizes your audio into dedicated Series, transforms messy transcripts into polished documentation, and provides instant AI-powered insights entirely on-device Key Features Organized Series Tracking: Group your recordings by project, client, or recurring meeting. Keep your workspace clutter-free and find exactly what you need in seconds. AI-Powered Revision: Our professional scribe AI cleans up typos, removes filler words and ensures semantic correctness while preserving the speaker's original voice. Smart Summaries & FAQs: Automatically generate structured summaries and Frequently Asked Questions from your audio. Use the interactive Markdown editor to refine and personalize the output. Deep Search: Search through your entire library by filename or custom tags. Find that one specific quote from a meeting six months ago instantly. Precision Editing: Total control over your data. Edit transcripts and summaries directly within the app using a seamless Markdown-enabled interface. Collapsible Context: Focus on what matters. Use organized, collapsible sections to toggle between the raw transcript, the summary, and the AI-generated FAQ. Works offline. No Ads. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://messsoftwaretechnologies.com/privacy.html

About

minical

Consolidate all your events from linked calendars, iCloud, and system calendars into a single, color-coded view. See your entire month at a glance, get event countdowns, and utilize home screen widgets and lock screen wallpapers to stay organized without opening the app.

Highlights
  • Unified event display
  • Month, week, day views
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Auto-refreshing wallpaper
  • Natural-language quick add
  • Two-way calendar sync
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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Every event at a glance — that's all minical does. linked calendar, iCloud / iOS system calendars, and minical's own events — wherever they're created, they all land on one screen, color-coded. What's on today, how the rest of the month flows, all visible without scrolling. ■ At a glance • Today screen — next-event countdown, ongoing, what's left, what's done • Month view — the entire month in one grid, color patterns visible at a glance • Widgets — today + tomorrow without leaving the home/lock screen • Shortcuts — your lock screen wallpaper becomes today's schedule • Apple Watch — at a glance from your wrist ■ Core • iOS 26 native Tab Bar — Today / Calendar / Agenda / Search / Settings • Month · Week · Day views — Month uses vertical paging with magnetic snap. Tap the year/month title to jump anywhere • Two-way linked calendar sync — add / edit / delete writes back to linked calendar immediately. Multi-account • Recurring events — daily / weekly / monthly / yearly with end conditions. Editing a series instance asks: this event only or the whole series • Natural-language quick add — "tomorrow 3 PM meeting 1 hour" • linked calendar's 11-color palette + brightness tones — long-press for shade variants • Read-only iOS system calendars (iCloud / Exchange) blended in • Multi-alarm (10 presets, stack as many as you want) ■ Full widget lineup Home screen • Up Next (Small / Medium) — bold when one event, compact rows when many. Long-press to filter calendars • Today List (Medium / Large) — today first; tomorrow only when today has room to spare • Month grid (Large) Lock screen • Inline (one line above the clock — timed events first) • Inline Long (multiple events compressed) • Rectangular (single event large, multi-event compact) • Circular (today's count) Apple Watch • Native Watch app — quick view + quick add • Four complications (Inline / Rectangular / Circular / Corner) ■ Auto-refreshing wallpaper via Shortcuts • "Generate Today Wallpaper" Shortcut — chain it with the system "Set Wallpaper" action and a daily 7 AM automation, and your lock screen refreshes itself with today's plan • "Save Today Wallpaper to Photos" — single-action variant • Three styles: Gradient / Minimal / Dark ■ Promises • No ads. No account required (linked calendar sync is optional). No tracking. No IAP. • All data stays on-device. calendar account tokens live only in Keychain. No analytics or ad SDKs. Scattered events on one screen — today at a glance.

Screenshots

A Third Ear3 screens
minical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: minical at none against A Third Ear's 4. minical also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. A Third Ear sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. minical asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A Third Ear ships an update fortnightly, minical every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
A Third Ear versus minical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Third Earminical
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size816 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMESS Software Technologies LLCLim Sangjin

In-app purchases

4 purchases

A Third Ear

Subscriptions1
  • A ThirdEar Annual Sub1 Month trial$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

minical

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Third Ear free?
A Third Ear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is minical free?
minical is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do A Third Ear or minical have ads?
Neither A Third Ear nor minical shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Third Ear or minical?
A Third Ear ships an update fortnightly, and minical every 5 days. Most recently, A Third Ear was updated on October 30, 2026 and minical on October 31, 2026.

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