Lock Notes Pro vs MyNotes
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
MyNotes
Securely store your thoughts, memories, and dreams with this private notebook app. Protect your entries with a password and add various media types like photos, videos, and recordings. Enjoy seamless syncing across all your devices.
- Password protection
- Cloud backup and sync
- Add photos, videos, and recordings
- Create to-do lists
- Tagging system
- Fake passcode option
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MyNotes is a secure notes which is a new special place for your thoughts, memories, dreams! This app will be hidden from strangers' eyes and securely protected by a password. Take notes, add photos, videos, recordings, files, create todo list . All your notes are instantly synced across your devices and to the cloud. Features - Cloud Backup - Cloud Sync between your devices - Add Photos, Videos, Recordings, Files and TODO List - Tags - Passcode - Fake Passcode _ Backup & Recovery Privacy Policy: https://www.bytecrazy.com/common_privacy_en.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MyNotes at Free against Lock Notes Pro's $9.99. Lock Notes Pro's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, ads, 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
MyNotes 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 MyNotes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. 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 4.7 for MyNotes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Notes Pro has 270 ratings behind it against 46, 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 40% of MyNotes's.
Lock Notes Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, MyNotes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Notes Pro | MyNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (270 ratings) | 4.7 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 270 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JulyApps Ltd | Heyou Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Lock Notes Pro
MyNotes
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.
MyNotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock Notes Pro
- Auto Backup$14.991 Year
MyNotes
- MyNotes Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Questions
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