Simple Notepad vs HighSwim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Notepad
This app offers a unique note-taking experience with a three-tab system for memos, remarks, and history. Attach photos to your notes and secure them with a password. Organize your thoughts with folder division for efficient management.
- Three-tab note structure (Memo, Remarks, History)
- Attach images to notes
- Password security lock
- Folder division for organization
- Revision history tracking
- Additional remarks field
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"BestNote" is a memo pad application aimed at the highest. As a characteristic feature of "BestNote", the memo creation page is divided into three tabs. It is "memo" "remarks" "history". "Memo" tab is the same function as normal memo pad. "Remarks" "History" is a feature of this application's commitment. In the "Remarks" tab, there is another character input field in addition to the memo, so you can use it in various ways, such as writing a simple draft when writing a note or using it as a remarks column. In addition, it is also possible to attach images on the "Remarks" tab, and it is possible to use it beyond the frame of Notepad depending on the ingenuity. Although it is the "history" tab, contents written in the "memo" tab are accumulated in the history as the name does. (It will be written to the history when you press save button on memo page) With this function, it is possible to recover promptly even in unforeseen circumstances such as mistakenly editing important information accidentally. In addition to the security lock password function. Various functions such as folder division function to make memo easier to manage are carried. Please try downloading it once by all means. ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
HighSwim
This app helps high school swim teams organize and manage their activities. It includes features like attendance tracking and calendars, benefiting coaches, swimmers, and parents. Streamline team management with this versatile tool.
- Attendance tracking
- Team calendars
- Organization tools
- Versatile for coaches, swimmers, and parents
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Developed as a passion project, HighSwim provides an effortless way to manage and organize high school swim teams. It offers an array of features such as attendance trackers, calendars, and much more. All team members, including coaches and parents alike can benefit from HighSwim's versatility. Created by a Swimmer, for Swimmers. Developed by © Kathy Kang
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HighSwim at none against Simple Notepad's 1. HighSwim also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Simple Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 3). On price and device support 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. Simple Notepad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. HighSwim asks for nothing beyond the download.
HighSwim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Notepad has 2.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Simple Notepad's written reviews are positive against 100% of HighSwim's.
Simple Notepad ships an update every 3 weeks, HighSwim every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Notepad | HighSwim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EasterEggs | Daniel Kang |
Customer experience
Simple Notepad
HighSwim
Bugs and requests
Simple Notepad
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Notes disappearing after updates
- Vertical orientation not working
- Unable to recover lost notes
Requested features
5 requests- Option to remove ads
- Ability to sync notes across devices
- More font and formatting options
- Print functionality
- Improved iPad support
HighSwim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Notepad
- Premium Plan$3.991 Month
HighSwim
No in-app purchases









