Comparison

Notepad vs A.Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

A.Notes

This app enhances PDF management with features like text recognition, voice-to-text, digital signatures, and password protection. It offers advanced data capturing using AI and supports over 50 languages for speech recognition and 35 for online translation.

Highlights
  • AI-powered data capturing
  • PDF annotation and signing
  • Voice-to-text and speech recognition
  • OCR and text recognition
  • Online translation
  • Password protection for PDFs
  • Calendar integration
Features
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New features: * Handy interpretation for communicating with people in different countries * Fast and easy to export ANotes' data in PDF format * Create your own audio book in PDF format * Create free text annotation (free drawing) if words cannot express your meaning * Sign your ink signature with date and your title, and drag your signature/image to where you like on the PDF file. * Add company stamp or picture to PDF file * Maintain watermark on your PDF file * Create remarks/comments on PDF file through voice to text function * Protect your PDF file by password/key * Share your PDF file with optional alert in your calendar, so that you can trace the file you have sent. * Your PDF summary/remarks can be saved/linked in ANotes's database, so that you can read/search the summary in ANotes instead of finding and opening the documents one by one. A.Notes is NOT just a notes app, it provides advanced data capturing functions using A.I. technologies based on Apple Machine Learning Models - Core ML. It supports iOS 14.0 or above, and 10 display languages are provided - English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. - Capture image data through text recognition - Capture voice data speech recognition over 50 languages - Read text data using natural language processing In additions, due to providing more languages support on OCR, an open source solution - Tesseract is adopted. - Online translation functions support over 35 languages. - All data is captured and stored in database in your device for further processing. - when creating/modifying notes, the notes can be added to Apple Calendar. - The Notes can be categorized your own made icons.

Screenshots

Notepad1 screens
A.Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: A.Notes at 100% against Notepad's 54%. A.Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). Notepad's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Notepad is free to download; A.Notes costs $9.99 up front. Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and A.Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 4 days, A.Notes every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notepad versus A.Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadA.Notes
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeiji HashizumeShu Wai Kwong

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative39.3%

A.Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
1 purchases

A.Notes

One-time1
  • A.Notes version 1.3$18.99

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A.Notes free?
A.Notes costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Notepad or A.Notes have ads?
Notepad shows ads; A.Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or A.Notes?
Notepad ships an update every 4 days, and A.Notes every 5 months. Most recently, Notepad was updated on October 13, 2026 and A.Notes on October 2, 2026.

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