Otona Note vs Count Per Paragraph Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Otona Note
This app allows for easy note-taking and organization with a focus on one-handed usability and extensive customization. It offers automatic backups and a history feature to recover previous versions of your notes, ensuring data safety.
- One-handed note editing
- Customizable appearance (font, size, color, background)
- Automatic backup and revision history
- Folder creation, editing, and sorting
- Convert notes to images
- Easy copy-paste functionality
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Otona Note is a simple notepad made to be easy to write in, even with one hand. EASY TO WRITE WITH ONE HAND A menu sits right above the keyboard. Move the cursor, select text, copy and paste with a tap, without fiddling with tiny handles. It feels closer to writing on a computer. MAKE IT LOOK YOUR WAY Choose from over 200 fonts and change the text size, text color and background color. Make each note easy on your eyes, or just make it look nice. NEVER LOSE A NOTE Overwrote something by mistake? Every save is kept in the history, so you can bring back an older version of a note. Notes are also backed up automatically, on your device and to iCloud. ORGANIZE WITH FOLDERS Sort notes into folders and reorder them. With Pro, you can put folders inside folders. HANDY EXTRAS - Character and line count while you write - Long-press a note to copy it, great for text you paste often - Save a note as an image to share it (vertical text with Pro) - Trash, so deleted notes can be recovered - Portrait and landscape PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) The app is free with ads. Pro unlocks every feature and removes ads with a single purchase. No subscription. - URL scheme: otonaNote://
Count Per Paragraph Notes
This note-taking application displays character counts for each paragraph and the entire text. It helps users improve readability by making them aware of paragraph length. The interface is designed for one-handed operation with convenient buttons above the keyboard.
- Character count per paragraph
- Total character count display
- One-handed operation design
- Edit completion buttons
- Improves writing readability
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This is a note app that shows the number of characters per paragraph. On the left side of the sentence, the number of characters in the paragraph is displayed. The number of characters for the whole sentence is also displayed at the top. By being aware of the number of characters in each paragraph, you will be able to write more readable sentences. The edit completion button and other buttons are placed above the keyboard, so you can easily operate it with one hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Otona Note at 5.0 against Count Per Paragraph Notes's 4.8. Count Per Paragraph Notes's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). 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
Both are free to download. Otona Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Count Per Paragraph Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Otona Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Count Per Paragraph Notes has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Otona Note ships an update every 3 weeks, Count Per Paragraph Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Otona Note | Count Per Paragraph Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masaki Hirano | Osawa Shunsuke |
Customer experience
Otona Note
Count Per Paragraph Notes
In-app purchases
Otona Note
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Unlock Backup Restore$3.99
- Pro (All Features Unlocked)$4.99
Count Per Paragraph Notes
- Support for development$2.99
- Pro Edition$3.99





