Comparison

MindNote vs Cogito

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

Head to head
About

MindNote

Features
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Welcome to MindNote, the simplest multimodal AI note taking app, designed to keep your ideas, thoughts, and memories organized and accessible wherever you go. Whether you're jotting down personal reflections, work, brainstorming ideas, or collaborating with others, MindNote offers everything you need to stay productive and creative. The app is ideal for students, researchers, entrepreneurs, working teams. Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TReffGavpro&t=43s Key Features: - Personalized Notes: Write and organize your notes just the way you like. Change colors, add media, and categorize them into custom groups for easy access. - Speech-to-Text: Dictate your ideas with the built-in speech-to-text feature. Speak freely, and MindNote will convert your words into written text instantly. - Text-to-Voice: Listen to your notes being read aloud with the text-to-voice feature. Perfect for multitasking or reviewing notes on the go. - Smart Editing with AI prompts: Use AI prompts, in any language to improve, organize, and refine your notes. Translate content into multiple languages, reorganize text alphabetically, transforms to tables, summarize ideas, correct grammar, complete notes with AI and more all with a simple tap. - Customizable Organization: Group your notes into folders, tag them, and set reminders to stay organized and never miss an important task or idea. - Collaboration: share your notes with others and work together in real-time. Edit, comment, and collaborate seamlessly on shared projects. - Embedded media (videos, images and sound). - Export as .pdf, .csv, .doc, .docx More Features Coming Soon: - Offline mode - Currently supporting ChatGPT and Gemini, more ML models to come. - And much more! Why MindNote? MindNote is designed for people who want more than just a simple note-taking app. With its easy-to-use interface, customizable features, and powerful AI-assisted tools, it's your perfect partner for work, study, travel and personal life. Stay productive, creative, and organized all in one place. Privacy policy: https://www.mindnote.online/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cogito

Features
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Cogito โ€” Think. Capture. Organize. Cogito is a clean, minimalist note-taking app designed to help you capture ideas and stay organized โ€” with no accounts, no cloud, and no data collection. Your thoughts stay private on your device. Write fast, organize with labels, and find anything in seconds. Organize with Labels Tag notes with color-coded labels โ€” Work, Personal, Ideas, Finance, Health, Travel, and more. Filter your list in one tap. Powerful Search Find any note by title or content instantly with a fast, always-visible search bar. Sort Your Way Order notes by name, date modified, or date created โ€” ascending or descending. Bulk Actions Select multiple notes to delete them at once and keep your list clean. Trash & Recovery Deleted a note by mistake? Cogito moves it to trash first so you can restore it before it's gone for good. Light, Dark & System Theme Switch between light mode, dark mode, or follow your system setting. Adjustable Font Size Choose from four sizes to make writing and reading comfortable for you. Cogito Premium Unlock unlimited notes and a custom accent color to make the app truly yours. Why Cogito? Unlike cluttered note apps packed with features you'll never use, Cogito focuses on what matters: capturing your thoughts quickly, organizing them intuitively, and keeping them private on your device. Perfect For - Quick notes and reminders - Project and work organization - Study notes - Personal journals - Ideas and to-do lists Download Cogito and keep your thoughts to yourself. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MindNote4 screens
Cogito4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cogito at none against MindNote's shown. MindNote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. MindNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Cogito sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
MindNote versus Cogito: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindNoteCogito
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better18.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size53 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTomya MateoFranck Hu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MindNote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Cogito

Subscriptions2
  • Cogito Premium$3.991 Month
  • Cogito Premium$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cogito Premium$12.99

Questions

Is MindNote free?
MindNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cogito free?
Cogito is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MindNote or Cogito have ads?
MindNote shows ads; Cogito does not.

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