YuDo vs PinNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
YuDo
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YuDo is a beautiful, intuitive task manager and reminders app designed to help you organize your life with high-fidelity visual aesthetics. Combining a standard structured checklist with a physical-feeling 3D Sticky Note Board view, YuDo brings tactile satisfaction back to your productivity. Key Features: โข Interactive Task List: Sort tasks manually or chronologically, manage custom categories, and filter by tags. โข Physical Sticky Board View: Arrange your tasks on a virtual corkboard as realistic 3D sticky notes complete with priority-colored push pins, curved edges, and shadow depth. โข Custom Photo Wallpapers: Personalize your workspace by setting any photo from your library as your workspace background. โข Google Calendar Integration: Connect your Google account to automatically sync your tasks and deadlines bi-directionally. โข Premium Home Screen Widgets: Stay on top of your schedule with a compact calendar view and interactive checklists directly on your Home Screen. โข Local-First & Privacy-Focused: Your data is stored entirely on your device using SwiftData. No accounts required, no tracking.
PinNote
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PinNote turns your daily notes into Live Activities, right there on your Lock Screen, without unlocking your phone. Create a daily note in seconds. It appears instantly on your Lock Screen. Note: iPhone clears Lock Screen live activities after up to 8 hours. As long as you open PinNote at least every 8 hours, your notes refresh on their own and stay pinned for good. Nothing is ever lost. FEATURES โ Inline editing directly in the list โ Gesture-based: swipe to edit or delete, drag to reorder, pull to create โ Custom colors, fonts, and text alignment โ Up to 5 notes on your Lock Screen at once โ Add a note directly from Control Center โ one tap, anywhere HOW IT WORKS PinNote is for your daily notes, the quick things you want in sight all day. Each note is a Live Activity. Add a note โ it pins to your Lock Screen. Done with it โ swipe it away and it will appear as "done". Tick a note to switch it between to do and done. Only to dos show on your Lock Screen. Clear one from your Lock Screen and it's marked done automatically. FREE TRIAL Try every feature free for 7 days. After that, choose your plan: โ One-time purchase: unlock forever, no recurring fees. โ Monthly plan: low monthly subscription, cancel anytime. Made with love in Brussels, by Quentin Hocdรฉ. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PinNote at 18.6 against YuDo's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. YuDo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PinNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | YuDo | PinNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuri Shtern | Quentin Hocde |
In-app purchases
YuDo
- YuDo Premium$2.99
PinNote
- PinNote Monthly$2.001 Month
- PinNote Lifetime$5.99









