Notepad vs Home Screen Widget Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Home Screen Widget Notes
Organize your thoughts and ideas into customizable tabs for easy management. Add images, count characters, and secure your notes with a password lock. Export your data as a text file.
- Home screen widget
- Unlimited tabs and memos
- Character count
- Attach up to four images per note
- Change background color
- Password lock
- Export note data as text file
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It's a tab notes app! you can swipe to switch tabs! You can manage your notes in your favorite categories: diary, work, wants, class notes, hobbies, etc. - About Features Home screen widget. Create an unlimited number of tabs. Register an unlimited number of memos. Count character. Attach up to four images per note Change background color. Choose from 21 theme colors. export note data as text file.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home Screen Widget Notes at none against Notepad's 1. Home Screen Widget Notes also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 54%) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). Notepad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Home Screen Widget Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Screen Widget Notes has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 78% of Home Screen Widget Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Notepad ships an update every 4 days, Home Screen Widget Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad | Home Screen Widget Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seiji Hashizume | App Palette LLC |
Customer experience
Notepad
Home Screen Widget Notes
In-app purchases
Notepad
- Full Version$2.99
Home Screen Widget Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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