Comparison

Minti vs DearPins

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

Head to head
About

Minti

Features
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Every hangout, remembered. Put your phone face down. Spend real time with your friends. Then turn the moment into a memory you can keep. minti is a social app for real life. It helps friends spend meaningful time together and keeps a record of the moments that make your friendship yours. Because your friendship is more than likes, followers, photos, or messages. - It’s the first time you met. - The late-night study session. - The BBQ party. - The random Tuesday night. - The ups, the downs, and everything in between. Your shared story deserves a place of its own. HOW MINTI WORKS 1. FLIP Start a session and invite your friends to join. When everyone is ready, put your phones face down and start the timer. 2. CAPTURE Be there, together. The timer counts the meaningful time you spend together, whether you're talking, laughing, studying, celebrating, or simply enjoying being in the same place. When you're done, take photos together to capture the moment. 3. DRAW Turn the moment into a candy. Each session becomes a candy you shared with your friends. Come back each day to draw one, collect your memories, and watch your friendship history grow. YOUR FRIENDSHIP HISTORY Every session becomes part of your shared story. Open a friend's profile and look back at the time you've spent together. - See how much life you've shared. - Remember where your story began. - Find the moments you almost forgot. The more time you share, the more of your friendship you keep & memories remembered. MORE THAN A SOCIAL APP Most social products are built around feeds, followers, likes, and content. minti is built around something simpler: time together. Instead of scrolling through everyone else's lives, gather your people and make a memory of your own. We hope minti becomes the place you find the people you call friends in real life. Enjoy the sweets. :) Say hi anytime: founders@circlefive.co

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DearPins

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DearPins is your new home to collect all the moments that matter to you & your loved ones. Add a DearPins widget to your home screen, & whether it’s meaningful photos, notes, or links; you can keep them all within your reach on one beautiful, customizable shared board. Pin a photo, jot a note, record a voice memo, or drop a link. Everything you share lands on a board you shape together with whoever your choose, and shows up immediately on each other's Home Screen. No feed. No likes. No pressure to reply. Just a curated little digital corner that's always there on your phone screen when you need a pick me up! -Keep every kind of memory together- It’s amazing what can trigger a memory in you. It can be a note, a photo, a voice memo, a magnet, even a link, that gains significance over time. Unlike other Widget board or note sharing apps - DearPins lets you collect photos, notes, links, and more, in one shared visual space ~ Rather than leaving these potential memories scattered across group chats, albums, and notes, destined to be forgotten. -Make the board feel like yours- Write your notes on textured paper, place your photos in Polaroid-style frames, and arrange them yourself with pins and magnets we designed especially for the app. Every board you share with someone, or even the boards you make just for you, are fully customisable. -Keep your favorite moments within hands reach- Add a DearPins widget to your home screen and your boards will automatically update - when someone pins something new, it appears straight away. No noisy notifications; with DearPins we’re trying to recreate the feeling of ‘noticing at your own pace’ in a world full of interruptions. -Made for your inner circle- DearPins is private by design. We made it for the people you want to keep close and share the little things with, nobody else. Each board lets you invite new members with a link. Once they join, you can start filling it with moments that feel uniquely yours and won’t be viewed by anyone else. We created DearPins for: - Families sharing everyday moments, family updates, and memories worth passing on - Best friends collecting photos, notes, plans, and inside jokes in a shared scrapbook - Couples staying close through ordinary days, whether nearby or long-distance - Trips, anniversaries, birthdays, and new chapters you want to remember together - Solo-creators who like to organize spaces and have full control of the widgets on their homepage But ultimately, everyone is welcome. We built DearPins for the people we text least and miss most, and put them back in plain sight, on your Home Screen. Download DearPins and start curating the living digital spaces of your shared lives. From the creators of PicCollage (trusted by 280M+ users) Terms of Service: https://cardinalblue.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy

Screenshots

Minti4 screens
DearPins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Minti at every 3 days against DearPins's every 2 weeks. Minti also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minti ships an update every 3 days, DearPins every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Minti versus DearPins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMintiDearPins
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWEN CHIEN WUCardinal Blue

In-app purchases

None

Minti

No in-app purchases

None

DearPins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minti free?
Minti is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DearPins free?
DearPins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minti or DearPins have ads?
Neither Minti nor DearPins shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minti or DearPins?
Minti ships an update every 3 days, and DearPins every 2 weeks. Most recently, Minti was updated on October 13, 2026 and DearPins on October 16, 2026.

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