Comparison

Minute Notes vs Simple Text Notes

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

Head to head
About

Minute Notes

Quickly capture thoughts and ideas with a simple, focused notepad. Search your notes instantly and export them as plain text. Designed for privacy with no accounts or cloud services, all data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • One-tap note creation
  • Fast search across titles and text
  • Pin important notes
  • Export notes as plain text
  • Native split-screen layout
  • Offline storage
Features
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Capture a thought before it disappears. Minute Notes is a focused notepad for writing, finding, and exporting plain-text notes without an account. Open the app, create a note with one tap, and keep typing. FAST FROM THE FIRST NOTE β€’ Create a note with one tap β€’ Search across titles and note text β€’ Pin important notes to the top β€’ Export any note as portable plain text with the system share sheet β€’ Use a native split layout built for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes are stored on this device. Minute Notes has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK, and no cloud or upload service. You choose where an exported note goes. Minute Notes is deliberately small: a clear place to capture an idea, find it again, and move it somewhere else when you are ready.

About

Simple Text Notes

Features
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Tired of note apps that make you jump through hoops just to write something down? Simple Text Notes strips everything back to what matters: a title, your words, and the save button. Write a quick idea. Paste in a recipe. Draft a message. Save a code snippet. Whatever's on your mind β€” Simple Text Notes captures it instantly and syncs it to all your devices via iCloud, so you never lose a thought. What makes it simple: - Open the app β†’ create a note β†’ done - Powerful search across all your notes - Automatic iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad & Mac - One-tap copy/paste from the clipboard - Your data, stored privately and securely on your devices and iCloud Simple by design. Powerful where it counts.

Screenshots

Minute Notes4 screens
Simple Text Notes2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Text Notes at every 2 weeks against Minute Notes's every 40 months. Minute Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, Simple Text Notes every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Minute Notes versus Simple Text Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinute NotesSimple Text Notes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy MotorinFutural UG (Haftungsbeschraenkt)

In-app purchases

None

Minute Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Text Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minute Notes free?
Minute Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Text Notes free?
Simple Text Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minute Notes or Simple Text Notes have ads?
Neither Minute Notes nor Simple Text Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minute Notes or Simple Text Notes?
Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, and Simple Text Notes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Minute Notes was updated on November 13, 2026 and Simple Text Notes on November 13, 2026.

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