Lock Notes Pro vs Handwritten Idea Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lock Notes Pro
Securely store and protect your private notes with password or Touch ID access. This app allows you to keep sensitive information like passwords, secrets, and diaries safe from unauthorized viewing. It offers features like iCloud backup and syncing, image insertion, and printing.
- Password and Touch ID protection
- iCloud backup and sync
- Insert images and photos
- Print notes
- Sort and customize notes
- Security question recovery
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A SINGLE PURCHASE COVERS ALL YOUR IPHONE AND IPAD DEVICES. 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. Terms of use: http://www.katans.com/terms-of-use Privacy policy: http://www.katans.com/privacy-policy
Handwritten Idea Notes
Quickly capture your thoughts with this handwriting-focused note-taking app. Easily create new pages and organize your notes, with support for Apple Pencil. Export your collected images to cloud services for easy access.
- Quickly jot down ideas
- Create new pages easily
- Organize notes in folders
- Export images to cloud apps
- Apple Pencil support
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It is a handwritten notes app. Once you come up with something soon to write ! From the page view can create the following page, are continuously quick write ! Collected image to a folder, you can export to iTunes shared folder and other Cloud apps. Support the Apple Pencil.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Handwritten Idea Notes at Free against Lock Notes Pro's $9.99. Lock Notes Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, in-app purchases 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
Handwritten Idea Notes is free to download; Lock Notes Pro costs $9.99 up front. Lock Notes Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year and Handwritten Idea Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lock Notes Pro against 4.6 for Handwritten Idea Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 270 and 73 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Lock Notes Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Handwritten Idea Notes's.
Lock Notes Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Handwritten Idea Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Notes Pro | Handwritten Idea Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (270 ratings) | 4.6 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 270 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JulyApps Ltd | tadashi atoji |
Customer experience
Lock Notes Pro
Handwritten Idea Notes
Bugs and requests
Lock Notes Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes after iOS updates
- Unable to edit or update notes without losing data
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add checklist functionality
- Implement a recycle bin for deleted notes
- Improve syncing and backup options
- Add more customization options for font, layout, etc.
Handwritten Idea Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock Notes Pro
- Auto Backup$14.991 Year
Handwritten Idea Notes
- Remove Ad$5.99
Questions
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