Comparison

Colored Note vs My Mini Canvas

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

My Mini Canvas

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Colored Note3 screens
My Mini Canvas4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colored Note ships an update weekly, My Mini Canvas fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Colored Note versus My Mini Canvas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColored NoteMy Mini Canvas
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeniamin GribkovGOODTECH 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

None

Colored Note

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

My Mini Canvas

Subscriptions4
  • 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?
Colored Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Mini Canvas free?
My Mini Canvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Colored Note or My Mini Canvas have ads?
Neither Colored Note nor My Mini Canvas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colored Note or My Mini Canvas?
Colored Note ships an update weekly, and My Mini Canvas fortnightly. Most recently, Colored Note was updated on October 13, 2026 and My Mini Canvas on September 29, 2026.

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