Apple Notes alternative: notes and reminders in WhatsApp

Updated October 2026. Prices and features checked against each product's own website.

If you're looking for an Apple Notes alternative because you've moved to Android, or because notes you meant to act on sit there until it's too late, Mindie keeps notes and short lists in a WhatsApp chat and can remind you about them at a set time.

Apple Notes comes with every iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it does a lot more than most people use.

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on WhatsApp

• Save a note

  Note: the wifi password at the cabin is on the fridge

• Find it later

  What was the wifi password at the cabin?

• Note plus reminder

  Save this: passport is in the top drawer. Remind me on 1 March to check its expiry date

The short answer

• Stay with Apple Notes if you write longer notes, sketch, scan documents or collaborate on notes with other people on Apple devices.
• Try Mindie if your notes are mostly quick things you need to find or act on later, or you use an Android phone or a Windows PC.

At a glance

Where Apple Notes is better

Apple Notes is a full notebook. It does checklists and tables, drawings and handwriting, document scanning, audio recording with transcription, and locked notes. You can organise with folders, tags and Smart Folders, and invite people to edit a note or a whole folder in iCloud, with changes showing up for everyone. It's built in and free on Apple devices.

Where Mindie fits

Mindie is a contact in your WhatsApp. You text it a note ("gate code at Sam's is 4471"), a list, or a voice note, and it saves it. To find it again, ask the way you'd ask a friend: "what was Sam's gate code?" There's no folder to pick.

The bigger difference is time. Tell Mindie "remind me to send the form when I get to work at 9" and it messages you at 9 in the same chat, where you reply done or snooze. Notes and reminders live in one place, so the thing you wrote down comes back when you need it.

Using both

Keep Apple Notes for long writing, sketches and shared notes. Send Mindie the small things that need to come back at a time: codes, follow-ups, what to buy on the way home. The two don't sync.

Price

Mindie is free for 7 days with every feature. A card is saved at checkout, nothing is charged during the trial, and Mindie texts you two days before it ends. After that it's $9 a month or $90 a year, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the first payment. Cancel any time by texting "cancel". See pricing or start your trial.

Questions

Mindie isn't affiliated with the products named here. What's said about them is general and can change, so check their own sites for current features and prices. Checked on 31 October 2026. Sources: Apple's own iPhone User Guide for Notes and its iCloud page; Mindie's own product.