Comparison

Notes and Folders vs SNS Style Notes

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

Head to head
About

Notes and Folders

Organize your thoughts and memories with this note-taking app. Create nested folders for notes and photos, lock sensitive entries with a passcode, and easily search your content. It also includes a built-in web browser for capturing online information.

Highlights
  • Nested folder organization
  • Attach multiple photos to notes
  • Passcode lock with Face/Touch ID
  • Auto-save functionality
  • Built-in web browser
  • Searchable notes
  • Share Extension support
Features
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Over 240,000 downloads worldwide! Notes and Folders is a simple notepad that lets you organize notes and photos with folders. You can also lock your notes with a passcode. FOLDERS - Organize your notes with folders - Create folders inside folders NOTES - Attach multiple photos to a note - Character count - Auto-save while editing - Editing buttons: copy & paste, undo, select, and arrow keys - Built-in web browser to add text and screenshots of web pages to your notes DIARY - Write a diary entry for any date - Read a whole month of entries at once OTHERS - Widget - Passcode lock (Face ID and Touch ID supported) - Search notes - Share notes to other apps - Save text and images from other apps (Share Extension) - Theme colors - Adjustable text size - iPad support - Backup with Dropbox - Backup with a computer URL SCHEME notesandfolders:// BACKUP You can back up your notes with Dropbox, or with a computer (Finder on Mac, or the Apple Devices app or iTunes on Windows). For details, see FAQ > "About Backup" in the app's settings. ADS This app shows banner ads, and a full-screen ad only once a day (every 24 hours). Ads are not shown after purchasing ad removal.

About

SNS Style Notes

This note-taking app mimics a social network interface, allowing users to create posts with text, photos, videos, and audio. It offers advanced features like hashtags, replies, push notifications, and robust search, with security options and cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Social network-style interface
  • Multimedia notes (photos, videos, audio)
  • Advanced hashtags and replies
  • Push notifications
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • Advanced search (AND/OR/NOT)
  • iCloud Drive backup
Features
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The note app like social network! You can use it like a familiar social network and leave notes as if you were tweeting. Of course you can use advanced hashtags and pin! You can even use Reply associated with your notes! Push notifications that can be set with two taps from the notes! Passcode lock that can also be used with FaceID and TouchID! (supported models only) Character counter that shows the number of characters while you are writing a note! Search feature that allows you to easily use AND/OR/NOT! iCloudDrive back-up to prevent lost notes! we're not just with the main feature. If you don't want to show icons or headers, you can hide them. The edit date and time is automatically updated like a normal note app, but you can also turn it off. The memo is displayed in the latest order, so you can fixed its position in the timeline by turning it off. The date and time format is displayed as "1s" like Twitter, but it can also be displayed as "1976/4/1 9:41". In addition to the features introduced above, we have received highly rated for our user-friendly features and UI/UX, so please install it!

Screenshots

Notes and Folders4 screens
SNS Style Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notes and Folders at 4.5 against SNS Style Notes's 4.2. Notes and Folders also leads on ratings volume (304 vs 5) and review sentiment (80% vs 67%). SNS Style Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SNS Style Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notes and Folders holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes and Folders has 304 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Notes and Folders's written reviews are positive against 67% of SNS Style Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notes and Folders versus SNS Style Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes and FoldersSNS Style Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (304 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings304 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB61 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKinkumaDesignTadasuke Uema

Customer experience

Notes and Folders

All ratings304 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral12.4%
Negative7.2%

SNS Style Notes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes and Folders

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
3 purchases

SNS Style Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Plan (One Month)3 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Premium Plan (One Year)3 Days trial$14.901 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Notes and Folders free?
Notes and Folders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SNS Style Notes free?
SNS Style Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notes and Folders or SNS Style Notes?
Notes and Folders is rated higher. Notes and Folders averages 4.5 out of 5 from 304 ratings, while SNS Style Notes averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Notes and Folders or SNS Style Notes have ads?
Both Notes and Folders and SNS Style Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes and Folders or SNS Style Notes?
Notes and Folders ships an update fortnightly, and SNS Style Notes fortnightly. Most recently, Notes and Folders was updated on November 11, 2026 and SNS Style Notes on November 3, 2026.

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