# Color Notepad — Make your notes app unique

> Customizable, minimalist note-taking app with multiple themes and sync. (iPhone/iPad app by Dmytro Vynokurov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-notepad/id1112663477 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dmytro Vynokurov](https://appshunter.io/developer/350017076)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 600 App Store ratings · 43 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-05-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-notepad/id1112663477/reviews.md

## What is Color Notepad?

Color Notepad is a clean and simple note-taking app designed to match your personal style. Whether you’re jotting down quick thoughts, daily tasks, or important ideas, Color Notepad keeps things fast, easy, and customizable.

Choose from 20+ colorful themes to match your mood — or let the app surprise you with a random one each time you open it.

Key Feature:
• Minimalist design for quick and distraction-free note-taking.
• 20+ colorful themes to suit your mood.
• Light & Dark Mode support for every theme.
• iCloud sync to keep your notes up to date across devices.
• Sort your notes by date or alphabetically.
• Export individual notes or your entire archive for backup or sharing.
• Automatic local backups with the ability to restore notes.

Color Notepad is perfect for anyone looking for a lightweight, private, and beautifully customizable notes app — with no ads, no accounts, and no clutter.

## Key features

- Minimalist design
- 20+ colorful themes
- Light & Dark Mode
- iCloud sync
- Sort notes
- Export notes
- Automatic local backups

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlimited Storage | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Color Notepad?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎨 Colorful customization options
- 💾 One-time purchase pricing model
- 📝 Simple and easy-to-use interface
- 🔤 Adjustable font size options
- ✅ Cross-device synchronization
- 🎯 Good organizational tool for writers

**Cons**

- 🐛 Notes frequently disappear or fail to save
- 🐛 App crashes and won't open
- 🐛 Text scrolls out of view when keyboard appears
- 💰 Expensive pricing for unlimited storage
- ❌ Limited to 3 notes in free version
- 🎨 Only one color per app, not per note
- ⚠️ Poor iPad Pro compatibility
- ⚠️ Unreliable data persistence

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Notes deleted unexpectedly after saving
- App crashes and fails to reopen
- Text disappears or becomes invisible
- Keyboard covers note content during editing
- Inconsistent save functionality (8 out of 10 times fails)
- App unresponsive to input commands
- Notes lost after app closure

**Most requested features**

- Password protection for notes
- Different colors for individual notes
- Checklist functionality with reset capability
- Note sharing capabilities
- Multiple font options
- Apple Pencil support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 43)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-notepad/id1112663477/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Love this app

*2026-07-27*

It’s so easy to write down notes, passwords, anything. You can also search for things you added to the list which is awesome

### 5/5 — Очень очень подробно от Ромы

*2024-10-27*

Искал хорошие заметки. Не нашел эти. Можно менять цвет легко записывать просто супер!!! Спасибо!😊

### 5/5 — Mixed up cluttered minds THIS IS AWESOME!

*2023-12-21, version 1.1*

I am inveterate writer I write more than I think I write more than I eat. I write more than I sleep I right like I breathe. The downside to that is whilst Apple is absolutely wonderful. It doesn’t offer very good organisational tools so I spend longer looking for the note that I than the actual writing of the note.

Enter this note application, it’s not gonna cost me a tenner a week or £100 a year it’s a one off, tried a little price to pay for an extra filing system. You will not regret it. It’s a gem

### 1/5 — Not saving notes

*2023-09-12*

This app keeps deleting my updated notes.

### 5/5 — Great!

*2023-06-08, version 1.1*

Excellent

### 1/5 — I’m about to get rid of this app

*2023-03-20*

Thought this app was gonna be convenient but any notes I write in on my subjects, it kept disappearing. And I couldn’t put in more subjects so I paid for unlimited storage. Still kept deleting my notes. What gives.

### 3/5 — Okay

*2022-06-04*

I thought each note could be a different color and held in groups by the color header. I was wrong. Only one color per app. Disappointing 🙁. 

Great if you just want simplicity though and a great choice of colors. Love the font size changer too. 🙂

### 5/5 — Wonderful!

*2022-05-13*

I love this improved version of Apple’s basic notepad app. Slightly easier, more secure and more fun to use. Thanks!

This is an actual customer review. I wasn’t compensated for my endorsement.

### 5/5 — tiny, fun, free, & it works

*2022-05-06*

also the random color thing is (chef's kiss)

### 1/5 — I Don’t understand.......

*2021-11-25*

When I first tried typing in the notes, everything just disappears. I wrote a story that almost took me day, and I figured I would need to continue the next day. So the next day, everything was gone! I was so frustrated!

## Frequently asked questions about Color Notepad

### What is Color Notepad?

Color Notepad is a note-taking application designed for simplicity and personalization. It allows users to quickly jot down thoughts, tasks, and ideas with a clean interface and a variety of customization options.

### What are the key features of Color Notepad?

Key features include a minimalist design for distraction-free note-taking, over 20 colorful themes, support for both light and dark modes, iCloud sync for cross-device consistency, sorting options, note export, and automatic local backups.

### Is Color Notepad free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core note-taking functionality. It also includes in-app purchases, which may unlock additional customization options or features.

### What devices is Color Notepad compatible with?

The app supports iCloud sync, indicating compatibility with Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) that use iCloud to keep notes synchronized across your ecosystem.

### What are common use cases for Color Notepad?

Common use cases include quickly capturing daily tasks, jotting down spontaneous ideas, organizing thoughts, creating to-do lists, and keeping important information accessible in a personalized and private environment.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0 — 2025-07-31

Welcome to Color Notepad 2.0 — a completely redesigned app with a fresh new look, improved themes, and a bunch of exciting features to make note-taking even more enjoyable and convenient.

Here’s what’s new:
• Brand new design and user interface — more modern and easier to use.
• Full compatibility with the latest iOS versions and devices.
• Enhanced existing themes and added new ones — choose from 20+ colorful themes to match your mood.
• Each theme now includes a dark version for a more comfortable experience in Dark Mode.
• Choose from multiple colorful app icons to personalize your Home Screen.
• Improved app icons for perfect display in Dark Mode and tint overlay mode.
• Improved and redesigned the Settings tab.
• New storage status page to check your notes count and storage usage.
• Improved iCloud sync for smoother experience across your devices.
• Added quick editing toolbar with Undo, Redo, and one-tap Copy options.
• Enhanced quick export feature for notes.
• Export all your notes to a file, email, or messaging apps.
• Automatic local backup of all your notes with restore option.
• Option to recover recently deleted notes.
• Improved search functionality.
• On iPad, you can now collapse the note list to focus on a single note in full-screen mode.

And more small improvements and polish we didn’t have room to list!
Thanks for using Color Notepad!

### 1.1 — 2017-10-02

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Perfectly compatible with iOS 11
• A lot of minor improvements
• Fixed bugs

### 1.0.3 — 2017-05-01

• Minor bugs fixed

### 1.0.2 — 2017-02-13

• Minor improvements

### 1.0.1 — 2017-02-08

Minor improvements

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All apps by Dmytro Vynokurov: https://appshunter.io/developer/350017076

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