Comparison

Notepad vs Notepad by Subject

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

Head to head
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.

About

Notepad by Subject

Organize all your notes in a single digital notebook. Create multiple stories with unlimited pages to save text, images, and math expressions. Ideal for students to capture class notes and blackboard pictures.

Highlights
  • Digital notebook
  • Organize by stories
  • Insert text
  • Insert images
  • Insert math expressions
Features
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Easy to use, one digital notebook for all needs. The annotations are separated by stories for better organization, you can create as many stories as you want, with as many pages as you need. Very useful for students, it serves to save pictures of the blackboard and other class notes. The notebook has the following features: To design insert texts Insert images from camera or gallery insert math expressions All very simple and without bureaucracy.

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
Notepad by Subject4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notepad by Subject at 80% against Notepad's 0%. Notepad by Subject also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad by Subject sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 12 months, Notepad by Subject every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notepad versus Notepad by Subject: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadNotepad by Subject
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaria Amparo RicosFelipe Reitz

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Notepad by Subject

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.49
1 purchases

Notepad by Subject

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepad by Subject free?
Notepad by Subject is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notepad or Notepad by Subject have ads?
Both Notepad and Notepad by Subject show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or Notepad by Subject?
Notepad ships an update every 12 months, and Notepad by Subject every 2 months. Most recently, Notepad was updated on September 27, 2026 and Notepad by Subject on September 22, 2026.

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