Comparison

Cross vs Minbi

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

Head to head
About

Cross

Features
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Cross — Tasks, Done Your Way €4.99. Once. Forever. No subscriptions. No free tier. No compromises. Cross is built for people who take their workflow seriously — and who know that the best tools don't come with monthly invoices. Your notes already live in Notion. Your tasks should too. Cross connects directly to your Notion databases and keeps your to-dos exactly where your thinking happens. Add, complete, and organize tasks without opening a browser tab. No copy-pasting. No drift. WHAT YOU GET — Native Notion sync, always in real time — Minimalist Mode — Smart folders to cut across projects — Focus Timer to lock in and finish what you start — Home screen widgets for at-a-glance priorities — Clean, minimal design with nothing in the way BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T SETTLE Cross isn't for everyone. It's for the people who have already tried every productivity app and realized the problem isn't their system — it's that their tools don't talk to each other. Cross fixes that, quietly, without asking for anything more. ONE PRICE. YOURS FOREVER. Pay once. Get everything. Every future update, included. No upsells, no locked features, no subscription guilt. Just a tool that works — every single day.

About

Minbi

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Keep the thought. Save the voice. Remember the song. Minbi is a home for the thoughts and moments you do not want to lose. Write what happened, record how it sounded, add the photos, and attach the song that made it feel like yours. A MEMORY CAN HOLD MORE THAN WORDS Every Minbi entry can bring text, photos, web links, checklists, voice recordings, reminders, and music together. Capture a quick thought or build a richer memory without splitting it across different apps. SAVE THE SOUNDTRACK Attach a song from Apple Music to remember not only what happened, but how the moment felt. Keep the music beside the words, photos, and details it belongs to. KEEP THE VOICE Record a voice note when typing would lose the feeling. Automatic transcription keeps the recording and its words together—and helps you find what was said later. LET MEMORIES FIND YOU AGAIN Add a reminder to bring a thought back when it matters. Explore Lost Thoughts—an endless canvas of things you saved—and rediscover something worth seeing again. MAKE PRIVATE THOUGHTS PLAYFUL Lock a personal note with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. Its words scatter across the screen, turning private writing into a visual secret until you reveal it. SAVE FIRST, ORGANIZE LATER Capture something immediately, then organize it into a Board whenever you are ready. Pin what matters most and search across notes, checklists, and voice transcripts using exact or natural-language searches. SAVE FROM OTHER APPS Use the share extension to keep links, images, and text without interrupting what you are doing. MADE FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES Use Minbi on iPhone and iPad, with your library kept in sync through iCloud. FEATURES • Notes that combine multiple kinds of content • Apple Music song attachments • Voice recording with automatic transcription • Reminders for saved thoughts • Photos and rich web-link previews • Checklists and to-do items • Locked notes with playful scattered text • Lost Thoughts endless canvas • Boards and pinning • Exact and semantic search • Share extension • iCloud synchronization Some moments begin as a sentence. Others are a voice, a photograph, a song, or simply a feeling you want to return to. Minbi keeps them together. Terms of Use: https://minbi.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://minbi.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Cross4 screens
Minbi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Minbi at Free against Cross's $4.99. Minbi also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Cross's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, 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

Minbi is free to download; Cross costs $4.99 up front. Minbi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Cross asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cross ships an update every 3 weeks, Minbi weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Cross versus Minbi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossMinbi
Price$4.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.226.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntje SchroderSviatoslav Belmeha

In-app purchases

None

Cross

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Minbi

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Annual3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Cross free?
Cross costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minbi free?
Minbi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cross or Minbi have ads?
Neither Cross nor Minbi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cross or Minbi?
Cross ships an update every 3 weeks, and Minbi weekly. Most recently, Cross was updated on October 5, 2026 and Minbi on October 14, 2026.

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