Comparison

Mintofu vs CellNotes

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

Head to head
About

Mintofu

Features
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One app for every idea — from a quick note to a daily plan to a sprawling mind map. Mintofu brings your notes, tasks, mind maps, and calendar together in one beautifully designed app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Capture a thought, manage your to-dos, plan your day, map out a project, and stay focused with a built-in timer — 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 — but most apps do. You end up juggling a notes app, a to-do app, 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 — draft and brainstorm, proofread, rewrite, and summarize, or translate in a tap — 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 — record voice memos, keep typing while you record, and transcribe them to text - Full calendar — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 - 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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CellNotes

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メモみたいに軽い、シンプルなスプレッドシート。 CellNotes は「表は欲しいけど、本格的な表計算アプリは大げさ」を解決します。 メモアプリのように軽く開けて、ちょっとした集計までこなせます。 家計簿、買い物リスト、点数の記録、出張費の概算。 「表でメモを取りたい」その場面の、第一選択へ。 ■ できること ・表形式のノートをすぐ作成・編集 ・列ごとに型を設定(テキスト/数値/計算) ・数値列の合計、列同士の計算式 ・行のチェックで消し込み(タスクモード) ・アーカイブと復元(うっかり削除を防ぐ論理削除) ■ CellNotes が「やらない」こと 軽さを守るために、あえて持たない機能があります。 ・多人数での共有・同時編集はしません(個人ツールに特化) ・VLOOKUP や IF などの複雑な関数はありません(合計・平均などの基本集計のみ) ・シート切り替えやセル参照式はありません(1ノート=1つの表) ■ データはすべて端末の中 通信は行いません。あなたのノートは端末内にだけ保存されます。 アカウント登録も不要。開いてすぐ書けます。 ```

Screenshots

Mintofu4 screens
CellNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CellNotes at none against Mintofu's 3. CellNotes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Mintofu's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Mintofu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CellNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mintofu ships an update weekly, CellNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Mintofu versus CellNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMintofuCellNotes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMintofu AI Inc.Takafumi Terasaki

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mintofu

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

CellNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mintofu free?
Mintofu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CellNotes free?
CellNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mintofu or CellNotes have ads?
Neither Mintofu nor CellNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mintofu or CellNotes?
Mintofu ships an update weekly, and CellNotes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mintofu was updated on September 22, 2026 and CellNotes on September 20, 2026.

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