Comparison

MLA vs eSign

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

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About

MLA

Features
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Stop texting each other about what's on the calendar, or what's for dinner. Mental Load Assistant is a smart shared planner built around the way people actually share their lives. Instead of handing someone your entire calendar, you organize events with color-coded tags, then share exactly the tags that matter with exactly the people who need them. โ– โ– โ–  TELL MLA: SAY IT ONCE โ– โ– โ–  Type, or hold the mic and talk: "Dentist Tuesday at 3, soccer every Thursday, buy milk and eggs." MLA turns it into events, tasks and shopping items, and you check them before anything is added. Plans changed? "Move today's dinner to 7" or "Tag Dance with Chloe" updates the event you already have, for just that day or the whole series. Ask "What do I have after 12?" or "When is Colin's wedding?" and tap any event to see it. It all runs on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence; nothing you say is sent anywhere. โ– โ– โ–  YOUR DAY, IN PLAIN ENGLISH โ– โ– โ–  The top of Today tells you what's on and when the day picks up again, with what's due and what's left to buy. After your last event it moves on to tomorrow. Get it as a morning and evening notification too. Week Ahead opens with one line: a light, medium or busy week, your free days, and how the weekend looks. โ– โ– โ–  CREATE EVENTS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE โ– โ– โ–  Full recurrence support: daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or patterns like "the first Saturday of the month." Add a location, notes, reminders and tags, and pick dates from a calendar with the time wheel right below it. โ– โ– โ–  TAG-BASED SHARING โ– โ– โ–  Create color-coded tags like "Family," "Work" or "Date Night." Share a tag with read-only access to stay informed or write access to collaborate. Revoke access instantly. No over-sharing. โ– โ– โ–  TASK LISTS THAT KEEP UP โ– โ– โ–  Shared to-do lists with due dates and repeating tasks. Give a list a place and get reminded when you arrive, so the hardware store list shows up at the hardware store. โ– โ– โ–  PLAN MEALS & SHOP SMARTER โ– โ– โ–  Save recipes with ingredients, steps, cook time and a photo, or snap a cookbook page or pick a PDF and MLA fills in the recipe for you. Drag recipes onto a weekly meal plan and turn it into a shopping list that combines duplicates and converts units. Items land under the store you bought them at last time. โ– โ– โ–  HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI (iOS 27) โ– โ– โ–  "Add an event in Mental Load Assistant." "What's on next week in Mental Load Assistant?" Siri adds events, tasks and shopping items, tells you what's coming up, and lets you undo with one tap. โ– โ– โ–  BUILT FOR TWO (OR MORE) โ– โ– โ–  Partners, co-parents, households or a small team: everyone stays on the same page without one person remembering everything. โ– โ– โ–  SMART, SECURE & NATIVE โ– โ– โ–  โ€ข Face ID / Touch ID โ€ข Push notifications and event reminders โ€ข Home-screen widget showing what's next โ€ข Quick Action: create a new event from your home screen โ€ข Dark and light mode โ€ข Optimized for iPhone and iPad โ– โ– โ–  GO PRO โ– โ– โ–  The free plan covers the basics, including the weekly summary and store-sorted shopping. Pro removes every limit on events, tags, lists and recipes, and adds Tell MLA, the daily summary, recipe import and weather on every event with a location. โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ– โ–  Mental Load Assistant is free to download. Set up your first event before you sign up; an account is needed to save and share. Tell MLA and recipe import need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence.

About

eSign

Features
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eSign lets you sign and fill PDFs and images with a signature that looks and feels like ink on paper. Import a document through the system file picker or scan paper with your camera, add the fields you need, and export a signed PDF locally. REAL-INK SIGNATURES Draw with a signature engine that responds to your speed and pressure. Save signatures and initials in your on-device vault and reuse them across documents. IMPORT AND FILL Use the system file picker to import PDFs or images. Add text, dates, check boxes, signatures, and initials. Create and reuse saved field layouts on matching documents. LOCAL PDF EXPORT Drag, resize, and position fields on the page, then flatten and export a clean signed PDF locally. COMPLETION DETAILS Review completion time and the original and completed document hashes locally. SCAN TO SIGN Scan paper with your camera and sign it on the spot โ€” no printer, no desk, no fax. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Document pages and saved signature images are processed and stored on your device. eSign Premium removes the three-document completion limit for unlimited completed PDF exports. Whether you're signing a contract, an NDA, a lease, a tax form, an offer letter, or a permission slip โ€” eSign is the fastest, most beautiful way to get it signed. Download eSign and sign your next document in seconds. Terms of Use: https://arioapps.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://arioapps.com/privacy

Screenshots

MLA4 screens
eSign4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MLA at 3 against eSign's 1. MLA also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. MLA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and eSign sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MLA ships an update every 2 weeks, eSign every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
MLA versus eSign: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMLAeSign
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey KiyomuraCricket Live Line

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MLA

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
3 purchases

eSign

Subscriptions2
  • Sign+ Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Sign+ Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sign+ Premium (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is MLA free?
MLA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eSign free?
eSign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MLA or eSign have ads?
Neither MLA nor eSign shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MLA or eSign?
MLA ships an update every 2 weeks, and eSign every 9 days. Most recently, MLA was updated on October 31, 2026 and eSign on October 31, 2026.

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