Comparison

Notepad Markdown vs Space Notes

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

Head to head
About

Notepad Markdown

Capture thoughts instantly with this lightweight notes app. It offers a distraction-free interface for quick drafting, supports markdown formatting for structured notes, and includes intuitive checklist creation. Seamless iCloud sync ensures your notes are available across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Lightning-fast note-taking
  • Markdown formatting
  • Intuitive checklist creation
  • Seamless multi-device sync
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Quick drafting and editing
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# Quick Draft: Your Essential Notepad with Markdown Support Capture your thoughts instantly with this streamlined notes app for iOS. Quick Draft is the lightweight notepad designed to help you document ideas, compose messages, and organize tasks with unprecedented speed and simplicity. ## Lightning-Fast Note-Taking Turn fleeting thoughts into permanent records. Launch and start typing immediately with our distraction-free notepad interface. Create, edit, and manage notes on the go, then seamlessly share your content to any app with a single tap. ## Markdown-Powered Note Organization Elevate your notepad experience with intuitive markdown formatting. Quick Draft transforms simple text into beautifully structured notes, making it the perfect markdown companion for students, writers, and professionals alike. ## Intuitive Checklist Creation Manage tasks effortlessly within your notes: - Convert any line into an interactive checklist item - Tap to toggle completion status - Organize everything from shopping lists to project milestones in your notepad ## Seamless Multi-Device Sync Your notepad travels with you. Quick Draft's iCloud integration ensures your notes are instantly available across all your devices, providing a consistent markdown experience whether you're using iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Quick Draft: The essential markdown notepad that stays out of your way, letting you focus on capturing your thoughts. Also available for macOS - your complete notepad ecosystem for all devices!

About

Space Notes

This app allows users to create detailed lists with expandable items, offering dedicated note-taking for each entry. It provides various list types, progress tracking, and organizational tools to manage complex information.

Highlights
  • Expandable checklist items into detailed notes
  • Multiple note types (shopping, recipe, goals)
  • Progress bars for goal tracking
  • Random item selection from lists
  • Checklist table view for quick editing
  • User-defined category tags
  • Note priorities (low, medium, high, urgent)
Features
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Space Notes was built for people who like to make lists. Shopping lists, to-do lists, recipe lists, lists of modules for the apps you're building, or cards you're collecting. But sometimes just having a list isn't good enough. You know that your recipe needs a particular type of cheese, but there's only store in town that sells it. Space Notes gives you an entire notepad for every item in your checklist, allowing you to provide as much, or as little detail as you need for every single item. Expand your notes from a galaxy to a whole universe of ideas! New in Space Notes 3.0: - Note Bundles: Keep notes organized with Note Bundles. You can create a bundle and add your notes to it so that you can quickly locate related entries. - Card Collector's Gallery: A gallery where you can store images of your favorite trading or collector's cards. - Handwriting with OCR: Use handwriting to enter text into your notes with Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Features: - Note types with exclusive functionality for creating goals with progress bars, comparing notes, making shopping lists. - Expand checklist items into notes for taking as much detail as you need, without crowding your screen. - Randomly select an item from your lists, for those times when you can't decide on something, like where to go for lunch! - Checklist table view: You can now switch to a table view for your checklists, allowing you to quickly edit your checklist items. - Convert to checklist: you can now type out rows of text in the main notepad, then convert them to items in your checklist. - Consolidated to-do list: all your due dates in one central location for quick reference and navigation. - User-defined category tags: create tags to categorize your notes any way you'd like. - Note priorities: assign priority levels for low, medium, high, and urgent. - Three new note types: shopping, recipe, and character cards. - Checklist item due dates: prior to version 2.0, due dates could only be assigned to primary notes. Now they can be assigned to checklist items for 'Goal' notes. - Custom color schemes: add a personal touch to your Space Notes experience by creating your own color schemes. - In-app calendar: access a calendar right within your notes so that you don't have to keep switching between apps when you're making to-do lists. - Due date quick add: when viewing a 'goal' note with the in-app calendar, you can tap on a date in the calendar, then tap the calendar button on a checklist item to instantly create a due date. Space Notes Pro features: - Compare checklists: see two checklists, side by side. Space Notes will automatically highlight if the same item appears in both checklists. - Historical timeline: if you're working on a project, or tracking responsibilities at your job, you can commit your completed tasks to a historical timeline, which removes them from your note lists, but keeps them in a timeline that you can access when it's time to write your resume or review. - Calculator: an in-app calculator so that you don't have to switch to a separate calculator app when you need to do basic arithmetic. Once you've arrived at the result, simply tap on it to insert it into your note. The next version of Space Notes is being completely rebuilt, from the ground up. This will provide greater performance and stability, while also reducing the app's footprint.

Screenshots

Notepad Markdown4 screens
Space Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notepad Markdown at 4.6 against Space Notes's 3.7. Notepad Markdown also leads on ratings volume (86 vs 3). Space Notes's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Notepad Markdown sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Space Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepad Markdown holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad Markdown has 86 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad Markdown ships an update fortnightly, Space Notes every 9 days. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notepad Markdown versus Space Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepad MarkdownSpace Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (86 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings86 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopergiddyappSpace Japan Studios

Customer experience

Notepad Markdown

All ratings86 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.5%

Space Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notepad Markdown

One-time2
  • QuickDraft Pro iOS + iPadOS$4.99
  • Quick Draft Pro$7.99
1 purchases

Space Notes

One-time1
  • SpaceNotes Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Notepad Markdown free?
Notepad Markdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Notes free?
Space Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notepad Markdown or Space Notes?
Notepad Markdown is rated higher. Notepad Markdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Space Notes averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Notepad Markdown or Space Notes have ads?
Neither Notepad Markdown nor Space Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad Markdown or Space Notes?
Notepad Markdown ships an update fortnightly, and Space Notes every 9 days. Most recently, Notepad Markdown was updated on September 19, 2026 and Space Notes on September 19, 2026.

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