Notepad Notes and Notes Widget vs Nested Folder Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad Notes and Notes Widget
A simple and easy-to-use notepad app for jotting down thoughts, memos, and diary entries. Organize your notes with folders, customize fonts and colors, and secure your entries with a passcode lock. Offers a premium plan for enhanced features.
- Memo search
- Folder organization
- Font customization
- Font size adjustment
- Main color change
- Passcode lock
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Nested Folder Notes
This app allows users to create deeply nested folders for organizing notes, ideal for managing large amounts of information for work, study, or creative projects. It offers features like drag-and-drop reordering, color-coding, and search functionality to streamline note management.
- Nested folders for structured organization
- Drag & drop and auto sorting
- Color-coded notes
- Search and trash folder
- Photo attachments
- Checklists
- Note history and recovery
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CrumbNote is a powerful note app that lets you create folders inside folders. Organize large amounts of notes with a clear, structured layout that’s perfect for work, study, and creative projects. Reorder notes easily with drag and drop, or let the app sort them automatically. Select multiple notes or folders at once to move, duplicate, or delete in seconds. Color-coded notes make it easy to find what you need at a glance, even in long lists. Ideal for: • Work notes, meeting minutes, and task lists • Study notes, classes, and exam preparation • Journals, daily logs, and idea capture • Writing, blogging, and creative planning • Recipes, shopping lists, and hobbies Key features: • Nested folders for structured organization • Drag & drop and auto sorting • Search and trash folder • Photo attachments (up to 10 per note) • Checklists and character count • Note history and recovery • Passcode lock and backups # LICENSE Icons by Icons8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nested Folder Notes at every 3 weeks against Notepad Notes and Notes Widget's every 3 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Notes and Notes Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Nested Folder Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Notepad Notes and Notes Widget against 4.8 for Nested Folder Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Notepad Notes and Notes Widget's written reviews are positive against 74% of Nested Folder Notes's.
Notepad Notes and Notes Widget ships an update every 3 months, Nested Folder Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad Notes and Notes Widget | Nested Folder Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 73.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LAN CHEN | Shibapp LLC |
Customer experience
Notepad Notes and Notes Widget
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In-app purchases
Notepad Notes and Notes Widget
- Premium plan$2.491 Month
- Hide ads$1.99
Nested Folder Notes
- CrumbNote PRO$7.99
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