Notes and Folders vs Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes and Folders
Organize your thoughts and memories with this app. Create folders for notes, attach photos, and even keep a dated diary. Secure your entries with password protection and access them easily with widgets and search functionality.
- Organize notes with folders and subfolders
- Attach photos to notes
- Dated diary entries
- Password lock (Passcode, Touch ID, Face ID)
- Widgets for quick access
- Search notes
- Backup to Dropbox, PC, or Mac
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180,000 downloads worldwide! Organize texts and photos with folders. FOLDERS - You can use folders to organize notes - Support subfolders NOTES - Attach photos to the note - Letter count - Auto save in editing - Internal browser that can easily link with notes DIARY - Diary that set date - Read monthly diaries at once OTHERS - Widget - Password lock (Passcode, Touch ID and Face ID) - Search notes - Share notes to other apps - Share texts and images from other apps - Theme color - Text size change - iPad support - Backup by Dropbox - Backup by PC or Mac URL Scheme notesandfolders:// About Backup by PC or Mac There is a backup support using PC or Mac. Please read FAQ "About backup" section in preferences screen. Full screen advertisement will come out only once a day (24 hours). (It will not come out if you charge for remove ad)
Notepad
A user-friendly notepad app for organizing notes with tabs and protecting your privacy with Face ID/Touch ID. It offers iCloud syncing, photo attachments, and easy sharing options.
- Face ID/Touch ID/Passcode app lock
- iCloud sync across devices
- Organize notes with customizable tabs
- Attach photos to notes
- Share notes to other apps
- Quick save and reorder functionality
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Simple yet powerful. A user-friendly notepad app that organizes your notes with tabs. ●Protect Your Privacy ・Lock the app with Face ID / Touch ID / Passcode ・Keep your important notes safe from prying eyes ●Sync Everywhere ・iCloud sync automatically syncs your iPhone & iPad data ・Peace of mind when switching devices ●Organize with Tabs ・Sort notes into tabs like "Work", "Shopping", "Ideas" ・Add and rearrange tabs freely (up to 8 in free version) ●Easy to Use ・Pull down to save - that's it! ・Long press & drag to reorder ・One-tap paste from clipboard ・Long press URLs & phone numbers to open instantly ●Photos Included ・Attach photos to notes for richer memories ●Share Anywhere ・Send to your favorite apps - Messages, Twitter, Email & more ●Perfect for ・Keeping private notes away from others ・Quickly jotting down ideas ・Syncing notes across multiple devices ・Organizing notes by category ・Saving notes with photos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notepad at 5.0 against Notes and Folders's 4.5. Notepad also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Notes and Folders's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 54%) and ratings volume (300 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Notes and Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Notepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes and Folders has 300 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Notes and Folders's written reviews are positive against 54% of Notepad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Notes and Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, Notepad every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notes and Folders | Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (300 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better | 53.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 300 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KinkumaDesign | Seiji Hashizume |
Customer experience
Notes and Folders
Notepad
In-app purchases
Notes and Folders
- Remove Ads$3.99
Notepad
- Full Version$2.99
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