Mintofu vs MatchaNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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
MatchaNote
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The Swiss Army knife of notes โ it looks simple, and it has everything when you need it. Most days end up scattered across several apps: notes in one, tasks in another, the calendar somewhere else, and a separate download the moment you want a mind map. MatchaNote brings them into one place โ without crowding the screen. Open it and you get a clean page with the cursor already in it, ready for you to write. The advanced features never stand in your way. They show up at the moment you reach for them. Everything you'd expect: - Notes: rich text, images, attachments, tables, drawing, audio and document scanning - Tasks: reminders, repeats, list and board views - Calendar: month/week/day, with two-way Google Calendar and Google Tasks sync - Mind maps: a dedicated mind-map note โ multiple topics side by side, notes and images on any node, free drag-and-drop layout - Boards: turn any note straight into a board - Collaboration: real-time co-editing, public sharing and comments - Everyday tools: personal ledger, journal and contacts - Moving in and out: Evernote and Apple Notes import, Markdown and PDF export Works offline: Read and write without a connection. Everything syncs automatically when you reconnect, so iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web stay in step. Privacy and data freedom: Your content belongs to you. Export it whenever you like, and switch on per-note encryption and an app lock when you need them. Privacy Policy: https://matchanote.life/privacy/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MatchaNote at none against Mintofu's 3. MatchaNote also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Mintofu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MatchaNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mintofu ships an update weekly, MatchaNote every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Mintofu | MatchaNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mintofu AI Inc. | CodeNet |
In-app purchases
Mintofu
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
MatchaNote
No in-app purchases









