Comparison

Ideas vs Notes

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

Head to head
About

Ideas

Easily create notes with text, photos, and drawings. Customize text with various fonts and effects, and arrange images freely. Save and share your creations directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Create notes with text, photos, and drawings
  • Customize text with over 50 fonts and effects
  • Add and manipulate multiple images
  • Save work to continue later
  • Share creations to social networks
  • Free and easy to use interface
Features
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HOW TO USE: • Create a new note or edit an existing note. • You can draw, add text or add photos. • Select any font text, and move, rotate or scale the text. You can change the text color, add border, brightness, etc. • Move, rotate or scale the added images. • Save your ideas or creations. • You can save and share photos with your mobile's social networking apps. FEATURES: • Free and easy to use. • Friendly interface. • More than 50 fonts. • Several effects to apply to the text. • You can add several texts in the same picture. • Painting. • Add photos to your notes. • You can save your work to continue later.

About

Notes

This app combines a notepad, to-do list, and memo functionality into a single, intuitive interface. Easily create notes from text, voice, or images, and organize them with reminders and sorting options. Secure your data and transfer it to new devices.

Highlights
  • 3-in-1 notepad, to-do list, and memos
  • Create notes from photos, images, and voice
  • Set notifications and reminders
  • Sort notes by urgency, category, due date, color
  • Secure notes with a security code
  • Data transfer to new devices
Features
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Notes: notepad and lists is a convenient app that helps you make notes and keep lists. Why should you choose Notes: notepad and lists? - 3 in 1 Replace your to-do list, notepad and memos with this simple, all-in-one app. - Easy to use Notes: notepad and lists is an extremely simple and intuitive app. No instructions or tutorial necessary. - Fast Create a note or a list in literally seconds - the perfect way to jot down important information. A notepad, diary and to-do list that suits your face-paced lifestyle. - Multiple formats Create notes from photos, images, and voice messages, and make your to-do list or shopping list. Use it on the go, or even behind the wheel - all you have to do is record your message or take a photo. - Editing You can edit your notes, or add comments, attachments, details and notifications at any time. - Planning Notes: notepad and lists also works as a to-do list: you can set notifications and reminders (one off or repeated) for each note, and the easy-to-use calendar system helps you keep track of deadlines. - Sorting You can sort your notes by urgency, category, due date, and color, so searching through your content is quick and easy. - Security Notes: notepad and lists lets you protect your personal data with a short security-code, meaning only you can access your notes and lists. - Transfer your info If you get a new device, you won't lose your information - registered users can restore their data.

Screenshots

Ideas4 screens
Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ideas at none against Notes's 1. Ideas also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Notes's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (654 vs 14). On price, rating, 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. Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ideas against 4.8 for Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes has 654 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Ideas's written reviews are positive against 79% of Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideas ships an update every 7 months, Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ideas versus Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeasNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better4.8 (654 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better78.5% of reviews
Number of ratings14654 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMireia Lluch OrtolaOrange Dog

Customer experience

Ideas

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notes

All ratings654 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative14.0%

Bugs and requests

Ideas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notes

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Unexpected ads appearing after recent updates for paid subscribers

Requested features

3 requests
  • More engaging task motivation features
  • Clearer documentation on note persistence
  • Improved customer support interface

In-app purchases

None

Ideas

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes

One-time1
  • Disable ads$9.99

Questions

Is Ideas free?
Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notes free?
Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ideas or Notes?
Ideas is rated higher. Ideas averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Notes averages 4.8 from 654 ratings.
Do Ideas or Notes have ads?
Both Ideas and Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ideas or Notes?
Ideas ships an update every 7 months, and Notes monthly. Most recently, Ideas was updated on October 8, 2026 and Notes on October 9, 2026.

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