Colored Notes Simple vs TabNote+
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/
TabNote+
Create colorful sticky notes with customizable colors and organize them into categories using tabs. Notes automatically adjust size and can be displayed in grid or list views. Set reminders, attach photos, and lock important memos with biometric security.
- Colorful sticky notes
- Tab-based categorization
- Automatic note resizing
- Grid and list views
- Reminder and to-do functionality
- Photo attachments
- Biometric note locking
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It is an application that can make colorful notes like sticky notes. There are 10 colors and you can set them freely according to your preference. Notes can be categorized by tabs. Simply swipe to switch between categories. It is convenient to manage by shopping, work, daily affairs, etc. by use. The size of the note is automatically adjusted according to the size of the sentence, and is placed on the screen without any gaps. This allows you to see many notes at once without having to scroll. Notes can be displayed in two or three columns in a grid. You can also switch to a single column, list view. Since there is a notification function, it can also be used as a reminder or todo list. You can specify a date and time, and repeat every day or every day of the week. You can take a photo and attach it to a note. You can also choose from a library of photos. You can pinch in the attached photo to enlarge it or slide it to view it continuously. You can lock important notes. You can choose how to unlock from face, fingerprint and password. You can search for notes by keyword. There is a character counter. Other features ・ You can change the text size ・ You can change the theme color of the app ・ Memo can be deleted by long press -You can display the date of memo update on the list screen ・ You can sort notes manually ・ Notes can be duplicated ・ You can share notes ・ The memo can be returned to the state before editing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TabNote+ at 90% against Colored Notes Simple's 0%. TabNote+ also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (19 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TabNote+ holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Colored Notes Simple's written reviews are positive against 90% of TabNote+'s.
Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, TabNote+ every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Notes Simple | TabNote+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | luca calciano | YUTAKA KENJO |
Customer experience
Colored Notes Simple
TabNote+
In-app purchases
Colored Notes Simple
No in-app purchases
TabNote+
No in-app purchases
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