Keep It Note vs Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keep It Note
This innovative iOS app lets you save and customize various types of notes with decorations, sizes, and colors. Access your notes quickly through widgets and 3D Touch, with Apple Watch support in development.
- Save and customize notes
- Notification Center widgets
- iOS 10 Notification Center widget
- 3D Touch integration
- Apple Watch app (in development)
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Keep It Note Keep It Note est une application pour iPhone Keep It Note est une application de notes innovante sur iOS. Elle vous permet de sauvegarder toutes sortes de notes et de les personnaliser comme bon vous semble (décorations, taille, couleur). Elle vous permet aussi d'accéder à vos notes de différentes façons. Qu'est ce qui est innovant ? Cette application est innovante car elle contient : - Une application vous permettant de stocker toutes sortes de notes, de les personnaliser et de les ajouter à vos favoris, - Un widget pour le Centre de Notifications qui vous permet d'accéder rapidement à vos notes favorites et de rapidement en créer une nouvelle, - Un widget pour le Centre de Notifications du nouvel OS (iOS 10), - L'utilisation du 3D Touch pour créer rapidement une nouvelle note, pour afficher rapidement aperçu de vos notes et pour effectuer rapidement des actions sur celles-ci, - Une application Apple Watch pour vous permettre d'accéder à vos notes directement depuis votre montre (Actuellement en cours de développement).
Notes
Capture thoughts, reminders, and ideas in a secure, private space. Notes save automatically as you type, with fast search and optional biometric locking for your peace of mind. Organize with color-coding and choose from classic or modern themes.
- Automatic saving as you type
- Biometric note locking (Face ID/fingerprint)
- Fast search across all notes
- Color-coded organization
- Lined paper mode
- Modern and classic themes
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Stop losing your notes. Simple Notepad gives you a reliable place to write thoughts, reminders, and ideas that save automatically and stay completely private. • One-tap note creation - Open the app and start typing immediately • Auto-save as you type - Never lose a single word, even if your phone dies • Fast search across all notes - Find anything by typing a few words • Lock notes with Face ID or fingerprint - Keep private thoughts secure • Color-coded organization - Pick from 12 colors to sort your notes • Lined paper mode - Write on ruled lines with a classic red margin Perfect for busy parents tracking kids' schedules, students organizing study notes, or anyone who needs to capture thoughts quickly. Whether you're jotting down a grocery list during lunch or writing meeting notes between calls, this notepad works the way paper should work - except you can search it later. Choose between Modern theme for a clean look or Classic theme for a warm, paper-like feel. View notes as colorful cards or a simple list. Drag to reorder, long-press to delete, or share text through your phone's built-in share menu. Your notes live only on your device. No accounts, no syncing, no cloud storage. Just a simple, private notebook that saves everything automatically and finds it instantly when you need it. The app gets out of your way so you can focus on what matters - getting thoughts out of your head and onto the page. No complicated features, no learning curve, no subscription fees. Download Simple Notepad and start writing notes that actually stick around. Your thoughts deserve a safe place to live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notes at 4.6 against Keep It Note's 1.0. Notes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Keep It Note's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Keep It Note's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notes's.
Keep It Note ships an update every 2 months, Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keep It Note | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pierre Boudon | Stijn Aa |
Customer experience
Keep It Note
Notes
In-app purchases
Keep It Note
No in-app purchases
Notes
No in-app purchases
