Comparison

My Year vs Minds

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

Head to head
About

My Year

A minimalist planner to help you focus on four key areas of your life: Financial, Spiritual, Physical, or Career. Set monthly goals and track your progress privately on your device.

Highlights
  • Choose 4 focus categories from 8 options
  • Categories locked for the year
  • Monthly goal setting and tracking
  • Stay present with locked future months
  • Personalized dashboard with motivational messages
  • Private and secure on-device data storage
Features
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Welcome to My Year - 2026. Stop juggling endless to-do lists and overwhelmed schedules. My Year - 2026 is a minimalist goal planner designed to help you focus on the four areas of your life that truly matter. Whether you are focused on Financial growth, Spiritual grounding, Physical health, or Career ambition, this app helps you narrow your focus and stay consistent throughout the year. KEY FEATURES: • Choose Your Focus: Select exactly 4 categories from 8 available options (Financial, Relationships, Mental, Spiritual, Physical, Career, Creativity, Adventure) to personalize your year. • Commit to Your Goals: Once selected, your categories are locked in for the year, helping you stay committed to your path without distraction. • Monthly Tracking: Set specific goals for each month. Mark them as complete as you achieve them. • Stay Present: Future months are locked to prevent you from getting ahead of yourself. Focus on the "now." • Personalized Dashboard: A welcoming splash screen greets you by name with rotating inspirational messages to keep you motivated. • Private & Secure: Your data lives on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Built by 1LB Labs, this digital planner is designed to be the companion to your best year yet.

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

My Year4 screens
Minds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: My Year at none against Minds's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
My Year versus Minds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy YearMinds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin BrandonJun Tsuda

In-app purchases

None

My Year

No in-app purchases

None

Minds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Year free?
My Year is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minds free?
Minds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Year or Minds have ads?
Minds shows ads; My Year does not.

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