Comparison

iNote vs Notebook

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

Head to head
About

iNote

Organize your thoughts, tasks, and lists using a vibrant color-coding system. Add images, set reminders, and sync across devices with iCloud. View notes in various layouts and even pin them to your Today Board widget.

Highlights
  • Organize notes by color
  • Attach photos to notes
  • iCloud sync and backup
  • Checklist notes for to-do lists
  • Reminders and calendar view
  • Pin notes to Today Board widget
Features
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iNote Free is a simple and quick sticky notepad app. This helps you organize your notes, memos, messages, emails, shopping lists, check lists and to-do lists by COLOR. Taking color notes with iNote is never easier than before. MANAGE NOTE BY COLOR Each note has a main color so you can group these notes by a color-category in a professional way like: memos, to-do lists, shopping lists, emails, travels, and ideas... ADD IMAGES TO NOTE Notes now can attach photos. All photos are sync with iCloud too. DISPLAY NOTE WITH MANY OPTIONS You can view your notes in grid (like sticky note), quick list, or detail list. This app helps you sort notes by color, remind time, updated time, created time, or title name. So you can view these note quickly and super easily. SYNC WITH ICLOUD, NEVER LOST YOUR NOTE Your notes is sync with your iCloud account, so you can take note on iPhone and use on your iPad and vise versa. You will never lost note because your data is saved on iCloud. BACKUP & IMPORT EASILY You can backup your data, send via email then import them on all of your devices when ever you want. This app supports importing notes from ColorNote app on other devices, so you will never miss your notes. FAST CREATE TODO LIST In the checklist mode, you can take note quickly and re-arrange to-do items easily. When clicking on each item, you can check or un-check as done by a quick tap. Checked item will be slashed like the way you check them on your notebook. REMIND AND CALENDAR With each note, you can add a reminder. Then the app will notify you when the even happens. You can also repeat these events daily, weekly, monthly or yearly depend on your settings. And you can view these events in calendar mode. It will help you have a quick view of events on specific month and day. PIN ON TODAY BOARD WIDGET You now can pin notes on to Today Board up to 12 notes, then you can access these note every where, at any time you need from Notification Center. KEY FEATURES: - Organize notes by color, display with many layout options - Attach photos to note - Sync with iCloud, backup and import notes - Checklist notes for To do list and Shopping list - Remind notes and calendar - Pin notes on Today Board iNote supports up to 12 languages: English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian. The list will be continue updated.

About

Notebook

Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and organize tasks with colorful backgrounds and customizable features. Add photos, audio, and set reminders to never miss important items. Sync notes to the cloud for easy backup and sharing.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Checklists and to-do lists
  • Colorful backgrounds
  • Add photos and audio
  • Set reminders
  • Folder organization
  • Cloud sync and backup
Features
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Easy Notes - Notepad, Free Notes App is an easy-to-use notepad free for note-taking app. With this easy notebook and notepad app, take quick notes with colorful backgrounds and checklists to organize notes and tasks easily. Use this note taker and aesthetic notes to add photos or audio to your notes. Easy Notes is a good notes taking app and notebook for keeping notes and organizing tasks. It will be a good note taking app and digital notebook free for you. Key features: * Add sticky note widget to your desktop, easy to open and edit your notes. * Can be organized in folders, easy to classified your notes; * Add Checklist for To do list & Shopping list * Five kinds of notes background color available to change, make your notes in personalized way. * Change the Font size; * Transform your note into a checklist view; * Set reminder to your notes, no longer missing you important things; * Auto-saved. You don’t have to do anything to save them. * Share your notes via e-mail, SMS, and etc.; * Backup/export to SD card * Import backup notes files. * Sync your notes to Google task, let you sync/backup online. Free Note Taking Apps Easy Notes - Notepad Free, Notebook, Free Notes App is a free note taking app for taking notes. Take notes, make a shopping list or build a checklist with this simple notepad free. Easy to Use Notepad Take notes, view notes, and check note status with this good notes app. Display notes in list or grid mode. Pin the key notes at the top is also available in this notes writer. Personalize Notes with Colors Easy Notes - Notepad Free, Writers Notebook, Free Notes App is a good note app that supports color notes. Write notes with different note colors or awesome notes backgrounds. Easy Notes writer customizes notebooks with different themes. Choose your favorite themes in this free note taking apps. Notes Category and Memo Make notes for school, work, or other usage scenarios. This easy notepad, note-taking free note book app helps you categorize notes into different tabs. Manage your n otes more efficiently and easily. Memo more notes tabs as needed. School Notes and Work Notes This notetaking app is easy to take school notes, book notes, text note, and stick notes. Hand-drawn to help you make school notes. Calendar Notes and Notepad Use this free note pad recorder to view your notes in calendar mode. Note taking apps help to write notes, record memos or organize notes in the form of a calendar. Backup and Restore with cloud This awesome notes writer sync note from the Google cloud. Never worry about losing note pad. Easy to share notes or import shared notes into the notebooks. Local backup is available. Reminder for Notebook Free The free notes app allows you to easily set reminders for simple notepad notes. Schedule your time and don't miss important notes. Well orginized with this notebook free. Keep Notes Safe Notepad Lock helps keep notes private with password locks. Note writer with locker protect one note pad or the entire notes category to keep the notbook safe. Others are not able to view the locked nots. Sticky Notes Widget The sticky notes widget and stickies help write quick notes. Easy to add note widget as a note widget with various color note widget themes. Access your sticky notes free on homescreen quickily. Customize the sticky notes widget and stickies to help you work better.

Screenshots

iNote4 screens
Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iNote at 4.1 against Notebook's 2.9. iNote also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 7). Notebook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. iNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iNote holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNote has 2.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 49% and 50% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iNote ships an update every 2 weeks, Notebook every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iNote versus Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriNoteNotebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (2.4K ratings) — better2.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews49.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCONG DUC TRANShreyaskumar Patel

Customer experience

iNote

All ratings2,352 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews821 reviews
Positive49.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative36.7%

Notebook

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

iNote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes disappearing after updates
  • White text on white background making notes unreadable
  • Inability to rearrange items in checklists

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve search and filtering options
  • Allow custom font and text formatting
  • Provide backup and restore options

Notebook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iNote

One-time1
  • ColorNote Premium$4.99
None

Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iNote free?
iNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iNote or Notebook?
iNote is rated higher. iNote averages 4.1 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Notebook averages 2.9 from 7 ratings.
Do iNote or Notebook have ads?
iNote shows ads; Notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, iNote or Notebook?
iNote ships an update every 2 weeks, and Notebook every 11 months. Most recently, iNote was updated on October 26, 2026 and Notebook on October 24, 2026.

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