Comparison

SimpleCR vs Notes Writer

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

Head to head
About

SimpleCR

This application helps users manage work orders and record essential details. It allows for the attachment of photos and tracking of time spent on each request. Streamline your job management with this intuitive tool.

Highlights
  • Manage work orders
  • Record request details
  • Track time worked
  • Attach photos to requests
  • Complete request information
Features
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Application qui permet aux utilisateurs de gérer les bons de travail et de renseigner les informations suivantes: - Détails de la demande d'intervention - Temps travaillé par demande. - Ratacher des photos; - Compléter les informations de la demande

About

Notes Writer

This app combines handwriting, PDFs, voice recordings, and AI for note-taking, document annotation, and idea organization. It offers a paper-like writing experience with various tools and supports students, professionals, and writers with specialized features.

Highlights
  • Handwriting with Apple Pencil
  • PDF annotation and form filling
  • Voice recording and transcription
  • AI-powered writing assistance
  • Flashcard creation and spaced repetition
  • Quiz generation from notes
  • Document import and export
Features
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Notes Writer brings handwriting, PDFs, voice, documents and AI together on iPad and iPhone. Take notes in class, mark up a contract, record a meeting or plan a thesis, and keep it all in one place that is easy to search and share. HANDWRITING THAT FEELS LIKE PAPER • Write with Apple Pencil using pens, pencils, markers, fountain pens and watercolor brushes, and refine with the lasso, ruler and shapes. • Mix handwriting, typed text, images, stickers and audio on one page. • Choose blank, ruled, Cornell, planner, music or graph paper. • Search your handwriting, check its spelling, or convert it to text, math or LaTeX. • Tap your ink to hear what was said as you wrote it. FOR STUDENTS • Record lectures while you write, then search the transcript. • Hide key facts under Tape, reveal them one by one and turn them into flashcards. • Study flashcards with spaced repetition, reminders and a Home Screen widget. • Make a quiz from your notes, a topic or pasted text, and score yourself. • Circle a problem with Magic Lasso and ask AI to explain, solve or check it. • Find free open textbooks and keep each subject together in a Study Project. FOR PROFESSIONALS • Meeting Notes records and transcribes the meeting, enhances your notes and writes a summary with action items. • Mark up PDFs, fill forms, sign, measure plans and redact text. • Scan paper documents and recognize their text. • Present on an external display or with AirPlay, using a laser pointer. • Brainstorm on whiteboards with sticky notes, images and recordings. • Open Word, RTF, Markdown and plain text, and export to PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML or EPUB. FOR WRITERS AND RESEARCHERS • Draft in rich text and keep your sources open in tabs. • Organize long projects in the Binder, plan on the Corkboard, save snapshots and compile a manuscript or ebook. • Write LaTeX papers with a live PDF preview. • Combine explanations, graphs, charts and Python cells in Math Notebooks. • Structure ideas as outlines and exchange them in OPML. AI THAT WORKS WITH YOUR NOTES • Rewrite, simplify, translate, or fix spelling and grammar. • Ask questions and get answers from your own notes, PDFs and transcripts. • Summarize a reading, a recording or a meeting. You decide what goes into your notes. YOUR NOTES, YOUR WAY • Import notes from other note-taking apps. • Sketch with graphite and charcoal, or paint with watercolor, oils and acrylics. • Share an iPad with separate profiles, each with its own notes and an optional passcode. • Keep folders with covers, and work with files in iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive and the Files app. • Autosave, recovery, backups and passcodes protect your work. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SimpleCR4 screens
Notes Writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleCR at 100% against Notes Writer's 45%. SimpleCR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). Notes Writer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notes Writer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. SimpleCR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleCR ships an update every 2 months, Notes Writer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SimpleCR versus Notes Writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleCRNotes Writer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (7.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better44.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—7.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB688 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartechKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

SimpleCR

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

Notes Writer

All ratings7,339 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews968 reviews
Positive44.7%
Neutral15.1%
Negative40.2%

Bugs and requests

SimpleCR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notes Writer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Inability to recover deleted documents
  • Unexpected behavior when adding/deleting pages
  • Syncing issues and broken links between documents

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more brushes and pen customization options
  • Improve the clipping/selection tool
  • Implement OCR and handwriting search
  • Provide a Mac version

In-app purchases

None

SimpleCR

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Notes Writer

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Notes Writer Unlock All and AI3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Full Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is SimpleCR free?
SimpleCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notes Writer free?
Notes Writer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpleCR or Notes Writer have ads?
Neither SimpleCR nor Notes Writer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleCR or Notes Writer?
SimpleCR ships an update every 2 months, and Notes Writer every 4 days. Most recently, SimpleCR was updated on November 2, 2026 and Notes Writer on November 13, 2026.

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