Split Notes vs Simple 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.
Simple Notepad
This app offers a unique note-taking experience with a three-tab system for memos, remarks, and history. Attach photos to your notes and secure them with a password. Organize your thoughts with folder division for efficient management.
- Three-tab note structure (Memo, Remarks, History)
- Attach images to notes
- Password security lock
- Folder division for organization
- Revision history tracking
- Additional remarks field
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"BestNote" is a memo pad application aimed at the highest. As a characteristic feature of "BestNote", the memo creation page is divided into three tabs. It is "memo" "remarks" "history". "Memo" tab is the same function as normal memo pad. "Remarks" "History" is a feature of this application's commitment. In the "Remarks" tab, there is another character input field in addition to the memo, so you can use it in various ways, such as writing a simple draft when writing a note or using it as a remarks column. In addition, it is also possible to attach images on the "Remarks" tab, and it is possible to use it beyond the frame of Notepad depending on the ingenuity. Although it is the "history" tab, contents written in the "memo" tab are accumulated in the history as the name does. (It will be written to the history when you press save button on memo page) With this function, it is possible to recover promptly even in unforeseen circumstances such as mistakenly editing important information accidentally. In addition to the security lock password function. Various functions such as folder division function to make memo easier to manage are carried. Please try downloading it once by all means. ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Notepad at every 3 weeks against Split Notes's every 4 months. Simple Notepad also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 11). Split Notes's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (83% vs 68%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Simple Notepad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Split Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Notepad has 2.8K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Split Notes's written reviews are positive against 68% of Simple Notepad's.
Split Notes ships an update every 4 months, Simple Notepad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Split Notes | Simple Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 68.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUTERU YOKOI | EasterEggs |
Customer experience
Split Notes
Simple Notepad
Bugs and requests
Split Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Simple Notepad
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Notes disappearing after updates
- Vertical orientation not working
- Unable to recover lost notes
Requested features
5 requests- Option to remove ads
- Ability to sync notes across devices
- More font and formatting options
- Print functionality
- Improved iPad support
In-app purchases
Split Notes
- Remove ads$1.99
Simple Notepad
- Premium Plan$3.991 Month









