Colored Note vs My Mini Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colored Note
Capture your thoughts, ideas, and experiences with a versatile diary and notepad. Add photos, color-code entries, and organize with tags for easy retrieval. Share your notes with friends or keep them private with passcode protection.
- Add photos to notes
- Color-code notes for organization
- Assign tags for searching
- Sort notes as desired
- Share notes with friends
- Secure notes with a passcode
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Color Note is a diary and notepad just for everyone! Record interesting thoughts, inspires ideas, inspirational quotes, recent experience, write notes about life, share your thoughts and mood with your friends. Or just write memos. PHOTOS You can add some images to your note. COLORS You can mark your note with a color. The color can be used for searching. TAGS You can assign one or more tags to a note. The tags can be used for searching. ORGANIZE Sort your note as you want. SHARE YOUR NOTE WITH YOUR FRIENDS Send it to your friends or publish in social networks! SAFETY You can restrict access to your notes with a passcode. AND You can delete a note by swiping it to the left.
My Mini Canvas
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One day they'll stop explaining their drawings. Right now, they can't wait to tell you everything — the dragon's name, why the house is purple, what the squiggly bit in the corner is actually doing. My Mini Canvas captures that story before it's gone. Photograph their drawing. Record their voice. In minutes, their artwork becomes a watercolour illustration and a personalised bedtime story — yours to read aloud together tonight. WHAT YOUR FAMILY GETS — Their drawing painted as a storybook illustration — A warm bedtime story written from their artwork and their own words — Read it aloud together with one tap, in a gentle voice — Every drawing kept as a chapter in your family's memory book — Share a keepsake storybook or card with grandparents tonight You approve every story before it's saved, and everything is created under strict children's-content rules. PLANS Spark — free forever 5 stories and 3 illustrations every month, plus your first bedtime read-aloud on us. Keep unlimited memories. No account — it all stays on your device. My Story 30 stories, 30 illustrations and 20 bedtime read-alouds every month. Unlimited memories. Export your whole memory book as a PDF. Starts with a 7-day free trial. My Canvas 60 stories and illustrations, 40 bedtime read-alouds every month — in 6 art styles: watercolour, storybook, pencil sketch, oil painting, ink wash and soft dream. Unlimited memories and memory-book export. Starts with a 7-day free trial. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your memories are yours — kept on your device, never on our servers. To turn a drawing into a story and illustration, a small, metadata-stripped copy of the artwork is sent to a trusted AI just long enough to create them — never stored, never used to train AI. Your child's voice recording never leaves your device. Nothing is shared with anyone until you choose to. — After the 7-day free trial, your subscription auto-renews at the price shown (My Story $4.99/month or $49.99/year; My Canvas $9.99/month or $99.99/year, US pricing) and is charged to your Apple ID. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://myminicanvas.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colored Note at none against My Mini Canvas's 4. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. My Mini Canvas sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Colored Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Colored Note ships an update weekly, My Mini Canvas fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Note | My Mini Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Veniamin Gribkov | GOODTECH HLDGS PTE. LTD. |
Bugs and requests
Colored Note
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes disappearing or not saving properly
- Cursor jumping or text selection issues
- Glitches with recent app updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add checklist/to-do list functionality
- Improve note sorting and search options
- Implement password protection or biometric security
- Provide more font and customization options
My Mini Canvas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Colored Note
No in-app purchases
My Mini Canvas
- My Story7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- My Canvas7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- My Story Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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- My Canvas Yearly7 Days trial$64.991 Year
Questions
Is Colored Note free?
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Do Colored Note or My Mini Canvas have ads?
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