# Secure Notepad — user reviews > 547 indexed App Store user reviews of Secure Notepad by Dmytro Vynokurov, rated 4.70/5 from 13,127 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/secure-notepad/id711178888/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/secure-notepad/id711178888.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10,938 · 4★ 1,225 · 3★ 415 · 2★ 143 · 1★ 406 ## What do users think of Secure Notepad? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🔒 Password protection - 🔒 Security question for password recovery - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 🚀 Straightforward note-taking - 🔒 Prevents others from accessing private notes **Cons** - 💰 Paid version required for more than 3 notes - 🐛 Notes disappearing or not syncing across devices - 🐛 Password/security question issues - 🔒 Lack of customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing or freezing - Inability to restore deleted notes - Sync issues between iOS devices **Most requested features** - Ability to change app icon - Syncing notes across devices - More formatting options (bold, italic, etc.) - Ability to organize notes into folders - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (14 of 547) ### 5/5 — It’s good *2026-06-20, version 4.0* Amazing ### 5/5 — Great Notepad *2026-06-19, version 4.0* Easy to use and very convenient. Love it! ### 5/5 — Best *2026-06-05, version 4.0* Thank you for this app ### 2/5 — пишешь в одном месте, перекидывает в другое *2026-05-30, version 4.0* стало так только сейчас. рантше все норм было. сейчас до листал где надо написать, ставишь графу, а выкидывает вверх далеко или низ вообще не туда. исправьте ### 5/5 — Simple to use & reasonable priced *2026-05-25, version 3.5.1* Very effective and meets all I needed. ### 5/5 — Feature Request *2026-05-19, version 3.5.1* I like the app and it’s very good, but I would like native notepad features supported. Especially simple things like a ‘find’ feature, to search for words/letters/phrases in a note. ### 4/5 — Great app *2026-05-19, version 3.5.1* I really like the app. I love that it locks the entire app but I wish it would have an option to lock the app as soon as you exit vs having to wait 30sec. It’s great but maybe add 2 more options 1 being immediately and another with a 10sec timer. I want my app to lock right away specially if I’m logging in personal and sensitive information. ### 2/5 — Pretty Good But *2026-05-16, version 3.5.1* Okay so I like the app it’s great. There’s no lag its password protected and overall great But why do I have to pay for more storage? I read another answer to another review that said the notes are store on the phone itself so why do I have to pay to store more notes on MY PHONE guess I’ll have to find a different app. ### 4/5 — Great, but could use more features *2026-05-08, version 3.5.1* I love this notepad. I like to be able to leave my phone unlocked, but I do have some things that are very personal that I want kept private. Fairly priced for the full version. I appreciate it being a one time purchase. I do wish that it had more features like font changes, bullet points, bold text, and the ability to add photos. Otherwise it is perfect. ### 5/5 — Notepad APP *2026-04-30, version 3.5.1* luv this app on my old iPhone ### 3/5 — I need your help *2026-04-18, version 3.5.1* I love this app, I have has it for such a long time. But now it won’t recognize my password, keeps saying it’s wrong. What do I do? ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-04-17, version 3.5.1* I love this app! I only wish that it had a search function and/or a sorting function. The security of a password makes it a 5 star for me. ### 4/5 — Great app but could have improvements *2026-04-15, version 3.5.1* I love this app but I find it really annoying because of the 30 second or 2 minute timer. I think a 10 second option or a 1 minute option would make the app so much better. The one-time payment is very good because it isn't to high which I'm happy about ### 2/5 — Sigh *2026-03-10, version 3.5.1* Only three notes… ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-07-31, version 4.0* Not stable when first opened. Have to click on other docs to get the one I want to open. There are other issues ### 1/5 — ••• Need to Remove AI ••• *2026-05-29, version 4.0* AI makes Note Update Very Difficult - was not without AI How do I remove AI from Secure Notepad? HELP ### 1/5 — WTF *2026-05-22, version 3.5.1* I suddenly find all my notes being held hostage unless I pay $9.99. I searched my email and found my original purchase receipt from 2013 for unlimited use. I tried “restore purchases “ that was mentioned in another review to no avail. So now I’m just out of 13 years of notes? WTF. ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-05-13, version 3.5.1* The app didn’t lock ### 1/5 — Locked out of my notes *2026-03-23, version 3.5.1* I don’t have access to my notes and it says there is a limit to unlock them unless i pay ### 1/5 — Found a way to bypass the encryption *2026-03-19, version 3.5.1* Indirectly, by accident, I discovered vulnerability that bypasses the encryption passcode/password when opening the app. Connecting it to the new Apple Devices app, initiating an encrypted backup and canceling the backup to PC mid-way. Once reopening the app there is no password prompt and I had direct access to all my notes. And I hadn’t opened this app in over 6 months. I’m not so confident about this app any longer. ### 1/5 — Won’t restore purchase 👎 *2026-03-03, version 3.5.1* Moved to newer phone. Installed app. Tried to restore purchase, nothing 👎 ### 1/5 — Вопрос *2026-01-22, version 3.5.1* Как поменять название заметки? ### 1/5 — Locked out *2026-01-08, version 3.5.1* I can not access my app. Pads does not work no more ### 1/5 — Lock didn’t work *2025-11-30, version 3.5.1* The lock didn’t work. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very secure *2026-08-14, version 4.0* Very notepad ### 5/5 — Amazing App Extremely Secure *2026-08-13, version 4.0* I have really enjoyed using this app. It’s nice and simply. I have put a lot of trust into its security system and everything is going great so far. I hope the company keeps improving the security ### 5/5 — Review *2026-08-08, version 4.0* Love this app ### 5/5 — Tod lie great app to use *2026-08-05, version 4.0* 5+ ### 5/5 — Secured *2026-07-20, version 4.0* Awesome ### 5/5 — Review *2026-07-19, version 4.0* This is excellent app to use, user friendly!!! ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-04, version 4.0* Good ### 5/5 — Great *2026-06-24, version 4.0* Good ### 5/5 — Good *2026-06-23, version 4.0* Ok ### 5/5 — Simple Finally *2026-06-21, version 4.0* Love it, finally a simple safe notepad. No frills needed. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*