Split Notes vs Speedy Note Editor / iNote
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.
Speedy Note Editor / iNote
A straightforward notepad application designed for efficient note-taking and management. It simplifies common tasks like creating, editing, and organizing notes, with features for easy copying, pasting, and batch text replacement. All notes are saved as accessible text files.
- Batch text replacement
- Easy copy and paste
- Folder organization
- Text file export
- Built-in browser
- Passcode protection
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Overview iNote is a fast, folder-organized notepad app built for people who write quickly and manage a lot of notes. It was born from real frustrations: "I want to batch-replace a word across multiple notes" and "I just want to open the app and start typing immediately." Great for: - Anyone who needs to edit many notes at once (batch find & replace) - Anyone who copies, pastes, and duplicates notes often - Anyone who wants notes organized into folders (binders) - Anyone who wants full control over their data (plain text files) Features - Batch text find & replace - Easy copy, paste, and duplicate - Organize notes into folders (binders) - All data saved as plain text (.txt), viewable directly in the Files app - Built-in browser - Passcode lock We're keeping iNote simple while continuously adding the small conveniences that make note-taking faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Split Notes at 83% against Speedy Note Editor / iNote's 57%. Speedy Note Editor / iNote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). 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 Speedy Note Editor / iNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Split Notes ships an update every 4 months, Speedy Note Editor / iNote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Split Notes | Speedy Note Editor / iNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — 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 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KAZUTERU YOKOI | Koichiro Umemiya |
Customer experience
Split Notes
Speedy Note Editor / iNote
In-app purchases
Split Notes
- Remove ads$1.99
Speedy Note Editor / iNote
- Premium$4.99
Questions
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