Comparison

ADHD Notes vs Pin

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

Head to head
About

ADHD Notes

This app helps manage tasks and reminders for individuals with ADHD. It offers a simple, flat interface to capture thoughts and provides focus tools, gentle reminders, and a daily summary to reduce mental clutter.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts from anywhere
  • Focus mode with quiet timer
  • Recurring nudges and daily briefs
  • Full context on every task
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Low-stimulation mode
Features
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Less to hold in your head. ADHD Notes is a calm place to capture thoughts, see what needs you, and follow through. Keep tasks, notes, meetings, and plans together without turning organization into another full-time job. CATCH THE THOUGHT Save a quick thought in Remember. Keep your original words, then decide what belongs in a task, a note, or your plans. Use text, voice input, Siri, the share extension, or a widget when it is convenient. SEE TODAY CLEARLY Find due and overdue tasks in Today. Use Board for the bigger picture, priorities, and waiting work. Due dates, reminders, and recurring nudges help bring open loops back into view. KEEP NOTES USEFUL Write notes, make checklists, pin what matters, and keep a journal. Find your ideas again instead of rebuilding them from memory. MAKE MEETINGS LEAD SOMEWHERE Keep the agenda, notes, people, and follow-ups in context. Carry the next step forward from one conversation to the next. GIVE YOUR PLANS A PLACE Use calendar and agenda views to see time alongside your work. Keep projects moving and separate work, personal, and school life with workspaces. FOCUS YOUR WAY Choose one task and an optional timer. Focus is there when it helps, without requiring another routine to maintain. ON THE DEVICES YOU USE Use ADHD Notes on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Home Screen widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, the share extension, and Spotlight give you more ways to capture and find things. Your account also connects with the web and Android apps. Features vary by platform. YOUR WORDS, YOUR CHOICE Optional AI workflows explain what will be sent and ask for permission. Review suggestions before saving them. Core organization does not require accepting an AI suggestion. Some features require an account, permissions, a paid plan, or service availability. ADHD Notes is an organizational tool, not medical advice or treatment. Start with one thought. Carry less.

About

Pin

This app helps you focus on your most important daily tasks by displaying them directly on your iPhone's Lock Screen as a Live Activity. Easily add, complete, and reset your tasks to maintain clarity and productivity throughout the day.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Up to five daily tasks
  • Tap to complete/undo tasks
  • Customizable daily reset time
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Light/Dark/System appearance
  • Local task storage
Features
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Your day, kept in sight. Pin gives you a small daily list and a place to keep it close: your iPhone Lock Screen. Choose up to five tasks, pin them as a Live Activity, and cross them off as you go. FIVE THINGS, A LITTLE FOCUS Write your first task and preview it during setup. Add, edit, or delete tasks in the app. Tap to complete a task and tap again to bring it back. Completed tasks keep their place until your daily reset, or you can delete one to make room. A NOTE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Press and hold while the button background fills to pin your list. Pinning starts automatically when the fill is complete. Lift your finger early to cancel. Complete and undo tasks from the active Live Activity, including after you finish all five. On compatible iPhones, your list also appears in the Dynamic Island. Tap the pinned control in the app once to take the card off. A FRESH PAGE AT YOUR HOUR Choose when your day begins. At that hour, completed tasks clear and unfinished tasks carry over. Turn on an optional reminder to plan the day. MAKE IT YOURS Use Pin in English or Arabic, or follow your iPhone language. Write tasks in either language or both. Choose a light, dark, or system appearance. LOCAL AND SIMPLE No account, advertising, tracking, or analytics. Pin stores your tasks locally, with no app-managed cloud sync. Live Activities run for up to eight hours. After one ends, open Pin to start a fresh card for unfinished tasks. Device authentication is required to use task buttons from a locked screen. Requires iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

ADHD Notes4 screens
Pin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pin at 5.0 against ADHD Notes's 4.2. ADHD Notes's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADHD Notes has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ADHD Notes versus Pin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD NotesPin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUseful Tools LLCForsan Sharabati

Customer experience

ADHD Notes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Pin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ADHD Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Pin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADHD Notes free?
ADHD Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pin free?
Pin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ADHD Notes or Pin?
Pin is rated higher. ADHD Notes averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Pin averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ADHD Notes or Pin have ads?
Neither ADHD Notes nor Pin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADHD Notes or Pin?
ADHD Notes ships an update every 4 days, and Pin every 4 days. Most recently, ADHD Notes was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pin on October 11, 2026.

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