Comparison

MindWoods vs SandyNote

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

Head to head
About

MindWoods

Organize your thoughts and projects with a visual canvas. Create mind maps, illustrated journals, and sketch collections. Connect ideas with named relationships and customize your workspace with themes and fonts. Export your work in various formats.

Highlights
  • Create mind maps, journals, and sketch collections
  • Connect ideas with named relationships
  • Combine notes with photos and hand-drawn stickers
  • Customize themes, fonts, and toolbar
  • Search and organize ideas
  • Export work as PNG, PDF, Markdown, and JSON
Features
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Give your ideas room to grow with MindWoods. Make a mind map, keep an illustrated journal, plan a project, or collect sketches and inspiration in a garden of connected ideas. WRITE, READ, AND CONNECT Start with a title, then add notes and images. Arrange idea cards on the canvas, connect them with named relationships, and return to the full text when you want to read or edit. Batch entry helps you capture several ideas at once. MAKE THE CANVAS YOURS Combine notes with photo and hand-drawn stickers. Reuse creations from your personal sticker library, pair stickers with ideas, group objects, and organize their stacking order. Choose a theme and customize the toolbar around the tools you use most. Style each idea with classic or handwritten fonts, bold, italic, card colors and three levels, then let Auto Layout tidy up or arrange the garden by level. KEEP ORGANIZING Search your ideas, start from a template, and use garden history and the recycle bin to revisit earlier versions or recover content. EXPORT YOUR WORK Share a canvas as PNG, export a PDF with a canvas overview and complete notes, or use Markdown and JSON exports to take your work with you. START FREE, ADD PRO WHEN YOU NEED IT Free creation includes one garden with up to 10 ideas and selected templates. All themes, export formats, and basic iCloud features are included. MindWoods Pro is a one-time in-app purchase, with no subscription. It adds unlimited gardens and ideas, all templates, unlimited drawing (3 drawings are free), Markdown import, and on-device model summaries on supported devices. No MindWoods account is required. iCloud features require signing in to iCloud and enabling iCloud Drive in system settings. Model summaries also depend on the system version, device, region, language, and Apple Intelligence availability.

About

SandyNote

Features
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Sandy Note - Notes That Feel Like Chat Stop wrestling with complicated note apps. Sandy Note lets you capture thoughts as naturally as sending a message. KEY FEATURES - Chat-Style Interface Type and send - your notes appear like chat bubbles - iCloud Sync Automatic sync across all your Apple devices - Multiple Notes Create unlimited notes, each with its own chat history - Search Function Find any note instantly - Three Beautiful Themes Choose Dark, Pink, or Mercury - Tap to Edit Edit any message by simply tapping on it - No Clutter Clean, distraction-free interface PERFECT FOR - Quick thoughts and ideas - Meeting notes - Shopping lists - Daily journaling - Brainstorming sessions HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a new note (or open existing) 2. Type your thought 3. Hit send 4. It's saved and synced That's it! No folders, no tags, no complexity. ICLOUD SYNC Your notes are automatically synced across: - iPhone - iPad - Mac (coming soon) Start on one device, continue on another - seamlessly. PRIVACY Your notes are yours alone. All data is stored in your personal iCloud account. We never see your notes. Download Sandy Note and start noting the natural way! --- Part of the Sandy Lab family of productivity apps.

Screenshots

MindWoods4 screens
SandyNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SandyNote at daily against MindWoods's weekly. MindWoods's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

MindWoods ships an update weekly, SandyNote daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MindWoods versus SandyNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindWoodsSandyNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwu zhaodongHiroyuki Akaji

In-app purchases

None

MindWoods

No in-app purchases

None

SandyNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MindWoods free?
MindWoods is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SandyNote free?
SandyNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MindWoods or SandyNote have ads?
Neither MindWoods nor SandyNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MindWoods or SandyNote?
MindWoods ships an update weekly, and SandyNote daily. Most recently, MindWoods was updated on October 31, 2026 and SandyNote on October 25, 2026.

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