Color Notepad vs Pass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Minimalist design
- 20+ colorful themes
- Light & Dark Mode
- iCloud sync
- Sort notes
- Export notes
- Automatic local backups
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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.
Pass
This app helps field service professionals prove their arrival at a job site. It uses NFC to quickly scan into properties and record work completion. A Pass-Code account is required to use the service.
- NFC property scanning
- Record work completion
- Simple interface
- Field service proof
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Pass-Code allows you to prove to your customers that you arrived in the field to complete the work assigned to you. The app’s simple to use interface allows you to scan into a property and record your work simply and in no time. The app requires NFC which is available in iPhone 7 or newer.You must have a Pass-Code account to use this app. Your field service employer will provide you with an account if you do not already have one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pass at 5.0 against Color Notepad's 4.5. Pass also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Color Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (603 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Color Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Notepad has 603 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Color Notepad | Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (603 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 603 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Vynokurov | Tritium Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Color Notepad
Pass
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
Pass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Color Notepad
- Unlimited Storage$4.99
Pass
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Color Notepad free?
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Which has better reviews, Color Notepad or Pass?
Do Color Notepad or Pass have ads?
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