Comparison

SpillStack vs Minds

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

Head to head
About

SpillStack

Capture and organize all your thoughts, from voice notes to text entries. This AI-powered tool automatically categorizes your input into tasks, ideas, projects, and more, providing summaries and tags for effortless management.

Highlights
  • Capture voice and text input
  • AI-powered categorization
  • Automatic summarization
  • Automated tagging
  • Organizes into tasks, ideas, projects, learning, research
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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SpillStack lets you dump anything (voice or text) into one place. The AI instantly reads it, understands it, and sorts it into: - Tasks - Ideas - Projects - Learning - Research and more. It adds summaries and tags automatically. Your thoughts go in messy... they come out organized.

About

Minds

Features
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Speak it, snap it, or type it. Capture ideas by text, voice, or photo (OCR), and organize them into a clean mind map. Minds is a simple, lightweight, and completely free mind map app. ■ Three ways to capture — effortless Beyond the keyboard, jot ideas by voice or pull text from a photo with OCR. Get thoughts down without breaking your flow. ■ Clear and organized Nodes are auto-arranged into a tidy tree. Color-code, zoom/pan, and collapse subtrees to keep even large maps clean. ■ Search and export Tag items (with colors) and search across all your maps. Export to Markdown to move your work into other tools. ■ AI for a quick first draft (optional) If you like, generate a starter map from a conversation with AI — handy for brainstorming and planning drafts. ・Completely free ・Data stays on your device; iCloud sync is optional ・Works on iPhone, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro ・Great for organizing thoughts, brainstorming, meeting notes, and study Turn what's in your head into a map — just by speaking or snapping. *The optional AI generation feature requires your own API key for the AI service you use (Claude / OpenAI). The app itself and its core features are free and need no setup.

Screenshots

SpillStack4 screens
Minds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SpillStack at none against Minds's shown. SpillStack also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpillStack ships an update daily, Minds every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SpillStack versus Minds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpillStackMinds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamian MathewsJun Tsuda

In-app purchases

None

SpillStack

No in-app purchases

None

Minds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpillStack free?
SpillStack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minds free?
Minds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpillStack or Minds have ads?
Minds shows ads; SpillStack does not.
Which is updated more often, SpillStack or Minds?
SpillStack ships an update daily, and Minds every 2 days. Most recently, SpillStack was updated on September 30, 2026 and Minds on September 27, 2026.

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