Colored Notes Simple vs PlopNote
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/
PlopNote
Create customizable sticky notes for your home screen. Personalize with background colors, photos, and text. Useful for lists, reminders, or creative writing.
- Customizable background color
- Add photos with adjustable transparency
- Rich text editor with undo/redo
- Pre-designed background templates
- Automatic content saving
- Font size adjustment
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A sticky note widget that can be pasted on the home screen. You can change the font size using the (invisible) button at the top of the widget, making it very easy to adjust the appearance after editing the content. This app widget has a three-layered structure: background color, photo (transparency can be changed), and text, and you can change the appearance to your liking. You can also choose from the background templates included in the app. Shopping list Idea note Favorite word A saying I always want to see Dreams and Hopes etc. It will be useful in various situations. Tap the placed widget to open its note screen. The content of the note is automatically saved, so if you add it and close the screen, it will be immediately reflected in the widget. It also seems like a good idea to use it as a shortcut to continue writing novels. The in-app text editor has features for undo & redo and left/right movement of the cursor. You can also change the font size. The following features can be purchased from within the app as additional features. ・Widget text shading ・Copy widget settings from a created note Ads are displayed by default. You can also purchase to remove ads. These purchases are one-time purchases. If you reinstall, you do not need to purchase it again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlopNote at 100% against Colored Notes Simple's 0%. PlopNote also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Colored Notes Simple's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. PlopNote sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Colored Notes Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlopNote holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Colored Notes Simple's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlopNote's.
Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, PlopNote every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Notes Simple | PlopNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | luca calciano | tadashi atoji |
Customer experience
Colored Notes Simple
PlopNote
In-app purchases
Colored Notes Simple
No in-app purchases
PlopNote
- Add features$2.99
- Remove ads$6.99
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