Comparison

Colored Notes Simple vs Keep It Note

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

Head to head
About

Colored Notes Simple

Organize your thoughts and reminders with a vibrant and intuitive note-taking experience. Customize your notes with colors and set timely notifications to never miss an appointment or task. Enjoy a simple yet engaging way to manage your daily information.

Highlights
  • Colorful note customization
  • Appointment and meeting tracking
  • Customizable notification reminders
  • Checklist functionality
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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Colorful notes, shopping lists and reminders in one simple, fast app. Color Notes makes writing things down a pleasure: every note has its own color, you spot it at a glance in the grid, and reminders make sure you never forget anything. - Colors: give each note a color - groceries, work, ideas, home. - Checklists: turn a note into a list with one tap and tick off what is done. - Reminders: pick a date and time and get a notification at the right moment. - Pinned notes: keep the important ones always at the top. - Search: find any word in an instant. - 14 themes: gradients that change the look of the whole app. - Widget: your notes on the Home Screen, with a plus button to start a new one. - Text size: small, medium or large. - Sharing: send a note or a list with one tap. - Privacy: everything stays on your iPhone and iPad, no account needed. Remembering things has never been so much fun. Color Notes is free to download and use. Some extra features are available through an optional one-time in-app purchase: pay once and keep it forever, with no subscription and nothing that renews. Purchases are handled by the App Store and can be restored on any device signed in with the same Apple ID. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/site/termofuseapp/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Keep It Note

This innovative iOS app lets you save and customize various types of notes with decorations, sizes, and colors. Access your notes quickly through widgets and 3D Touch, with Apple Watch support in development.

Highlights
  • Save and customize notes
  • Notification Center widgets
  • iOS 10 Notification Center widget
  • 3D Touch integration
  • Apple Watch app (in development)
Features
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Keep It Note Keep It Note est une application pour iPhone Keep It Note est une application de notes innovante sur iOS. Elle vous permet de sauvegarder toutes sortes de notes et de les personnaliser comme bon vous semble (décorations, taille, couleur). Elle vous permet aussi d'accéder à vos notes de différentes façons. Qu'est ce qui est innovant ? Cette application est innovante car elle contient : - Une application vous permettant de stocker toutes sortes de notes, de les personnaliser et de les ajouter à vos favoris, - Un widget pour le Centre de Notifications qui vous permet d'accéder rapidement à vos notes favorites et de rapidement en créer une nouvelle, - Un widget pour le Centre de Notifications du nouvel OS (iOS 10), - L'utilisation du 3D Touch pour créer rapidement une nouvelle note, pour afficher rapidement aperçu de vos notes et pour effectuer rapidement des actions sur celles-ci, - Une application Apple Watch pour vous permettre d'accéder à vos notes directement depuis votre montre (Actuellement en cours de développement).

Screenshots

Colored Notes Simple4 screens
Keep It Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Keep It Note at 60% against Colored Notes Simple's 0%. Keep It Note also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Colored Notes Simple's advantage is rating (2.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colored Notes Simple holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colored Notes Simple has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Colored Notes Simple's written reviews are positive against 60% of Keep It Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, Keep It Note every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Colored Notes Simple versus Keep It Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColored Notes SimpleKeep It Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerluca calcianoPierre Boudon

Customer experience

Colored Notes Simple

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative60.0%

Keep It Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Colored Notes Simple

No in-app purchases

None

Keep It Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colored Notes Simple free?
Colored Notes Simple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep It Note free?
Keep It Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Colored Notes Simple or Keep It Note?
Colored Notes Simple is rated higher. Colored Notes Simple averages 2.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Keep It Note averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Colored Notes Simple or Keep It Note have ads?
Colored Notes Simple shows ads; Keep It Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Colored Notes Simple or Keep It Note?
Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, and Keep It Note every 2 months. Most recently, Colored Notes Simple was updated on September 22, 2026 and Keep It Note on September 18, 2026.

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