# Minimal

> Meditation-inspired writing and notes app for Apple devices

Minimal is a notes and writing app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, built around a sparse page and Markdown-style formatting. Its signature feature, the Note Lifetime, archives notes that go unedited for a chosen period so the list reflects current work. Notes can be co-edited with other people or published as simple websites, and todo lists can sync with Apple's Calendar. It is a subscription with a 2-week free trial.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Timeless LLC
- **Website:** https://minimal.app
- **Runs on:** iOS, macOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Minimal is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $4.99 per month, or $49.99 per year.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 2-week free trial.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Minimal Monthly | $4.99 per month | Membership for one person, billed monthly through the App Store after the 2-week free trial. |
| Minimal Annual | $49.99 per year | The same membership billed once a year after the 2-week free trial. |
| Minimal Family Plan | $79.99 per year | Shares Minimal with up to 6 family members through Apple's Family Sharing, after a 2-week free trial. |
| Team plans | Custom | For workplaces that want to share Minimal across a team; arranged by writing to the vendor. |

Read from https://minimal.app/#pricing on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Minimal before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 16.5% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Minimal costs $49.99 a year against $4.99 a month, which comes to $59.88 over 12 months, a saving of about 16.5%. Source: https://minimal.app/#pricing
- **Up to 80% off for students and educators** (Education): The pricing section says students and educators can save up to 80% on an annual plan by getting in touch with the vendor. Source: https://minimal.app/#pricing
- **Up to 80% off for non-profit employees** (Nonprofit): The same discount of up to 80% on an annual plan is offered to non-profit employees who contact the vendor. Source: https://minimal.app/#pricing

## App Store prices by country

"Minimal Monthly", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $4.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £4.99 | about $6.59 (32% more) |
| Germany | 4,99 € | about $5.58 (12% more) |
| Canada | $4.99 | about $3.50 (30% less) |
| Australia | $5.99 | about $4.16 (17% less) |
| India | ₹ 399 | about $4.12 (17% less) |
| Brazil | R$ 19,90 | about $3.97 (21% less) |
| Mexico | $99.00 | about $5.50 (10% more) |
| Turkey | ₺49,99 | about $1.02 (80% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 69ribu | about $3.85 (23% less) |
| Philippines | ₱ 199.00 | about $3.16 (37% less) |
| South Africa | R69.99 | about $4.20 (16% less) |

## Key features

- **Note Lifetime:** An optional setting archives notes left unedited for a chosen period. Reminders arrive before a note expires, pinning or editing keeps it alive, and expired notes can be restored.
- **Collaborative notes:** A note can be shared as view-only or editable, by invitation or public link, and several people can edit at once. Collaborative notes sync with offline support.
- **Publish as Website:** A note can be turned into a simple public web page in three taps, for example to publish an essay written in the app.
- **Todo lists and Calendar:** Todo items have checkable boxes, and a list can sync with Apple's Calendar app, where each item becomes an event with its own start time, end time and alerts.
- **Markdown-style formatting:** Headers, lists, bold, italics, block quotes and pull quotes are typed with special characters. A folder is created by typing its name between curly brackets.
- **Sync, import and export:** Notes sync through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. They export as PDF, HTML and Markdown, and text and links come in through the system share sheet.

## Good for

- Writers who want a quiet, sparse page on Apple devices
- People who would rather old notes expire than pile up
- Co-writing a note or publishing one as a web page

## Worth knowing

- It is available for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch only; there is no Windows, Android or web app.
- After the 2-week trial it is a subscription at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year; no one-time purchase is offered.
- The terms say the best features are members-only but do not list what works without a subscription.
- Notes published as websites are public by default and can be searchable on the web.

## Works with

iCloud, Apple Calendar, Apple Shortcuts, Siri, iMessage, Spotlight

**Tags:** Notes, Markdown, Real-time collaboration, Tasks, Works offline

## Alternatives

- [Bear](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bear): Markdown notes app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with tags and links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bear-vs-minimal)
- [iA Writer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ia-writer): Minimal plain-text Markdown writing app with Focus Mode. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ia-writer-vs-minimal)
- [Simplenote](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplenote): Free plain-text notes that sync across every major platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/minimal-vs-simplenote)
- [Craft](https://toolgpa.com/tools/craft): Notes and documents app with tasks, daily notes and whiteboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/craft-vs-minimal)
- [Apple Notes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apple-notes): Apple's free notes app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-notes-vs-minimal)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://minimal.app/#pricing
- https://minimal.app/
- https://minimal.app/terms
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minimal-notes/id1442727443
- https://blog.minimal.app/

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