Comparison

Notepad vs In Your Note

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

Securely store and organize your thoughts with advanced features like PIN/biometric locking and an anti-theft system. Convert images to text, sync across devices, and customize your notes with rich formatting and tags. Share, backup, and easily retrieve your important information.

Highlights
  • PIN/Biometric note locking
  • Anti-theft system with photo capture
  • OCR for image to text conversion
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Rich text formatting and styling
  • Tagging and color-coding for organization
  • Text, photo, and drawing note types
Features
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Keep important notes safely with Anti Theft System! • Lock Notes with PIN / Biometric authentication (Fingerprint / Face detection) • Anti Theft System (Capture face photo silently who entered wrong PIN) • OCR Notes - Capture image and convert readable characters into notes! (Helpful to save ID card / Bill details) • Signup account and sync notes across the devices with same email (Backup / Restore notes to cloud) • Style your note (e.g Bold / Italic / Underline / Heading / Bullets / Alignments / Undo / Redo etc) • Note Backup / Restore via Email and Document Files and Notepad cloud account • Manage unlimited Notes • Make Text / Photo / Drawing / Sketch Notes • Tag Notes for quick search • Color notes accordingly • Share notes with friends via various apps • Trash - Recover notes from here • Bookmark - Make Note Important to fetch easily • Backup PIN - Backup PIN via email for recovery • Quick Search via title / body / tags • Save note from other app support - Select text and share it via this notepad app to store note quickly without opening this app • Available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic languages. Privacy Policy: https://parthmpandya.github.io/Privacy-Policy-Documents/iOS_Notepad_Privacy_Policy.html Terms Of Use: https://parthmpandya.github.io/Privacy-Policy-Documents/iOS_Notepad_Terms_and_Conditions.html This app will capture image from front camera without displaying prior view(Theft Report feature). If anyone have any query regarding this app or have any suggestion to improve app performance. Let me know on my email id: droidoworld@gmail.com

About

In Your Note

This simple note-taking application allows users to create and view all their memos at a glance. It offers features like collapsing lengthy notes, text alignment, and dark mode support for a streamlined experience.

Highlights
  • Create new notes easily
  • Collapse/expand lengthy notes
  • Left, right, and center text alignment
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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In Your Note is the simple note app that shows all of your short and lengthy memos in one easy glance. Features: • Create a new note with a tap of a button. • Quickly collapse or expand each of your lengthy notes. • Tap to open links right inside your notes. • Pin the notes you want to keep on top. • Drafts keep your unfinished thoughts safe until you come back. • Align your text to the left, right, or center. • Quick actions on each note for share, copy, and more. • Supports Dark Mode. • Polished for iOS 26. Go ad-free anytime from Settings with a Premium subscription. In Your Note Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. It unlocks an ad-free experience, iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac, and beautiful accent themes. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
In Your Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

Notepad and In Your Note both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of In Your Note's written reviews are positive against 33% of Notepad's. In Your Note also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 12). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and In Your Note 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Notepad against 4.2 for In Your Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad has 64 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 91% of In Your Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 3 months, In Your Note every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notepad versus In Your Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadIn Your Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (64 ratings) — better4.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParth PandyaStephen Jang

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings64 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

In Your Note

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month License For Notes App$1.491 Month
  • 1 Year License For Notes App$11.991 Year
One-time3
  • Ad Free Notes$1.99
  • 1 Month License$1.99
  • 1 Year License$9.99
1 purchases

In Your Note

One-time1
  • Ad Free$0.99

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is In Your Note free?
In Your Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notepad or In Your Note?
Notepad is rated higher. Notepad averages 4.3 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while In Your Note averages 4.2 from 12 ratings.
Do Notepad or In Your Note have ads?
Both Notepad and In Your Note show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or In Your Note?
Notepad ships an update every 3 months, and In Your Note every 5 months. Most recently, Notepad was updated on September 17, 2026 and In Your Note on September 13, 2026.

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