# Notepad — user reviews > 162 indexed App Store user reviews of Notepad by YONGSEOK LEE, rated 2.70/5 from 10 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notepad/id495125972/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notepad/id495125972.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Notepad? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💡 Fantastic - sort order choices works great - 👍 Simple and very comfortable! - 👍 Easy to use for writing stories and notes - 👍 Great for just simple notes or essays **Cons** - 🐛 Updated app. NOW ALL MY NOTES ARE GONE!!!! - 🐛 Cannot flip back and forth from a source to copy/paste without running into annoying ads - 🐛 Why is there no longer a "scrolling signifier" on the side - 🐛 The search feature option disappears when in use - 🐛 Notepad Update gone bad - 🐛 The new update is causing crashes - 🐛 App not opening saved notes anymore - 🐛 Update has broken app - 🐛 Terrible bug needs fixing - 🐛 Crashes after typing - 🐛 Kept deleting last entry's, newest entry go to the bottom! - 🐛 Did not like it, kept deleting last entry's - 🐛 Anger, lost all my notes after exiting - 🐛 No autosave, lost all the information I was logging **Commonly reported bugs** - Updated app. NOW ALL MY NOTES ARE GONE!!!! - Cannot flip back and forth from a source to copy/paste without running into annoying ads - The search feature option disappears when in use - The new update is causing crashes - App not opening saved notes anymore - Update has broken app - Terrible bug needs fixing - Crashes after typing - Kept deleting last entry's, newest entry go to the bottom! - Did not like it, kept deleting last entry's - Anger, lost all my notes after exiting - No autosave, lost all the information I was logging **Most requested features** - Add search feature for easier finding in notes - Add pictures and videos, and let us resize them - Add landscape mode - Add undo button - Add dark mode option - Add advanced analytics dashboard ## Newest reviews (14 of 162) ### 2/5 — Was good, now annoying *2025-09-16, version 3.0.5* Now trash. Cannot flip back and forth from a source to copy/paste without running into annoying ads on the screen that are a pain to get past. Going to delete this app and try to find another. It is good in that it can accept more amounts of copied text to paste into the app than the native iOS notepad. But the recent addition of advertising negates the good it does. ### 2/5 — Why is there no longer a "scrolling signifier" on the side *2025-08-14, version 3.0.5* I cant tell where I am on the document. ### 4/5 — The new update is causing crashes *2025-07-18, version 3.0.3* I have been using this app for years and have some really old notes on here from 2019. The new update has made most of those notes inaccessible and every time I try to select the notes it keeps crashing. This is really frustrating and needs to be resolved. Updates shouldn’t affect pre-existing notes *update* Everything has been fixed and is running smoothly again 🙏🏾👌🏾 ### 2/5 — Original app vs upgrade *2025-07-16, version 3.0.2* The original design before the 3.0.2 upgrade was fantastic. Now it just feels blocky and bulky. It used to be so easy to navigate, now it’s more of a hassle ### 3/5 — The new update is causing crashes *2025-07-14* I have been using this app for years and have some really old notes on here from 2019. The new update has made most of those notes inaccessible and every time I try to select the notes it keeps crashing. This is really frustrating and needs to be resolved. Updates shouldn’t affect pre-existing notes ### 2/5 — Update has broken app *2025-07-12* Im pretty sure theres a glitch that causes nothing to show if the word count is too high. Please fix this please **Developer response:** 😭 We are very sorry. We have released version 3.0.2 to fix the issue. If the problem continues, please contact us at contact@naooh.com. ### 4/5 — Sufficient and simple *2023-08-01, version 2.34* Super easy to label and create new notes on the go. Makes copying and pasting notes into emails a seamless task. Only feature that could benefit being added would be the option to organize the notes in a different way rather than the current recent to the bottom format. ### 4/5 — Notepad *2022-03-24, version 2.34* Is a notepad and does the job it is simple ### 2/5 — Make Ipad pro version *2021-09-14, version 2.34* too outdated for now ### 2/5 — Not Reliable *2021-08-01, version 2.34* A note app must first be 100% reliable, and not erase your notes at random. I attempted to add to a note and found recent entries gone, and early entries also missing. I was left with a few lines vision screen. It would not scroll back to my early entries. Sorry it has no advantage over apple notes app. ### 3/5 — Exporting Notes? *2021-06-30, version 2.34* Is there a way to export all of my notes to a laptop? I would like to arrange them in order. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with recent update *2021-06-14, version 2.34* This app locked me out of it because it’s not compatible with the newest version of iOS 14.6. There’s no way to contact the developer so maybe this review helps fix things ### 3/5 — Search facility doesn't work.. please fix!! *2021-06-06, version 2.33* Search does not work ### 1/5 — App suddenly stopped opening. *2021-03-04, version 2.32* I’ve used this app for about a year and suddenly it stopped opening. I tried to download it again and it will not download. I no longer have access to my notes.😒 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Updated app. NOW ALL MY NOTES ARE GONE!!!! *2025-10-01, version 3.0.5* As the title states. I’ve updated this app and now YEARS of notes is gone!! Don’t know how to recover from this!! If I could I would give ZERO stars. ### 1/5 — Notepad Update gone bad *2025-07-31, version 3.0.5* I’ve been using Notepad for a long time until the last version made it worse with the stupid ads. Please restore it to the previous version, it was fine. ### 1/5 — Bob *2025-07-28, version 3.0.3* I have been using this app for 4years on my iPhone before that on a android but now it has become unreadable on my iPhone 14 how do I go back to a useable app ### 1/5 — Why’d you make it worse? *2025-07-18, version 3.0.3* I loved this app for years but the recent update made it unusable. Really sad. ### 1/5 — Review who *2025-07-16, version 3.0.3* Do not like the new update. I like to be able to put things in the order that I want them. And I don’t like the fact that the first two lines are shown as it may be something you want private ### 1/5 — App not opening saved notes anymore *2025-07-13, version 3.0.0* What is going on with this app?? I can’t seem to open any of my saved notes anymore, what is happening?? ### 1/5 — What happened to Notepad? *2025-07-13, version 3.0.0* What happened to Notepad? When I open up one of my notes and then close it, it goes to the top of the list which is putting everything out of order. What happened to Notepad? Please fix it because everything is all screwed up from the way I had everything in its proper place. Thank you ### 1/5 — Format problem *2025-07-12, version 3.0.0* Pls change the format back to what it was . This new format is horrible and I’m a daily user of your app for years . This app worked perfectly for years not sure why the creator had to be a superstar today and ruin the app . You just ruined a pefectly working app ! What a way to mess up my morning. ### 1/5 — Terrible bug needs fixing *2023-05-20, version 2.34* I had written a pretty lengthy note containing very important information, and I accidentally tapped the back button to close out of it before saving my work. Luckily a window popped up warning me that “this note has been edited. Are you sure you want to exit?” with the option to either proceed or cancel. I wanted to save it before closing so I tapped cancel and instead of returning to the note it closed anyway without saving and took me back to the main screen. I lost all that information with no way to recover it. Fix this bug and I’ll rate 5 stars. I’m using an iPhone 12 Pro running iOS v16.4.1(a) ### 1/5 — Was good for 1 hour *2023-03-09, version 2.34* Seemed great as a free app for one hour. Then it crashed my iPhone 13, requiring a restart. Bye bye app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thanks For The Update But The Notepad App Search Feature Option Doesn't Work Properly *2025-08-12, version 3.0.5* On the notepad app, the search feature option with the magnifying glass disappears when in use. You type in what you are looking for. It highlights what's being searched for. Then, when you tried to click on what's highlighted, you can't get to highlight without clicking on the icon in the right-hand corner. Clicking the icon on the right-hand side takes you to the top of the page, clicking on the highlighted content to be lost. Retrieving the icon on the right-hand side takes you to the top of the page, causing the highlighted content to be lost. The search option feature icon disappears. You won't be able to go to the spot where the highlighted section was reached to make any adjustments to the place in the notes. When searching, you can type in the highlighted area and click on the search options back and forth. Then, click save to apply the updates. What is the point of the search option if you can't get to the highlighted spot on the notes to make the appropriate adjustments? Keep the search feature option, the magnifying glass icon, and the page as if you are searching in your notes, so you can click on the highlighted search area to make the necessary changes. Thank You Very Much for all the technical support on this notepad app. ### 5/5 — Please Add Find In Note Search Feature In Notepad *2025-07-21* In notepad add search feature for the users to easier find what they are looking in each notepad page they are in. That find in note search feature would make using notepad a lot easier to use. **Developer response:** That's a great idea, thank you! We've added the feature in version 3.0.5! 🎉 ### 5/5 — Fantastic - sort order choices works great *2025-07-16, version 3.0.3* I couldn't figure out how to update my previous review, but the changes today ( 7/16/2025 Ver. 3.0.3 ) are fantastic - another 5 Stars. I set my notes to ' oldest created first ' and my note order is back like I had it before. Thank you very much ! ### 5/5 — About new update into notepad *2025-07-14, version 3.0.1* Hi, I hope you’re doing well. First of all thanks for the such an amazing app notepad. I have been using that app from last 3-4 years. I always enjoy using it as it is simple and straightforward. I am facing an issue from 2-3 days since the app is updated, I have some important information written which I cannot open it up from the notes, whenever I try to open the notes it took me out from the app automatically. If you want I can explain more to provide you with the picture. Please help me out or if there is anyways I can go back to tha old version of the app so I can access my notes. Please let me know. Thanks, Adil ### 5/5 — Excellent simple notes *2025-07-13* Been using it for years - quick & easy to use The new update - July 2025 - when you edit, the note moves to the top - I'd rather it stayed in order or be able to change the order, but I'll get used to it. Thank you for a really easy to use note app. **Developer response:** ❤️ Thank you for loving our app. We will make improvements in the future to allow sorting by creation or modification date. ### 5/5 — Fix it, please! *2025-03-08, version 2.34* I can see that there's a way to type the notes, but when you do, it goes to a different note. The note that was in that order prior to searching. I dunno how to explain it for it to make sense to you, but you gotta fix it. ### 5/5 — This is the notepad from the desktop *2020-12-17, version 2.32* Found what I need. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Help!! *2020-11-28, version 2.32* Please update ### 5/5 — iOS ver. 14.2 *2020-11-27, version 2.32* Please update Notepad to work with Apple iOS 14.2. Thank you. ### 5/5 — ONE REQUEST PLSSS REAADDDDD *2019-05-30, version 2.32* ADD PICTURES AND VIDEOS PLS AND LET US RESIZE THEM PLS --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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