Comparison

Color Notepad vs MyNotebook

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

Head to head
About

Color Notepad

A clean and simple note-taking app that lets you personalize your experience with over 20 colorful themes. It offers a minimalist design for distraction-free writing, iCloud sync, and robust backup options.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • 20+ colorful themes
  • Light & Dark Mode
  • iCloud sync
  • Sort notes
  • Export notes
  • Automatic local backups
Features
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Color Notepad is a clean and simple note-taking app designed to match your personal style. Whether you’re jotting down quick thoughts, daily tasks, or important ideas, Color Notepad keeps things fast, easy, and customizable. Choose from 20+ colorful themes to match your mood — or let the app surprise you with a random one each time you open it. Key Feature: • Minimalist design for quick and distraction-free note-taking. • 20+ colorful themes to suit your mood. • Light & Dark Mode support for every theme. • iCloud sync to keep your notes up to date across devices. • Sort your notes by date or alphabetically. • Export individual notes or your entire archive for backup or sharing. • Automatic local backups with the ability to restore notes. Color Notepad is perfect for anyone looking for a lightweight, private, and beautifully customizable notes app — with no ads, no accounts, and no clutter.

About

MyNotebook

This app allows users to create checklists, to-do lists, and journal entries with short sentences. It features adjustable text size, automatic font resizing, and intuitive page-turning. Users can also copy, paste, and email their notes.

Highlights
  • Checklist and to-do list creation
  • Diary and short sentence writing
  • Adjustable text size
  • Automatic font resizing
  • Page turning with swipe/tap
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Email and print options
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"My Notebook" Overview      it is suitable for creating checklists, to-do lists, and writing diaries by genre using short sentences. And you may be even trained the ability to create short sentences. Text size can be changed by simply pinching the screen. (1) Notepad function  ●  Start up ; The display will start from the last finished page and it will be possible to edit.  ●  Page structure ; Consists of one title and 32 lines body.  ●  Font resizes ; When more than limited number of text is entered, font size automatically become smaller.  ●  Page turning ; Swipe the screen left / right or tap the left / right frame to page forward.  ●  Turning speed ; If you set the "Mode" button to "5", you can send 5 pages, if you set it to "1", you can send 1 page at a time.  ●  Infinite loop; Since it uses an infinite loop type page turning, the page is turned from the page near the rear end to the page near the front end when moving forward, and in the reverse direction when reversing.  ● Character input; Tapping a position where you want to enter a character a cursor appears and a keyboard also appears at the bottom of the screen. Using the keyboard you can enter any character at the cursor position.  ●  "Done" button; Tapping the "Done" button, you can save the text you entered to your device's memory, for the next startup.   (2) "Copy" function     By tapping the "Copy" button on each page, the entered title and text will be stored in the device's memory. The text is also copied to the clipboard. (3) "Paste" function  ●  When you tap the "Paste" button on each page, a screen will pop up asking if you want to overwrite the page with the title and text saved in memory. Tap "Overwrite" on that screen to execute overwriting.  ●  You can erase all the characters at once by copying a blank page and pasting it on any page. (4) Table of contents creation function     If you press the Paste button for a few seconds, a screen will pop up asking if you want to create a table of contents. Select Create to create a table of contents. (5) "Mail" function     On any page, click the "Action" button, and a selection screen for email or print appears. Select an email and follow the instructions on the email screen. After setting and confirming the title, destination, Cc / Bcc, and sender, click the "Send" button to send, or the "Cancel" button to cancel. (6) "Print" function (v1.5)     On any page, click the "Action" button, and a selection screen for email or print appears. Select "Print" and follow the instructions on the print screen. After selecting and checking the printer selection, number of prints, and print page range, press "Print" to execute printing. If you want to cancel, press "Cancel".

Screenshots

Color Notepad3 screens
MyNotebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyNotebook at 88% against Color Notepad's 47%. MyNotebook also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Color Notepad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (603 vs 41). On price 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. Color Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyNotebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyNotebook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Notepad has 603 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Color Notepad's written reviews are positive against 88% of MyNotebook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Notepad ships an update every 5 months, MyNotebook monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Color Notepad versus MyNotebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor NotepadMyNotebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (603 ratings)4.8 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.5% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings603 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro Vynokurovfumio ueda

Customer experience

Color Notepad

All ratings603 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive46.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative46.5%

MyNotebook

All ratings40 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Color Notepad

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Notes deleted unexpectedly after saving
  • App crashes and fails to reopen
  • Text disappears or becomes invisible
  • Keyboard covers note content during editing
  • Inconsistent save functionality (8 out of 10 times fails)
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  • App unresponsive to input commands
  • Notes lost after app closure

Requested features

6 requests
  • Password protection for notes
  • Different colors for individual notes
  • Checklist functionality with reset capability
  • Note sharing capabilities
  • Multiple font options
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  • Apple Pencil support

MyNotebook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Notepad

One-time1
  • Unlimited Storage$4.99
None

MyNotebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Notepad free?
Color Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyNotebook free?
MyNotebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Color Notepad or MyNotebook?
MyNotebook is rated higher. Color Notepad averages 4.5 out of 5 from 603 ratings, while MyNotebook averages 4.8 from 41 ratings.
Do Color Notepad or MyNotebook have ads?
MyNotebook shows ads; Color Notepad does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Notepad or MyNotebook?
Color Notepad ships an update every 5 months, and MyNotebook monthly. Most recently, Color Notepad was updated on September 23, 2026 and MyNotebook on September 13, 2026.

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