Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Split-screen editing (vertical/horizontal)
  • Tabbed interface
  • Synchronized scrolling
  • Automatic saving
  • Folder management
  • Character and regex search
  • Export to CSV
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Batch text replacement
  • Easy copy and paste
  • Folder organization
  • Text file export
  • Built-in browser
  • Passcode protection
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Split Notes4 screens
Speedy Note Editor / iNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Split Notes versus Speedy Note Editor / iNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit NotesSpeedy Note Editor / iNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKAZUTERU YOKOIKoichiro Umemiya

Customer experience

Split Notes

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Speedy Note Editor / iNote

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Split Notes

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
1 purchases

Speedy Note Editor / iNote

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Split Notes free?
Split Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Speedy Note Editor / iNote free?
Speedy Note Editor / iNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Split Notes or Speedy Note Editor / iNote have ads?
Both Split Notes and Speedy Note Editor / iNote show ads.
Which is updated more often, Split Notes or Speedy Note Editor / iNote?
Split Notes ships an update every 4 months, and Speedy Note Editor / iNote every 2 months. Most recently, Split Notes was updated on October 21, 2026 and Speedy Note Editor / iNote on October 24, 2026.

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