Comparison

Pensieve vs Nudge Monster

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

Head to head
About

Pensieve

Easily capture fleeting thoughts, ideas, and to-dos by emailing them to yourself. This app provides quick capture tools like audio recording, photo attachments, and text pasting, ensuring your ideas are saved without interrupting your flow. It prioritizes user privacy with no data mining or ads.

Highlights
  • Audio recording with speech-to-text
  • Built-in camera for photo attachments
  • Attachment picker for photos and files
  • Quick paste for text, links, and images
  • Email from Apple Watch
  • Share extension for in-app capture
  • Customizable email formatting
  • Offline capture
Features
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If you’ve ever emailed yourself, Pensieve is for you. Just capture, send, and remember! Pensieve is the perfect Idea Inbox companion, a Magic Warp Zone for your mind. Ideas, to-dos, and inspiration pop into your head throughout the day, often at the wrong time and in the wrong place. You want to capture those thoughts somehow, but you’ll forget to check your other notes app, texting yourself won’t work, and writing an email is clunky. You need to get these ideas out of your mind and off of your phone now, so you can get back to what you’re doing and stay in the moment with a clear head. You need a powerful, easy-to-use tool that can teleport your thoughts from here and now to the time and place where they belong. You need an idea warp zone. You need Pensieve, the notes app you'll actually use. == Features == Powerful capture tools, deep customization, and lightning-fast email delivery: • Record audio memos and get automatic speech-to-text transcripts. • Built-in camera that attaches photos as soon as you take them. • Attachment picker with quick access to your photo library and files. • Quick paste button for emailing yourself text, links, and images. • Email yourself from your Watch using the Pensieve watch app. • Email yourself from within other apps using Pensieve Share. • Custom rules put you in control over how emails from Pensieve are formatted. • With the power of Pensieve you can send to multiple inboxes with one tap. • Works offline. Capture thoughts without the internet and send them later. == Privacy & Security First == Pensieve is committed to your privacy and security. The app doesn't contain any of the icky practices of big tech or other companies! - NO data mining. - NO advertisements. - NO attention-grabbing tactics. Only respect for you and your time, attention, and data. Learn more at https://privacy.pensieve.io. == Get in Touch == Tweet to @PensieveTweets with questions, feedback, etc. == Terms == By using Pensieve you agree to the Pensieve Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Nudge Monster

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Most reminder apps send one notification and give up. This one escalates. Nudge Monster puts a live countdown on your Lock Screen and keeps nagging — through silent mode — until you actually do the thing. COUNTDOWNS, WITHOUT REOPENING THE APP A live countdown can appear on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported iPhones—even if you’ve swiped the app closed. ALARMS THAT CUT THROUGH SILENT MODE With alarm permission enabled, Monster mode uses system alarms that can sound through Silent mode and Focus. BIRTHDAYS YOU ACTUALLY ACT ON Bring birthdays in from your Contacts, with the date and the age. A warning the night before and a gift reminder a fortnight out help you plan ahead. When the reminder pops up, call the person or open a WhatsApp chat directly from it. Turn the nudge into a birthday wish while they are still on your mind. THE HALL OF SHAME Your on-time rate, and every deadline you let slide. Uncomfortable, and that is the point. YOUR REMINDER CONTENT STAYS PRIVATE No account. No tracking. No ads. Your reminders, birthdays and photos are stored on your device, with optional backup to your private iCloud account. Starting a countdown remotely uses a reminder service that processes device delivery tokens, random identifiers, scheduling times and technical delivery records. Your reminder text and contact details are not sent to that service. The words in your countdown are filled in on your phone. FREE, PERMANENTLY Unlimited reminders and birthdays. Standard notifications on all of them. One live countdown, Monster mode on three, export and import, and your on-time stats. NUDGE MONSTER PRO Monster mode on everything. Five countdowns at once. Automatic iCloud backup, the Home Screen widget, repeating reminders, gift reminders, and your full history. Pro is a yearly or monthly auto-renewing subscription; the price in your local currency is shown before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://thenudgemonster.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thenudgemonster.com/privacy

Screenshots

Pensieve4 screens
Nudge Monster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pensieve at 4 against Nudge Monster's 1. Pensieve also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Pensieve sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Nudge Monster sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pensieve versus Nudge Monster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPensieveNudge Monster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (82 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings82 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWindow Seat Labs, LLCvedangini sharma

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pensieve

Subscriptions4
  • Boost Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • All Access Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Boost Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • All Access Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Nudge Monster

Subscriptions2
  • Nudge Monster Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Nudge Monster Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Pensieve free?
Pensieve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nudge Monster free?
Nudge Monster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pensieve or Nudge Monster have ads?
Neither Pensieve nor Nudge Monster shows ads.

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