Comparison

DearPins vs melt ritual

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

Head to head
About

DearPins

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Share a board with the people who matter โ€” the photos, notes, and voice messages you pin show up right on each other's Home Screen. DearPins is for the people you don't text every day but always keep close. Unlock your phone, and there's a little piece of their day. โ€” Keep everyday moments together โ€” The things that bring back memories are often the smallest ones: a quick note, a photo, a voice message, a link you wanted to share. Over time, these little pieces become something special. In DearPins, photos, notes, voice messages, and links all live on one shared board โ€” instead of being scattered across group chats, camera rolls, and notes apps, buried under new messages. โ€” Decorate a board that feels handmade โ€” Write on paper-textured notes, frame photos in instant-film style, and finish with magnets, stickers, and washi tape designed just for DearPins. Arrange everything exactly where you want it. Whether it's a board you share or a personal one just for you, make it look the way you like. โ€” Right there on your Home Screen โ€” Add the DearPins widget to your Home Screen, and when someone adds a new Pin, it shows up there. No need to keep checking notifications, no pressure to reply right away. DearPins brings back a simple feeling: keeping up with each other's lives, at your own pace. โ€” A space just for you โ€” You invite people to each board with a private invite link, and only invited members can see what's inside. This isn't a public social network for everyone to see. It's for the people you want to share the little things with. Who will you share DearPins with? โ€ข Family: everyday updates, little moments, and memories worth keeping โ€ข Best friends: travel photos, notes, future plans, and inside jokes only you understand โ€ข Your partner: the ordinary days, no matter how far apart you are โ€ข Together: trips, anniversaries, birthdays, and every day worth celebrating โ€ข Just you: a personal board for inspiration, right on your Home Screen No public feed, no like counts, no rush to reply. Just a small corner that's all yours โ€” whenever you miss each other, it's right there on your Home Screen. Download DearPins and start collecting the moments you share. Made by the team behind PicCollage, with over 280 million downloads worldwide. Terms of Service: https://cardinalblue.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy

About

melt ritual

Features
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some thoughts don't deserve a notes app. they need to leave. melt ritual is one screen. tap, write the negative thought that's been eating your focus, and hold the melt button โ€” the words liquefy under your finger, drip down the screen, and dissolve until white washes over everything. lift your finger and the melt pauses; hold again and it continues. when it's done, it's gone. permanently. nothing is ever saved. no history, no archive, no account, no cloud, no way back. the impossibility of getting a thought back is the whole point. the only thing the app remembers is your count โ€” how many thoughts you've thrown away. โ€ข one screen, one gesture: write, hold, gone โ€ข real-time melt rendered with metal shaders โ€ข haptics that let you feel the thought soften and release โ€ข a lifetime count of everything you've let go โ€ข a home screen widget that asks for your next one โ€ข a gentle once-a-day reminder at a random time (optional) โ€ข 100% private: no accounts, no analytics, no network โ€” everything stays on your phone your head has better things to hold.

Screenshots

DearPins4 screens
melt ritual3 screens

Verdict

The call

DearPins and melt ritual are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DearPins versus melt ritual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDearPinsmelt ritual
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size104 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCardinal BlueRahul Bhadauriya

In-app purchases

None

DearPins

No in-app purchases

None

melt ritual

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DearPins free?
DearPins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is melt ritual free?
melt ritual is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DearPins or melt ritual have ads?
Neither DearPins nor melt ritual shows ads.

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