Comparison

Color Notepad vs Color Notes

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
Read full description

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

Color Notes

Features
Read full description

Color Notes is a lightweight notepad application that gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memos, e-mails, messages, shopping lists, to-do lists, etc. The app is completely free and has no Ads and doesn't need internet. How to use it? - Click on the (+) icon to add a new note, choose a color and fill in the title and description of the note, you can also mark the note as important if you want. - Click on the note on the home screen if you want to edit the note, delete the note, share the note or if you want to mark/unmark the note as important. - Click on the Settings icon to switch between available themes. - Click on the Display icon to display the notes as Grid list or normal list. Key Features: * Completely free. * No Ads. * No Internet required * Simple and fast to use. * Modern design. * Multiple themes (light and dark).

Screenshots

Color Notepad3 screens
Color Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Color Notes at none against Color Notepad's 1. Color Notes also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Color Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Color Notepad versus Color Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor NotepadColor Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (603 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings603 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro VynokurovDewani

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)
Show 2 more
  • 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
Show 1 more
  • Apple Pencil support

Color Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Notepad

One-time1
  • Unlimited Storage$4.99
None

Color Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Notepad free?
Color Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Notes free?
Color Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Notepad or Color Notes have ads?
Neither Color Notepad nor Color Notes shows ads.

Other comparisons