Comparison

Mind Sensus vs Notebook Games

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

Head to head
About

Mind Sensus

Engage in a fun and challenging cognitive training game that tests your ability to recognize colors, shapes, and patterns. Unlock new levels and modes as you improve your skills and become a master of recognition.

Highlights
  • Cognitive training
  • Pattern recognition
  • Color and shape matching
  • Unlockable cards and modes
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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How quickly can they recognize colors, shapes and patterns? You understand the game principle right away, but can you master it? Mind Sensus presents you with a fun but challenging task that only the best minds can master, while you also train your brain. Mind Sensus offers a lot of fun and a dose of cognitive training. Who knows ... soon you will switch to the master mode and become a true master of recognition and brain-training. Initially only three different cards are available, but if you become better and achieve higher points you will unlock more cards with new patterns, colors and shapes. You can also unlock higher play modes. Developed by the creator of Magic Alchemist!

About

Notebook Games

Relive classic notebook paper games with 16 hand-drawn mini-games. Enjoy offline play, pass-and-play multiplayer, and customizable themes without ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • 16 hand-drawn mini-games
  • Offline play
  • Pass-and-play multiplayer
  • Multiple notebook themes
  • Game statistics tracking
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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Remember doodling games in the back of your notebook during class? Tic Tac Toe in the margins. Dots & Boxes on the last page. Snake on every scrap of paper you could find. Notebook Games brings that feeling back — right on your phone. Every game is hand-drawn on warm, yellowed notebook paper. The lines wobble a little. The text looks pencilled in. The background has eraser marks and pencil smudges, just like the real thing. It's not polished. That's the point. 18 games, all hand-drawn on paper: • Doodle Kingdom — A full card adventure drawn in the margins. Build your deck, battle doodle monsters, reach the boss. No two runs alike. • Tic Tac Toe — The timeless classic, plus Super (4x4) and Ultimate (nine boards in one) modes. • Dots & Boxes — Draw lines, capture squares, outwit the AI. • Gomoku — Five in a row on a 15x15 grid. Pinch to zoom, undo moves. • Connect Four — Drop pieces to connect four in a row. Three AI levels. • Checkers — Jump and capture on an 8x8 board. Three AI difficulty levels. • Winding Words — Trace the theme words as they twist through the grid. Every letter gets used. • Five Letters — Guess the five-letter word in six tries. Hand-drawn circles and scribbles for clues. • Mini Sudoku — Quick 4x4 puzzles. Three difficulty levels with timer. • Minesweeper — Tap to reveal, hold to flag. Includes a no-guess mode: every board is solvable by pure logic. • Word Search — Find hidden words in a letter grid. Drag to select. • Maze — Find the exit, or try One Line mode: cover every cell with a single unbroken pencil stroke. • Snake — A calmer, softer Snake. Pencil-drawn on notebook paper. • Hangman — Guess the word before the stickman swings, then learn it: pronunciation, meaning, and an example sentence. • Notebook Siege — Angry-doodles-style slingshot game. 30 hand-crafted levels across 3 chapters, plus endless mode. • Paper Football — Flick a folded paper triangle across the desk. Score touchdowns on notebook paper. • Paper Airplane — Launch a paper airplane through rings and past obstacles. Tilt to steer. • Doodle Jump — Bounce a stickman up through pencil platforms. How high can you go? A new puzzle every day: The Daily Challenge rotates through the week — a fresh Minesweeper board, Word Search, Maze, Winding Words, Five Letters, and more. Everyone gets the same puzzle. Keep your streak alive with tally marks in the margin, and share your result as a hand-drawn card. Everything you'd want, nothing you wouldn't: - No account required. Just open and play. - Works completely offline. No Wi-Fi, no problem. - No ads during gameplay - ever. - AI opponents for solo play. - Sound effects that feel like pencil on paper. - Dark mode support throughout. - Warm notebook paper aesthetic. Notebook Games Pro ($1.99 one-time): Unlock four extra notebook themes - Graph Paper, Blackboard, Aged Parchment, and Blueprint - plus detailed game stats. One purchase, yours forever. No subscription. Whether you're looking to unwind, challenge a friend, or just relive the joy of rainy-day doodling, Notebook Games is here for you. No sign-in. No nonsense. Just games on paper. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://quietbyte.io/privacy-notebookgames.html

Screenshots

Mind Sensus4 screens
Notebook Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Notebook Games at none against Mind Sensus's shown. Notebook Games also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Mind Sensus's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Mind Sensus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Notebook Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notebook Games holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind Sensus ships an update every 9 months, Notebook Games fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mind Sensus versus Notebook Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind SensusNotebook Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
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Customer experience

Mind Sensus

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notebook Games

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mind Sensus

One-time2
  • Adfree$0.99
  • Game modes and cards$0.99
1 purchases

Notebook Games

One-time1
  • Notebook Games Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Mind Sensus free?
Mind Sensus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook Games free?
Notebook Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mind Sensus or Notebook Games?
Notebook Games is rated higher. Mind Sensus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Notebook Games averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mind Sensus or Notebook Games have ads?
Mind Sensus shows ads; Notebook Games does not.
Which is updated more often, Mind Sensus or Notebook Games?
Mind Sensus ships an update every 9 months, and Notebook Games fortnightly. Most recently, Mind Sensus was updated on November 1, 2026 and Notebook Games on October 31, 2026.

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