Split Notes vs Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Split Notes
A versatile text editor that allows for split-screen viewing in both vertical and horizontal orientations, along with tabbed interfaces. It offers automatic saving, folder management, and advanced search capabilities. Users can also synchronize scrolling between panes and export notes to CSV.
- Split-screen editing (vertical/horizontal)
- Tabbed interface
- Synchronized scrolling
- Automatic saving
- Folder management
- Character and regex search
- Export to CSV
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This is a simple notepad which can switch between vertical and horizontal screen division, tab use screen. You can synchronize the scrolling of each text view by enabling the magnet button. Notes is saved automatically. Others - Folder management. - Character search, regular expression search. - Undo/Redo - Character count display. - Change font size. - Export to CSV file. - Backup/Restore with iCloud.
Notepad
A user-friendly notepad app for organizing notes with tabs and protecting your privacy with Face ID/Touch ID. It offers iCloud syncing, photo attachments, and easy sharing options.
- Face ID/Touch ID/Passcode app lock
- iCloud sync across devices
- Organize notes with customizable tabs
- Attach photos to notes
- Share notes to other apps
- Quick save and reorder functionality
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Simple yet powerful. A user-friendly notepad app that organizes your notes with tabs. ●Protect Your Privacy ・Lock the app with Face ID / Touch ID / Passcode ・Keep your important notes safe from prying eyes ●Sync Everywhere ・iCloud sync automatically syncs your iPhone & iPad data ・Peace of mind when switching devices ●Organize with Tabs ・Sort notes into tabs like "Work", "Shopping", "Ideas" ・Add and rearrange tabs freely (up to 8 in free version) ●Easy to Use ・Pull down to save - that's it! ・Long press & drag to reorder ・One-tap paste from clipboard ・Long press URLs & phone numbers to open instantly ●Photos Included ・Attach photos to notes for richer memories ●Share Anywhere ・Send to your favorite apps - Messages, Twitter, Email & more ●Perfect for ・Keeping private notes away from others ・Quickly jotting down ideas ・Syncing notes across multiple devices ・Organizing notes by category ・Saving notes with photos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Notepad at every 4 days against Split Notes's every 4 months. Notepad also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Split Notes's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 54%) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, rating, 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. Split Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Split Notes against 5.0 for Notepad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Split Notes's written reviews are positive against 54% of Notepad's.
Split Notes ships an update every 4 months, Notepad every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Split Notes | Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUTERU YOKOI | Seiji Hashizume |
Customer experience
Split Notes
Notepad
In-app purchases
Split Notes
- Remove ads$1.99
Notepad
- Full Version$2.99
