Notarize vs NotaryGadget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notarize
Legally and securely notarize any document online in minutes from your mobile device. Connect with a licensed notary via audio/video call for instant verification and signing, available 24/7 worldwide. Supports documents with multiple signers.
- Online document notarization
- 24/7 availability
- Audio/video notary calls
- Identity verification
- Multi-signer document support
- Downloadable notarized documents
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Legally and securely notarize any document in minutes from your iPhone or iPad. Notarize serves every American worldwide. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—even during holidays. Average wait time is less than one minute. Traveling abroad and need a document notarized? Can’t find a notary near you? Have a time-sensitive request after business hours? Say hello to Notarize. How it works: Upload or scan your documents. Next, take a picture of your license or passport and answer a few security questions - this is how we verify your identity. Then connect with a licensed electronic notary via an audio/video call to sign and notarize your document. Once your document is notarized, you can download, email, and access the file in the app at any time. Notarize also accepts documents that require more than one signer. Notarize agents are held to the highest standards and have completed training, undergone background checks, and independently hold insurance in accordance with notary industry best practices. Simply download the app to legally notarize any document, anytime, anywhere. Notarize is the leader in online notarization, which is simpler, smarter and safer than notarizing documents on paper. Powered by Proof, the identity verification platform trusted for the most important transactions.
NotaryGadget
Streamline your notary signing agent business with this comprehensive tool. Manage invoices, track payments, log mileage, record notarial acts, and organize your calendar and expenses. Simplify tax preparation and client communication.
- Invoice and payment tracking
- Mileage and drive time calculation
- Notarial act logging
- Expense and receipt management
- Calendar integration
- Custom appointment reminders
- Tax reporting
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NotaryGadget is the ultimate app for notary signing agents. It makes just about everything you do easier - sending invoices, tracking payments, tracking mileage, tracking notarial acts, managing your calendar, tracking your expenses, and helping you with your taxes. - Automatically import signing orders. - Automatically send invoices. - Automatically calculates driving directions, mileage, and drive time. - Track your notarial acts for huge tax savings - Track all your business expenses - Store copies of all your receipts - Integrates with your calendar. - Setup your own custom appointment reminders for your customers. - Instantly generate the report you need for your taxes - And so much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Notarize at every 3 weeks against NotaryGadget's every 7 months. Notarize also leads on ratings volume (119K vs 684). NotaryGadget's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 72%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Notarize against 4.9 for NotaryGadget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notarize has 119K ratings behind it against 684, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Notarize's written reviews are positive against 83% of NotaryGadget's.
Notarize ships an update every 3 weeks, NotaryGadget every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notarize | NotaryGadget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (119K ratings) — better | 4.9 (684 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.5% of reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119K — better | 684 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Notarize, Inc. | X20 LLC |
Customer experience
Notarize
NotaryGadget
User reviews
Notarize
From 119K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and convenient
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🌟 Great customer service
- 💰 Affordable pricing
- 🌍 Accessible from anywhere
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy experience
- 🤔 Confusing instructions
- 🤖 Unhelpful or unresponsive notaries
- 🔒 Concerns about security and verification
- 💻 Compatibility issues with devices and browsers
NotaryGadget
From 684 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent app for notaries and small businesses
- 🚀 Powerful all-in-one tool for managing notary business
- 👍 Easy to use and organize records
- 👍 Helpful for tax time and accounting
- 👍 Useful text template feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 App not opening or crashing issues
- 🐛 Slow loading and navigation issues
- 🔍 Lack of scalability features for larger teams
Bugs and requests
Notarize
Reported bugs
3 issues- Document upload and signing issues
- Connectivity problems during video calls
- Inability to delete or edit previously entered information
Requested features
4 requests- Allow multiple signers on a document
- Improve document quality and editing capabilities
- Provide better customer support and troubleshooting
- Expand availability to more locations and countries
NotaryGadget
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to create account or sign in
- New layout less user-friendly than previous version
Requested features
3 requests- Text reminder option for clients
- Package tracking integration
- Touch ID/Biometric login option
In-app purchases
Notarize
No in-app purchases
NotaryGadget
No in-app purchases







