Colored Notes Simple vs Note Widget +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Colorful note customization
- Appointment and meeting tracking
- Customizable notification reminders
- Checklist functionality
- Intuitive user interface
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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/
Note Widget +
Create handwritten notes, dictate voice memos, and write over images. Transform speech into text and schedule reminders. Secure your notes with biometric locks and display them directly on your widget screen.
- Handwritten and text notes
- Write over images
- Dictate notes and record speech
- Transform voice to text
- Schedule reminders
- Password/biometric protection
- Display notes on widget
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HANDWRITTEN AND TEXT NOTES. WRITE OVER AN IMAGE. WRITE WITH YOUR FINGER IN THE MESSENGER. DICTATE NOTES, RECORD SPEECH. TRANSFORM VOICE RECORDINGS INTO PLAIN TEXT. SCHEDULE REMINDERS PROTECT NOTES WITH A PASSWORD, FACE ID, OR TOUCH ID. SHOW NOTES ON THE WIDGET SCREEN. Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Widget + at 78% against Colored Notes Simple's 0%. Note Widget + also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Colored Notes Simple's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Note Widget + sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Colored Notes Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.
Note Widget + holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Widget + has 438 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Colored Notes Simple's written reviews are positive against 78% of Note Widget +'s.
Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, Note Widget + monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Notes Simple | Note Widget + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (438 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 438 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.8 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | luca calciano | Yuri Nesh |
Customer experience
Colored Notes Simple
Note Widget +
Bugs and requests
Colored Notes Simple
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Note Widget +
Reported bugs
5 issues- App won't let me delete a note
- App will not reload subscription
- App won't stay open
- Blank yellow page issue
- Scrolls back to the top of a note
Requested features
5 requests- Add folder organization
- More than nine categories
- Ability to add tags
- Password protection for notes
- Show full widgets on home screen
In-app purchases
Colored Notes Simple
No in-app purchases
Note Widget +
- Happy Club, monthly$2.991 Month
- Happy Club, 6 month$14.996 Months
- Happy Club, Yearly$24.991 Year
Questions
Is Colored Notes Simple free?
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