Lock Notes Pro vs Countdown #
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
Countdown #
Keep track of important dates with a stylish countdown. Never miss a vacation, anniversary, or birthday again with customizable reminders and alerts. Features a clean design and useful widgets for easy event management.
- Event countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Event sorting
- Reminders and alerts
- Clean UI/UX design
- Icon customization
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Never miss upcoming events again Count down to your next events: vacations, anniversaries, birthdays and more - in style! Features: - Beautiful and useful Widget - Clean UI/UX design - Sort events - Reminders - Main daily event alerts - Customize date settings - Beautiful icon event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Countdown # at $0.99 against Lock Notes Pro's $9.99. Countdown # also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Lock Notes Pro's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 67%) and ratings volume (270 vs 45). On rating, update cadence, 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
Lock Notes Pro costs $9.99 and Countdown # $0.99 up front. Lock Notes Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Countdown # asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lock Notes Pro against 4.6 for Countdown #. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Notes Pro has 270 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Lock Notes Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of Countdown #'s.
Lock Notes Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Countdown # weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Notes Pro | Countdown # |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (270 ratings) | 4.6 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 270 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JulyApps Ltd | Khang Le |
Customer experience
Lock Notes Pro
Countdown #
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.
Countdown #
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock Notes Pro
- Auto Backup$14.991 Year
Countdown #
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lock Notes Pro free?
Is Countdown # free?
Which has better reviews, Lock Notes Pro or Countdown #?
Do Lock Notes Pro or Countdown # have ads?
Which is updated more often, Lock Notes Pro or Countdown #?
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