Chrono Planner vs Mintofu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Chrono Planner
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Chrono is built on a simple idea: planning your life should lower your stress, not add to it. No red badges shouting at you. No guilt over yesterday's unfinished list. Just a calm, focused space where your tasks, calendar, and goals live together โ with an AI planner that doesn't just talk about your day. It acts on it. Plan. Focus. Achieve. AN AI PLANNER THAT ACTUALLY DOES THINGS (PRO) Tell Chrono what's on your mind in plain language and watch the plan take shape. In one chat, the AI Planner can: โข Create new tasks, move them to better times, and mark them complete โข Delete what no longer matters โข Create and update goals as your priorities shift No copying suggestions back and forth. You ask, Chrono does โ like a thoughtful assistant tidying your week while you talk. A CALENDAR YOU'LL ACTUALLY ENJOY โข Day, multi-day, month, and year views โ zoom from this afternoon to the whole year โข Drag to move or resize anything, so replanning takes seconds โข Overlay your Apple Calendar and see everything in one place Planning your week becomes a quiet two-minute ritual instead of a chore. TASKS THAT DON'T NAG โข Capture everything in seconds, then let it go โข Recurring tasks for the things that come back every day, week, or month โข Priorities and categories that keep your list tidy In Chrono, an unfinished task is a plan to adjust โ never a failure. GOALS THAT MOVE FORWARD Big ambitions become doable when they're connected to daily action. Link tasks to your goals and watch progress build steadily โ small steps, clearly visible. FOCUS WITHOUT FRICTION Start a Pomodoro focus session and follow it right from your Lock Screen with Live Activities. Put your phone face down and stay in flow. A CALM WEEKLY RESET (PRO) Close each week with gentle insights into what you accomplished and what to carry forward. Reflection, not judgment โ so every week starts with a clear head. EVERYWHERE YOU NEED IT โข Home screen widget for a glanceable view of your day โข Siri shortcuts to add tasks hands-free โข Face ID app lock to keep your plans private โข Works fully offline โ your plans are always with you CHRONO PRO The AI Planner and Weekly Review are part of Chrono Pro, available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Everything else โ tasks, calendar, goals, focus timer, widget, and Siri shortcuts โ is included from the start. Payment is charged to your App Store account, and subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Productivity tools often borrow their energy from anxiety โ streaks to protect, alarms to silence, red numbers to clear. Chrono takes the opposite path. Calm is the whole point: when your plan feels lighter, you actually follow it. Learn more at getchrono.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://getchrono.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getchrono.app/privacy.html
Mintofu
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One app for every idea โ from a quick note to a marked-up PDF to a sprawling mind map. Mintofu brings your notes, tasks, PDFs, mind maps, and calendar together in one beautifully designed app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Capture a thought, mark up a PDF, manage your to-dos, plan your day, map out a project, and stay focused with a built-in timer โ all in one calm, private place, with no clutter and no account required. Start free today and bring your whole world into one app. WHY MINTOFU Your thinking doesn't stay in neat boxes โ but most apps do. You end up juggling a notes app, a to-do app, a PDF reader, a mind-mapping tool, and a calendar, copying between them and losing context at every hop. Mintofu was built the other way around. Everything lives in one place, and every piece of content can become any other. Your tools finally move at the speed of your thinking. PRIVATE AI, BUILT IN Apple Intelligence works right inside your notes, tasks, mind maps, and calendar โ draft and brainstorm, proofread, rewrite, and summarize, or translate in a tap โ and it powers the conversions between them. Everything runs on your device, so your ideas never leave your hardware. FREE FEATURES - Notebooks to organize your notes, ideas and plans by project or topic - Rich-text notes with live Markdown, custom fonts, highlights, drawing, and attachments - One-tap translation for any note or selection - Audio Notes โ record voice memos, keep typing while you record, and transcribe them to text - PDF Documents โ read and mark up PDFs in any notebook: highlight, write with Apple Pencil, or fill in forms; scans become searchable - Full calendar โ month, week, day, and timeline views, plus a productivity heatmap - Public holidays for your region, shown across every calendar view - Live sync with your device calendars; export events as .ics - Tasks with priorities, due dates, subtasks, tags, time tracking, and reminders - Natural-language dates like "next Friday at 3pm" - Smart Lists, Eisenhower Matrix, Focus Queue, and burndown charts to stay on track - Built-in Focus timer and achievement badges - Mind maps on an infinite canvas โ import Markdown, convert to notes or tasks in a tap - Kanban boards and dashboards (Overview, Kanban, and Post Board) - Widgets for Quick Capture, Notes, Mind Maps, Calendar, Tasks, and Dashboards - Version History โ Mintofu keeps earlier versions of your notes, mind maps, tasks, and events, private on your device - Private, on-device AI throughout, via Apple Intelligence - iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac โ fully offline-first - Export to PDF, Markdown, and PNG, or share anywhere - Available in 40 languages, with right-to-left support, VoiceOver, and keyboard shortcuts MINTOFU+ Everything above is free. Upgrade only if you want more: - Unlimited notebooks, mind maps, and audio notes - Unlimited AI generations and translations - Public holidays for multiple regions - Compare and restore any earlier version - Unlimited PDF documents - Monthly, annual, or one-time lifetime PERFECT FOR - Students capturing lectures and planning study sessions - Professionals juggling projects, meetings, and deadlines - Writers and researchers organizing notes, ideas, and drafts - Visual thinkers who brainstorm and plan with mind maps - Anyone building a daily-planning and focus routine that sticks - Privacy-conscious people who want no account and no tracking - Apple users who want one beautiful app across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Bring every idea, task, and plan into one place. Privacy Policy: https://www.mintofu.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mintofu.ai/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Mintofu at 3 against Chrono Planner's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Chrono Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Mintofu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Chrono Planner | Mintofu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luc Boreas | Mintofu AI Inc. |
In-app purchases
Chrono Planner
- Chrono Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Chrono Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year
Mintofu
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99









