Comparison

Memo Notepad HD vs WhateverList

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

Head to head
About

Memo Notepad HD

Capture your thoughts, drafts, journals, and lists with this intuitive note-taking app. Organize notes into notepads, set reminders, and collaborate with others via email or integrated messaging. Enjoy seamless offline access and fast cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Organize notes with multiple notepads
  • Share and collaborate on notes
  • Fast, secure cloud sync
  • 100% offline use
  • Set reminders for notes
  • Integrated messenger for shared notes
Features
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The simple and easy place for your quick thoughts Memo Notepad provides you with a totally simple way to take notes on your iPad. Saving, cloud syncing all happens in the background. Just focus and write down what you are thinking super quickly and easily. Memo is a perfect place for your thoughts, email drafts, journals, lists, or study and meeting notes. Beyond the simplicity of standard note taking, Memo gives you the power to organize your notes into individual notepads or to set reminders if you want to come back to a note later. If you want to share your notes with your friends, you can easily send them a copy over email. You can even add a contact from your Address Book to a note to let them view and edit a note. Sharing a lot of notes? You can share an entire notebook of notes, even discuss your notes with the integrated messaging support. Everything in Memo is usable offline, all your notes are always accessible, you'll never be bothered about your connectivity. Even sharing will still work offline, when you are online later Memo will sync your changes to your contacts. You can use Memo Notepad offline or online, all your notes made offline will sync when you get back online. You can access all your notes offline. You can search through your notes, and it will find what you are looking for instantly as you type. Features: - Organize your thoughts with multiple notepads - Share and collaborate on notes with family, friends or coworkers - Super fast sync - encrypted and securely backed up in the cloud - Personalize with various font options in Writing Styles - Designed to allow 100% offline use. Never wait for "syncing" - Mark notes to be reminded later - Integrated messenger for shared notepads Tips: - If you delete a note by accident, shake to undo - If you forget your cloud sync password, try guessing a password to reveal the 'forgot password' button, it will email you a reset link Other Apps: - You can use your same sync account with our other apps: Do it (Tomorrow), Everyday Notes Premium Cloud Sync Subscription Service: - Sync with Dropbox and Google Drive as well as other bonus features is available on a subscription basis of $0.99/month or $4.99/year. (subscription uses iTunes Account at purchase, final price depends on country) - To cancel or select not to auto-renew a subscription, go to Account Settings after purchase. Subscriptions during a single period cannot be cancelled. - Premium subscriptions automatically renew, unless selected not to, or canceled. Cancellations or disabling of auto-renew must happen at least 24 hours before the end of the month or year. - Bonus features include: Note and Notepad locking with password and touch-id support, more font options, dark and sepia themes. Sync Accounts (if enabled): - Privacy policy can be found at https://account.adylitica.com/txt/privacy_policy.txt and Terms of use at: https://account.adylitica.com/txt/terms_of_use.txt Memo Notepad is a project we are working to make a great app for everyone's notes. Please email us at web-support@adylitica.com with your feedback, questions, issues, ideas, or just to say hello :)

About

WhateverList

Organize your life with a versatile list-making application. Create and manage various types of lists, sync them across devices, and export your data. Premium features offer advanced customization and reminders.

Highlights
  • Create multiple colored lists
  • Sync data via iCloud
  • Quickly uncheck all items
  • Export data to CSV/JSON
  • Custom categories (Premium)
  • Scheduled notifications (Premium)
Features
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WhateverList is a simple, flexible, and powerful app for keeping track of your lists. Great for shopping lists, packing lists, wish lists, to-do lists, repeating checklists - whatever lists you need in order to stay organized. Designed to be easy to use but with powerful features available when you need them, WhateverList handles both simple one-off lists and complex workflows. KEY FEATURES - Create a variety of lists, each with its own color for easy organization - Sync seamlessly across your devices via iCloud - no separate account required, just your existing Apple Account - Uncheck all items from a list with a single tap - perfect for repeating routines like packing checklists and weekly grocery lists - Export your data in CSV or JSON format - your data belongs to you WHATEVERLIST PREMIUM Unlock these features with a Premium subscription: - Create custom categories to organize items within each list - Reorder lists, categories, and items - Copy or move items between lists, and duplicate entire lists - Schedule per-device list notifications, either one-time or repeating - Import and export items between WhateverList and the iOS Reminders app - Import items from a photo or screenshot of a list Questions? Visit our FAQ and support page: https://whateverlist.app/#faq Terms of Use: https://whateverlist.app/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://whateverlist.app/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

WhateverList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WhateverList at 100% against Memo Notepad HD's 50%. WhateverList also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Memo Notepad HD's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Memo Notepad HD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and WhateverList sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WhateverList holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Memo Notepad HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of WhateverList's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Memo Notepad HD versus WhateverList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemo Notepad HDWhateverList
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdylitica, Inc.Intermezzo Consulting LLC

Customer experience

Memo Notepad HD

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

WhateverList

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memo Notepad HD

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Sync$0.991 Month
  • Premium Sync$4.991 Year
2 purchases

WhateverList

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual1 Month trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Memo Notepad HD free?
Memo Notepad HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhateverList free?
WhateverList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memo Notepad HD or WhateverList?
WhateverList is rated higher. Memo Notepad HD averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while WhateverList averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Memo Notepad HD or WhateverList have ads?
Neither Memo Notepad HD nor WhateverList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memo Notepad HD or WhateverList?
Memo Notepad HD ships an update every 2 months, and WhateverList every 2 months. Most recently, Memo Notepad HD was updated on October 6, 2026 and WhateverList on October 18, 2026.

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