Split Notes vs Sp Memos
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.
Sp Memos
A straightforward notepad application that allows for detailed customization of font size and screen brightness within individual memos. It supports attaching multiple images and map data, along with folder management for organization. A widget displays recently updated notes, and it integrates with Spotlight search.
- Customizable font size and brightness per memo
- Attach multiple images and map data
- Folder management for organization
- Dedicated widget for recent notes
- Spotlight search integration
- Optional add-ons for ad removal, passcode protection, and voice recording
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A simple notepad app. On the memo screen, there is a slider for screen brightness adjustment and font size change, fine adjustment is possible on the spot. Multiple images attached to memos, map is also. Folder management. Because each memo have font size, memos I would like to see large are very convenient to save with large letters. The dedicated widget displays recently updated notes. Tap to the memo for open it. It also supports iPhone's standard search window "Spotlight". ● Additional feature by add-ons 1. Remove Ads Remove the advertisement on the screen, the memo screen becomes larger. 2. Passcode, Face ID(Touch ID) protection It is protection of contents by passcode. 3. Voice recorder feature You can add multiple voice recording data to the memo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Split Notes at 4.9 against Sp Memos's 4.0. Split Notes also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and review sentiment (83% vs 75%). Sp Memos's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). 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. Split Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sp Memos sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Split Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Split Notes has 11 ratings behind it against 1, 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 75% of Sp Memos's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Split Notes | Sp Memos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUTERU YOKOI | tadashi atoji |
Customer experience
Split Notes
Sp Memos
In-app purchases
Split Notes
- Remove ads$1.99
Sp Memos
- Add Pass-code feature$0.99
- Add Voice Recorder$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
