Comparison

Scheme vs M.I.M.

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

Head to head
About

Scheme

Features
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Scheme turns your iPhone Home Screen into something that's unmistakably yours — with real, useful widgets and a coordinated set of themes, wallpapers, and fonts that all match. TERMINAL-STYLE WIDGETS • Apps — your selected apps as a simple text list, not a grid of icons — one tap to open each • Clock — a terminal-style clock: date, time, or both • Calendar — your next events, "Up Next" at a glance • Reminders — what's due, with overdue flags • Scratchpad — a quick note you can edit right from the Home Screen • Weather — current conditions and the day's high/low Every widget comes in multiple sizes, and each one is themed to match the rest of your Home Screen. THEMES THAT MATCH EVERYTHING Choose from 16 hand-tuned color themes — light and dark, drawn from the kind of palettes developers already love. Pick one and your widgets, fonts, and wallpaper all follow it, so nothing clashes. Generate a matching wallpaper in a range of styles — Minimal, Terminal, Gradient, and more — sized for your device and saved to Photos, ready to set in a couple of taps. MAKE IT YOURS • 7 fonts, including JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, and IBM Plex Mono • Tap the Calendar or Reminders widget to open straight into your calendar or reminders — and choose which app it opens FREE TO START Scheme is genuinely usable for free — no trial required: 6 themes, the Apps, Clock, and Scratchpad widgets, 3 wallpaper styles, and 3 fonts. SCHEME PRO Unlock everything: all 16 themes, the Calendar, Reminders, and Weather widgets, the large Apps widget, all 8 wallpaper styles, and all 7 fonts. • Yearly $14.99 with a 7-day free trial • Lifetime $29.99 — pay once, yours forever Family Sharing supported on both plans. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your calendar and reminders are read on-device only and never leave your iPhone. Privacy Policy: https://vfreitas.com/scheme/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

M.I.M.

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MIM turns your iPhone home screen into something quieter. Instead of a grid of apps fighting for your attention, MIM gives you five configurable widgets that launch exactly what you need — and nothing else. CALL, MESSAGE, NAVIGATE, LISTEN Tap a widget to call a contact, send a message, get directions, or play music — directly from your home screen. No unlocking into a maze of icons. BUILT-IN TOOLS Phone · Messages · Maps · Music · Calendar · Notes · Alarm · Timer · Contacts — all redesigned around a single black-and-white, text-first aesthetic. YOUR LAYOUT, YOUR STYLE Choose your font, size, alignment and color. Reorder modules. Hide what you don't use. Add any external app via its own shortcut. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays on your device and syncs only through your own iCloud account. No ads, no tracking, no analytics. MIM is a one-time purchase or on subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Scheme4 screens
M.I.M.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: M.I.M. at every 5 days against Scheme's every 9 days. 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. Scheme sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and M.I.M. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scheme ships an update every 9 days, M.I.M. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Scheme versus M.I.M.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchemeM.I.M.
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVitor de FreitasGianpaolo Campoli

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scheme

Subscriptions1
  • Scheme Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scheme Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
2 purchases

M.I.M.

Subscriptions1
  • MIM monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$22.99

Questions

Is Scheme free?
Scheme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is M.I.M. free?
M.I.M. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scheme or M.I.M. have ads?
Neither Scheme nor M.I.M. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scheme or M.I.M.?
Scheme ships an update every 9 days, and M.I.M. every 5 days. Most recently, Scheme was updated on October 3, 2026 and M.I.M. on October 11, 2026.

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