Comparison

Notify vs mimi

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

Head to head
About

Notify

Organize your thoughts and to-dos with a beautiful and simple note-taking app. Create custom folders, set reminders, and share your notes easily. Enjoy seamless iCloud sync and full data privacy.

Highlights
  • Organize notes with custom folders
  • Quick note creation
  • Set reminders for notes
  • Share notes across devices and apps
  • Export notes for backup
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Notify is the simplest, best and most beautiful way to manage your notes and tasks on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. "He listens well who takes notes." Dante Alighieri FOLDERS Create folders for your notes. This is the number one feature that will let you separate notes according to categories. For instance, all the notes about cooking in a dedicated folder, all the notes about travels in another, one for work, etc. QUICK NOTE With just one tap, you can start writing your note and saving it by pressing the return key. Add multiple quick notes in just a few seconds. REMINDERS You can set a reminder on any note. SIMPLICITY Elegant and simple way to edit notes. SHARE Share any note to WhatsApp, Twitter, Message, Mail, Add to Notes and more. Copy, Add To iCloud Drive. Share to your Mac or to any iOS device. EXPORT Ability to export all your notes to your email address. Because everyone needs a backup. ICLOUD SYNC Automatic iCloud synchronisation! Create a new note on your iPhone and it will magically appear automatically on your iPad and iPod touch as well. NO ACCOUNT No need to create any account. FULL DATA PRIVACY Notify does not store any of your data and cannot even access it. Your data stay in your private iCloud account. FAVORITES You can now mark some of your most used notes as favorites. Simply tap the star icon when in a note. Then, tap the star icon at the top of the main section to view all favorite notes. THEMES You can select some beautifully hand-crafted themes: Cerulean, Lime, Melancholy, Notify, Orchid, Princess, Scarlet, Sunrise and Sunset. PERSONALIZED THEME Not only that, but you still have the ability to select your Personal theme and personalize your colors on your own. Choose from up to 179 colors. Yes, black and white are also there. "I'm known for my handwritten notes." Pamela Anderson Download it right now and tell your friends, they will love Notify as much as you will. That's it, in case we don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night.

About

mimi

Personalize your notes with a variety of cute themes and customizable text styles. Organize your thoughts into notebooks, create to-do lists, and format text with lists and special character recognition. Unlock premium stickers with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Cute note themes
  • Customizable text styling
  • Checkable to-do lists
  • Organize notes in notebooks
  • Special character highlighting
  • In-app web browser
Features
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mimi is a cute note application based on the concept of "the fun of choosing a cute notepad at a store." Choose your favorite from many themes and enjoy your notebook and notes! If you don't have your favorite theme, you can request the theme you want the author to make. Enjoy the cute! Features: - Cute note themes - Text styling (font, font size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text colors, pragraph alignment, paragraph indent) - Checkable list for track todo in note - Unordered list and ordered list for formatting text in list - URL, phone number, address, calender event, flight number and shipment tracking number are highlited in note editor - Open URL in in-app web browser - Organize notes in notebooks mimi Premium unlock premium stickers on Sticker Library. mimi Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. For technical assistance or other inquiries, email: umaiapp+mimi_support@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://umai.app/app/mimi/Privacy.md Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notify4 screens
mimi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: mimi at Free against Notify's $1.99. mimi also leads on ratings volume (7.9K vs 1). Notify's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On rating, review sentiment, 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

mimi is free to download; Notify costs $1.99 up front. mimi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Notify asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notify holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mimi has 7.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Notify's written reviews are positive against 92% of mimi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notify ships an update every 6 days, mimi monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Notify versus mimi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotifymimi
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (7.9K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings17.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB246 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamien GonellaMasaki Yoshihisa

Customer experience

Notify

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

mimi

All ratings6,459 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews557 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.9%

Bugs and requests

Notify

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

mimi

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes sometimes get moved to the top unexpectedly
  • Certain font styles have compatibility issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to import photos and images
  • Implement cloud sync and backup functionality
  • Allow custom themes and background creation
  • Add more organizational tools like tags and filters

In-app purchases

None

Notify

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

mimi

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$25.991 Year

Questions

Is Notify free?
Notify costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is mimi free?
mimi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notify or mimi?
Notify is rated higher. Notify averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while mimi averages 4.8 from 7.9K ratings.
Do Notify or mimi have ads?
Neither Notify nor mimi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notify or mimi?
Notify ships an update every 6 days, and mimi monthly. Most recently, Notify was updated on October 13, 2026 and mimi on October 23, 2026.

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