Notepad vs BundleNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad
A straightforward writing application that allows for easy note-taking and sentence composition. It offers robust editing tools like undo/redo and a keyboard toolbar for efficient text manipulation. The app is designed for one-handed operation and includes features for organizing notes with folders and backups.
- Note and folder management
- Undo/Redo editing
- Keyboard toolbar for text manipulation
- One-handed operation design
- Startup lock with iOS authentication
- Dark mode support
- iCloud backup
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This is a simple notepad app that has useful features not only to take notes but also to write sentences. Mistakes of editing can be fixed easily by undo/redo feature. If you want to restore a note to previous content, you will be able to restore from update history. On keyboard toolbar, There is convenient features such as moving cursor up/down/left/right and select/copy/cut/paste. In addition, This app is made to make it easy to operate with one hand. ------ This is a notepad app that implements convenient features while being careful not to impair the simple operation feeling. The features of this app is below. Notes management features: - Manage notes by folders - Sort notes and folders freely - Manage update and delete history of notes Notes editing features: - Store a note at real time - Change font size while viewing a note - Show character, word, line count - Link text to other app such as Email and SNS - keyboard toolbar --> Select/Copy/Cut/Paste --> Move cursor up/down/left/right by one character --> Move cursor to start or end of note --> Move cursor to start or end of line --> Undo and Redo of editing Other features: - Startup lock - Use iOS authentication (Face ID, Touch ID, Passcode) - Mini note - Ancillary note when creating notes - Change color setting to dark mode - Export and Import backup files - iCloud backup
BundleNote
Organize your thoughts and notes into digital binders. Easily attach images, save scrolling text as images, and customize text settings. Protect your privacy with a passcode lock and ensure your data is safe with automatic backups to Google Drive.
- Page-by-page note saving
- Combine notes into binders
- Image attachment (up to 10 per note)
- Save scrolling text as images
- Keyboard expansion buttons for editing
- Passcode lock for privacy
- Automatic backup to Google Drive
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BundleNote allows you to save text on a page-by-page basis and combine it into a binder. It provides a great feature when you want to number and keep multiple related notes. You can easily switch pages by swiping quickly. Binders can also be sorted into categories. 【Features】 ■ Image attachment You can paste up to 10 photos in one note. ■ Save notes as images Even sentences that require scrolling can be saved as a single image. ■ Keyboard expansion button The "Cursor Move" buttons, "Paste", and "Select all" buttons for editing are displayed at the top of the keyboard. (Buttons that are not displayed can be displayed by horizontal scrolling.) ■ Sorting notes and binders After tapping the "Edit" button, you can sort by long-pressing and dragging. ■ Text settings You can set the character size, character spacing, and line spacing in detail. ■ Passcode lock Protect your privacy with 4-digit numbers and biometrics. ■ Automatic backup This is a convenient backup / restore function when changing models or in case of emergency. Save the backup to Google Drive. ■ Character number display 【Billing Factor】 With a single purchase, the following benefits will be in effect forever. ・Remove Ads. # LICENSE Icons by Icons8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notepad at none against BundleNote's 1. Notepad also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. BundleNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notepad holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 54 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 80% of BundleNote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Notepad ships an update monthly, BundleNote every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad | BundleNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | 4.6 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makoto Yamabayashi | Shibapp LLC |
Customer experience
Notepad
BundleNote
In-app purchases
Notepad
No in-app purchases
BundleNote
- BundleNote PRO$7.99
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