Comparison

RumiNot vs Macro Notes

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

Head to head
About

RumiNot

This app offers daily 10-minute guided sessions based on CBT principles to help manage OCD, intrusive thoughts, and rumination. It aims to build mental discipline and clarity, allowing users to feel more in control of their thoughts and reduce anxiety.

Highlights
  • 10-minute daily CBT-inspired sessions
  • 10-day OCD boot camp
  • AI companions with matching styles
  • Progress tracking with streaks and awards
  • Techniques to interrupt compulsions
  • Building tolerance for uncertainty
Features
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Manage OCD, intrusive thoughts, and rumination in just 10 minutes a day. RumiNot is a CBT-based self-help app for OCD, obsessive thoughts, compulsive urges, reassurance-seeking, mental checking, and anxiety-driven rumination. So you can feel calmer, clearer, and more in control of your mind. You deserve peace from the loop. OCD shouldn’t get to run your day. With personalized 10-minute daily sessions, RumiNot helps you build mental discipline, confidence, and clarity so you can spend less time stuck in obsessive spirals and more time living your life. RumiNot is a personal dojo for your mind, designed for people navigating OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and the exhausting need to “figure it out.” We guide you through gentle techniques rooted in CBT principles to help you relate differently to sticky thoughts. Created by people who understand how overwhelming OCD and rumination can feel, RumiNot gives you practical tools to help train your mind one day at a time. Who RumiNot is for... Do you ever: - Get stuck replaying the same thought over and over? - Feel an urgent need to “solve” a doubt before you can relax? - Seek reassurance from others, online searches, or yourself? - Mentally check how you feel, what you meant, or whether something is “true”? - Worry that having a thought means something bad about you? - Spend hours analyzing, comparing, reviewing, or trying to feel certain? - Feel trapped in “what if?” spirals even when part of you knows it’s OCD? This pattern is common in OCD. Intrusive thoughts can latch onto anything that matters to you and create exhausting cycles of doubt, fear, checking, rumination, and reassurance-seeking. RumiNot helps you build skills to manage OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsive urges, and anxiety-driven mental loops. How your training works... In just 10 minutes a day, you’ll practice the art of mental discipline. Through guided conversations rooted in CBT principles, you’ll learn to: - See intrusive thoughts for what they are: mental noise, not facts - Separate real concerns from OCD-driven doubts - Gently interrupt compulsions like reassurance-seeking, checking, and rumination - Build tolerance for uncertainty - Respond to obsessive thoughts with more calm and less fear One session at a time, you’ll build a healthier relationship with your mind and learn to spend less energy arguing with OCD. What you'll get inside the app... 10-minute CBT-inspired sessions - Meaningful conversations designed to help you build skills for managing OCD, obsessive thoughts, rumination, anxiety, and compulsive patterns. 10-day OCD boot camp - Start with a focused training path, then move into flexible sessions that fit naturally into your life. AI companions that match your style - Choose from different AI personalities that feel natural, supportive, and understanding of OCD, intrusive thoughts, and rumination. Progress tracking that keeps you motivated - Level up, build streaks, and unlock awards that reflect your growing clarity, confidence, and consistency. Daily reminders - Stay consistent with subtle nudges so your new skills become everyday habits. A private, secure space - A dedicated place to work through OCD, intrusive thoughts, and rumination without judgment. Subscription Information... A RumiNot subscription is required to access content and features. All plans include a 7-day free trial so you can try the app before you pay. If you choose a paid plan, payment is securely handled by the App Store. Begin your training and start building a calmer relationship with your mind. Disclaimer: RumiNot is not a licensed therapist and does not provide diagnoses, medical advice, or treatment. This is a self-help tool, not a substitute for professional care. AI may make mistakes; use your judgment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Macro Notes

Features
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It's just a note. Type what you ate, one food per line, and the calories appear beside each line. Worked out from lab-measured data, with protein, carbs and fat a tap away. We never guess. No forms, no dropdowns, no wading through a database. If you've used Notes, you already know how to use Macro Notes. THE NOTE • Type "sausage roll" and a calorie count appears beside it • Add an amount if you like — "greek yoghurt 150g" — or leave it out and a sensible portion is used, written back into the line so you can always see exactly what was counted • Keyboard suggestions complete food names as you type • If a line can't be matched, it shows a dash — never an invented number. Every figure on screen comes from a measured food, reached by name. REAL DATA • Over 230,000 foods: CoFID (the UK's laboratory-measured food composition data), USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts for branded products • Generic, lab-measured foods always rank above crowdsourced branded entries, so "chicken thigh" means chicken — not one brand's packet • A full nutrition card for every food — fibre, sugars, salt and more — showing only what was actually measured, never a made-up zero SCAN THE PACKET • Scan a barcode to look a product up instantly • Or point the camera at the nutrition label and capture the figures straight off the packet MEALS • Save the things you actually eat — your porridge, your Tuesday curry — and log them in one line • A meal's total is the sum of its real ingredients, not a guess about a phrase MAKE IT STICK • A streak for the days you logged, a dashboard of your week, and a home-screen widget with today's numbers • Sign in with Apple and your diary syncs privately through iCloud THE ASSISTANT (subscription) Everything above is free. The optional AI assistant plans the rest of your day around what you've already eaten: tell it what you fancy and it suggests real foods from the catalogue, in real amounts, that actually fit the macros you have left — and writes them into your note when you say yes. The assistant is a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple — we don't ask for your name or your email address • No ads, no tracking, and you can delete your account and every trace of your data from Settings Privacy policy: https://macronotes.app/privacy/ Terms of use: https://macronotes.app/terms/ Support: https://macronotes.app/support/

Screenshots

RumiNot4 screens
Macro Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Macro Notes at every 2 days against RumiNot's every 9 days. RumiNot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. RumiNot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year and Macro Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RumiNot ships an update every 9 days, Macro Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RumiNot versus Macro Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRumiNotMacro Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB22 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPeachy TechnologiesWARREN JAMES DAY

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RumiNot

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$39.991 Year
4 purchases

Macro Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Unlimited access$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$29.991 Year
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  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is RumiNot free?
RumiNot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Macro Notes free?
Macro Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RumiNot or Macro Notes have ads?
Neither RumiNot nor Macro Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RumiNot or Macro Notes?
RumiNot ships an update every 9 days, and Macro Notes every 2 days. Most recently, RumiNot was updated on October 6, 2026 and Macro Notes on October 9, 2026.

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