Comparison

Lock Notes vs NeuralNotepad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lock Notes

Securely store and protect your private notes with a passcode or Touch ID. Keep sensitive information like passwords, secrets, and diary entries safe from unauthorized access. Backup and sync notes across devices, customize their appearance, and even add images.

Highlights
  • Passcode and Touch ID protection
  • Security question recovery
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Customizable font style and size
  • Insert images into notes
  • Print and share notes
Features
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FINALLY AN APP FOR ALL YOUR PRIVATE NOTES! Keep your most valuable, private, and secret notes away from prying eyes. Keep them all totally secret and safe. Store passwords, secrets, contacts or just keep your diary private. KEY FEATURES: • Use Touch ID or passcode to safely lock access to your private notes. • Set a security question and answer in case you forget your passcode. • Safely Backup your valuable notes to iCloud. • Quickly Sync notes between iPhone & iPad with iCloud. • Sort notes list by name, date or manual. • Select notes font style and size. • Insert images & photos into notes. • Print your notes. • Send notes via text message or email. • Save notes to Camera Roll. • Support for Emoji Emoticons. This app allows you to automatically backup your notes for $9.99 a year through an auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. You can manage your subscriptions in the Account Settings after purchase. Terms of use: http://www.katans.com/terms-of-use Privacy policy: http://www.katans.com/privacy-policy This app can be freely used up to two notes. A SINGLE PURCHASE COVERS ALL YOUR IPHONE AND IPAD DEVICES.

About

NeuralNotepad

This app transforms your scattered thoughts into coherent journal entries using on-device AI. It automatically identifies patterns, tracks your mood, and creates summaries, all while keeping your data private. Capture ideas effortlessly through typing or voice.

Highlights
  • AI-generated daily journal entries
  • Automatic mood tracking from notes
  • Echo feature for connecting past notes
  • On-device AI processing for privacy
  • Voice capture with on-device transcription
  • Smart reminders for dates mentioned in notes
Features
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NeuralNotepad is a journal that writes itself. Jot down whatever's on your mind — a thought, a worry, something funny your kid said — and keep moving. No prompts, no forms, no friction. NeuralNotepad quietly does the rest: Echo recognizes when something you're writing connects to a note from days or weeks ago, and surfaces it right in the moment — so patterns in your thinking become visible instead of buried in a list. AI Journal clusters your day's scattered notes into a coherent end-of-day entry, written in your own words, so you get the reflective habit of journaling without the blank-page effort. Mood tracking turns your notes into a heatmap of how you've been feeling over time, with zero extra logging — it's inferred from what you already wrote. Voice capture lets you talk instead of type, with on-device transcription. Smart reminders notice when a note mentions a date — "dentist next Tuesday," "call Mom this weekend" — and offer to turn it into a Reminder, with one tap. Everything — the embeddings, the sentiment analysis, the journal generation, the entity extraction — runs locally using on-device intelligence. Your notes aren't sent to a server to make any of this work. NeuralNotepad Free includes unlimited note-taking, Echo recall, and mood tracking, plus one AI Journal generation per day. NeuralNotepad Pro ($4.99/month or $39.99/year) unlocks unlimited AI Journal generations and Reminders integration. NeuralNotepad is for anyone who has something to say but doesn't have time to sit down and "journal properly." Say it once. Let NeuralNotepad do the rest. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mkamai.github.io/neuralnotepad-support/privacy

Screenshots

Lock Notes4 screens
NeuralNotepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NeuralNotepad at 5.0 against Lock Notes's 4.5. NeuralNotepad also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Lock Notes's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lock Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. NeuralNotepad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NeuralNotepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Notes has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Lock Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of NeuralNotepad's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lock Notes versus NeuralNotepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock NotesNeuralNotepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJulyApps LtdMaruti Kampli

Customer experience

Lock Notes

All ratings1,149 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews834 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative20.6%

NeuralNotepad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lock Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes disappearing after updates
  • Inability to access notes after device reset
  • Sync issues between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Advanced formatting options
  • Ability to change passcode
  • Improved search capabilities
  • Folder/organization system
  • Better backup and restore options

NeuralNotepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lock Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Auto Backup$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlimited Notes$4.99
  • Lock Notes Pro$9.99
None

NeuralNotepad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lock Notes free?
Lock Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NeuralNotepad free?
NeuralNotepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lock Notes or NeuralNotepad?
NeuralNotepad is rated higher. Lock Notes averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while NeuralNotepad averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lock Notes or NeuralNotepad have ads?
Neither Lock Notes nor NeuralNotepad shows ads.

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