Comparison

Notes and Folders vs PPNote

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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)

About

PPNote

Organize your thoughts and web links efficiently. Collect information from other apps, create custom notes with categories and subcategories, and easily manage your content with favorite and hidden options. Streamline your workflow with quick actions for moving and tagging notes.

Highlights
  • Collect notes and links from other apps
  • Automatic categorization by URL
  • Manual note creation with categories/subcategories
  • Favorite and hide notes
  • Quick actions for moving and tagging
  • Organize with categories, subcategories, and tags
Features
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PPNote helps you better manage your notes. 1. Collect from other apps. - You can collect information from other apps(like Safari, Chrome, etc) to PPNote through Share button. - When it's a web page, the note will be automatically categorized by URL. 2. Create note in PPNote. - You can manually create note either in category or in sub category. If there is no category yet. Please create one. 3. Favorite a Note. - You can favorite a note from context menu. - Favorite notes always show on the top. Easier for you to View. - You can view all the favorite notes in [Notes] tab. 4. Hide a Note. - You can hide a note from context menu. - Hidden notes are not shown by default. You can view them by tapping the [Show hidden notes] button. - You can view all the hidden notes in [More] tab. 5. Quick Action in Context Menu. - Quickly move note to other category/sub category. - Quickly add or remove tag for a note. - More actions. 6. Organize Notes. - Use category, sub category and tag to organize notes better.

Screenshots

Notes and Folders4 screens
PPNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notes and Folders at 4.5 against PPNote's 3.5. Notes and Folders also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). PPNote's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PPNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes and Folders has 300 ratings behind it against 2, 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 40% of PPNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes and Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, PPNote every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notes and Folders versus PPNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes and FoldersPPNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (300 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings300 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKinkumaDesign金鹏 王

Customer experience

Notes and Folders

All ratings300 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral12.4%
Negative7.2%

PPNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes and Folders

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

PPNote

One-time1
  • [More Features]$1.99

Questions

Is Notes and Folders free?
Notes and Folders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PPNote free?
PPNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notes and Folders or PPNote?
Notes and Folders is rated higher. Notes and Folders averages 4.5 out of 5 from 300 ratings, while PPNote averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Notes and Folders or PPNote have ads?
Notes and Folders shows ads; PPNote does not.
Which is updated more often, Notes and Folders or PPNote?
Notes and Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, and PPNote every 7 months. Most recently, Notes and Folders was updated on October 17, 2026 and PPNote on October 7, 2026.

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