Comparison

Gift Note vs PinkyPromise

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

Head to head
About

Gift Note

Easily record and organize every present you give or receive. Keep track of gift exchanges with details like event names, people, amounts, and photos. Perfect for remembering meaningful gifts and managing thank-you notes.

Highlights
  • Track received and given gifts
  • Add photos, notes, and event details
  • Organize gifts by event type
  • Browse a clean timeline view
  • Sort gifts by person or event
  • Gift rankings and PDF export (premium)
Features
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Track all your gift exchanges in one simple place. Gift Note helps you organize every present you’ve given or received — with event names, people, amounts, photos, notes, and more. Whether it’s birthdays, weddings, baby gifts, or holiday celebrations, you can easily record meaningful gift moments and keep your history clear and organized. ◆ Key Features • Track Received and Given gifts • Add photos, notes, names, amounts, and shop info • Organize events like birthdays, weddings, and baby celebrations • Clean timeline view for easy browsing • Sort by person or event title ◆ Premium Features • Gift rankings: see who you give or receive the most from • PDF export • Premium color themes Perfect for anyone who wants to remember meaningful gifts — or manage thank-you gifts with ease.

About

PinkyPromise

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A promise to your family. A vow to the person you love. Something you swore to a friend. You meant every word of it at the time. Then months pass, and it turns into "you said" and "no, I didn't" — and something small becomes an argument. PinkyPromise is a contract app built for one thing: promises between couples, partners, families, and friends. You write one down, pass a single phone from hand to hand, and everyone signs it themselves, right there, in their own handwriting. ■ Promises people make with it ・Say "welcome home" every single day ・Go on a real date at least once a month ・Split the housework fairly ・Take the family to the park every weekend ・Quit smoking ・Lose a few pounds before we see each other again Use it for a couple agreement, relationship rules, or house rules for moving in together. ■ What you can do ・Write a promise as a certificate — title, terms, what happens if it is kept or broken, and a deadline ・Pass one phone around and collect a handwritten signature from everyone involved — works for three or more people, too ・Watch it seal with a pinky swear stamp the moment the last signature lands ・Get a reminder on the deadline, and another one three days later if you have not recorded the result yet ・Get a monthly check-in for promises without a deadline ・Record it as Kept or Not kept once the deadline passes ・Save the certificate as an image and share it ・Look back on every promise you have made, gathered in Memories ■ Easy to start ・No account needed ・Everyone signs on one phone, so the other person does not need the app ・Your promises are stored only on your phone None of this is legally binding. What it gives you is the small, warm shot of sincerity that comes from having actually signed your name to something. Pinky promise. Cross my heart and hope to die. The weight a promise carried when you were a child — now that you are not. Promise made, promise kept.

Screenshots

Gift Note4 screens
PinkyPromise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PinkyPromise at none against Gift Note's 1. PinkyPromise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gift Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PinkyPromise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gift Note ships an update every 2 months, PinkyPromise every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Gift Note versus PinkyPromise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGift NotePinkyPromise
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKOTARO OMORIMouette, inc

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gift Note

One-time1
  • Gift Note Premium$4.99
None

PinkyPromise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gift Note free?
Gift Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinkyPromise free?
PinkyPromise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gift Note or PinkyPromise have ads?
Gift Note shows ads; PinkyPromise does not.
Which is updated more often, Gift Note or PinkyPromise?
Gift Note ships an update every 2 months, and PinkyPromise every 9 days. Most recently, Gift Note was updated on November 6, 2026 and PinkyPromise on November 10, 2026.

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