Comparison

Smart Diary vs Notepad

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

Head to head
About

Smart Diary

This student planner helps organize your academic life by tracking homework, tests, and absences. It includes tools for time management, grade tracking, and setting academic goals. Customize your experience with themes and access advanced features through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Add homework, tests, and notes
  • Manage absences and count by type
  • Time management organizer
  • Track and manage grades
  • Set academic goals
  • Customizable timetable
  • Notes with text formatting
Features
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Smart Diary is a complete student planner / school diary, with this application you can: • add homework, tests and free notes on the Diary • manage your absences • use the Organizer, a tool that help you managing the time dedicated to tasks Upgrading to the Premium version (through in-app purchase) you will be able to: • manage your weekly timetable • manage your grades, set goals • customize the app appearance with themes Here are all the functions. 1. Subjects and Timetable • For every subject you can choose a color, add the Professor, and other notes • Set the timetable selecting the subject and the lesson type. You can customize the timetable changing the maximum hours, the end of the week, set the hour in the 'hour:minute' format • Multiple Timetables • Print your weekly timetable 2. Tasks and Absences • Mark a task as important or done, set the required time, set a reminder, associate an emoji • View your tasks in different ways; classic diary with pages or list grouped by day • Reorder the tasks to better organize the Diary, just tap and hold on a task • Mark absences. Count absences by type and period • Memos section 3. Time Management • Organizer - a powerful but simple tool to schedule tasks, it allow you to specify the required time and schedule the task over multiple days. Calculation of the daily work, swipe and consult the days with the bar chart • Time - a pure time management tool. Create work session with customized countdowns 4. Grades Management • Multiple evaluation systems supported (numeric 0 - 10, alphabetical A - F, etc) • Grades chart and filter by grade type / period • Check your general average 5. Goals • Set a grade as a goal, by subject and grade type • Calculate the required grade to reach your goal or the sufficiency 6. Notes • Dedicated editor to write notes • Text formatting in bold, italic, highlighted • History of the previous text reviews 7. General features and customization • Set a reminder notification for tasks, you can select a rapid reminder or a specific date • 3D Touch Shortcut by pressing deeply on the app icon • Customize the appereance of the Diary section with themes 8. Widget and backup • Widget with tasks overview for the following day, timetable widget • Data and Preferences Backup on iCloud 9. Apple Watch • Add new tasks dictating in natural language • View tasks and timetable • Mark a task as done The app is free with limitations, you can unlock all the features through in-app purchase.

About

Notepad

This app provides a simple and interactive notepad for jotting down ideas, creating lists, and organizing thoughts. It supports text, handwriting, drawing, and image attachments, making it a flexible tool for quick notes and task management on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Create notes and lists
  • Handwriting and drawing support
  • Add images and photos
  • Organize and edit notes
  • Task management
  • Flexible canvas
Features
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Use our practical and simple interactive notepad app to write down your ideas, create shopping lists or to-do lists and organize them. Make it simple and easy to make and manage notes on the go with your smartphone or tablet. It is designed for those who just want a quick app to write down spontaneous ideas. Anywhere and anytime create notes, to-do lists, shopping list, edit or save a note! Our app works as a flexible canvas which lets you type, handwrite, draw or take notes. You can also scribble, sketch a draft or do the grocery list! Use our note-taking tools to create memos, messages, sticky notes, shopping lists, check lists and to-do lists. And you don’t need to stick to mere text – you can also add images and photos to your notes. Enjoy this task manager app that helps you to get all your lists done. Edit and organize your quick notes in this simple notepad app.

Screenshots

Smart Diary4 screens
Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Diary at 66% against Notepad's 0%. Smart Diary also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Smart Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Diary has 42 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Smart Diary's written reviews are positive against 0% of Notepad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Diary ships an update every 2 months, Notepad every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Smart Diary versus Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart DiaryNotepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (42 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews65.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings42 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatteo D'IgnazioMaria Amparo Ricos

Customer experience

Smart Diary

All ratings42 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive65.9%
Neutral18.2%
Negative15.9%

Notepad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Diary

One-time1
  • Premium version$2.99
1 purchases

Notepad

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.49

Questions

Is Smart Diary free?
Smart Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Diary or Notepad?
Smart Diary is rated higher. Smart Diary averages 4.8 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Notepad averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Smart Diary or Notepad have ads?
Notepad shows ads; Smart Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Diary or Notepad?
Smart Diary ships an update every 2 months, and Notepad every 12 months. Most recently, Smart Diary was updated on September 2, 2026 and Notepad on August 23, 2026.

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