inkhour vs PinNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
inkhour
This app helps you reclaim time from your phone by scheduling protected reading sessions. During these times, distracting apps are blocked, allowing you to focus on reading and build a habit of consuming content from books instead of endless scrolling.
- Schedule protected reading times
- Block distracting apps
- Keep up to two essential apps available
- Track reading time and streaks
- Record books read
- Integrate with Apple Health sleep data
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Don’t put the phone down. Pick up something better. Remember when you could disappear into a book for hours? That person is still in you. The scroll just gets there first. Willpower asks you to win the same argument all day. inkhour lets you make the decision once. Choose when you want to read. When the ink falls, the distracting apps you selected go dark, and your phone has only one useful thing left to say: Go read. No guilt. No grey warning to swipe past. No promise to be better tomorrow. Just a quiet stretch of time where the easier choice is finally the one you wanted to make. Each day you return leaves a mark. Your streak grows. The page fills with ink. Your shelf becomes a record of what you read and the time you took back from the feed. At first, it is one protected sitting. Then you notice the pages adding up. Then the books. Then the time that used to disappear into a feed has begun turning into something you can hold. That is the whole idea. Scroll less. Read more. Let the books add up. HOW INKHOUR PROTECTS THE RITUAL • Schedule up to three protected reading times each day • Choose 30 minutes, one hour, or up to three hours • Read on waking, before bed, or at your own time • Use recent Apple Health sleep data to suggest times, only if you choose • Block distracting apps while keeping up to two essentials available • Record your reading time, streak, milestones, and books No account. No advertising. No developer tracking. Your schedule and reading history stay on your device. The feed will still be there later. Your unread books have already waited long enough. inkhour. Give the hour to something better. Terms of Use: https://inkhour.xyz/terms Privacy Policy: https://inkhour.xyz/privacy
PinNote
Keep essential information like codes, reminders, or quotes instantly visible on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and StandBy widgets. Access notes without unlocking your device, with options for adjustable text, attachments, and privacy blur.
- Lock Screen, Home Screen, and StandBy widgets
- Adjustable large text and background options
- Siri quick note integration
- Audio and video attachments
- Full-screen alarm reminders
- Privacy blur mode
- iCloud sync
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PinNote keeps the notes and reminders you need most where you can see them. Add a note to your iPhone Lock Screen, Home Screen, or StandBy. Keep today's priority, a shopping list, or a reminder in view—without opening the app. QUICK-GLANCE WIDGETS • Lock Screen, Home Screen, and StandBy widgets • Large, adjustable text from 16 to 56 pt • Search notes and filter by pinned notes or reminders • Pin and sort important notes • Choose paper, white, yellow, blue, or black backgrounds NOTES FOR MORE THAN TEXT • Add up to four images to a note • Record audio up to 10 minutes or video up to 3 minutes • Create text notes with Siri or Shortcuts; Siri voice-to-text transcription isn't supported REMINDERS THAT FIT YOUR ROUTINE • Repeat reminders daily, on weekdays or weekends, weekly, or on selected days • Choose a full-screen alarm or a quiet banner notification PRIVACY AND SYNC • Blur note content in Lock Screen widgets with Privacy Mode • Sync notes and attachments across iPhone and iPad with iCloud • See when iCloud sync is in progress in Settings Keep the details you need close at hand with PinNote. Feedback & Support Email: sunjun20141@qq.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/p/7a37547a1830444b27c6c5aa8195a622d62858d5
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PinNote at free against inkhour's subscription. PinNote also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). inkhour's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. inkhour sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and PinNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
inkhour holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PinNote has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of inkhour's written reviews are positive against 95% of PinNote's.
inkhour ships an update every 9 days, PinNote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | inkhour | PinNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nima Yahyaabady | 军 孙 |
Customer experience
inkhour
PinNote
In-app purchases
inkhour
- Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.00
PinNote
- PinNote Premium$3.99









