Comparison

Notepad vs Notepad with Colors

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

Capture thoughts, pictures, voice memos, and checklists with this smart notepad. Organize and quickly find all your information, including secure storage for logins and passwords. Features include reminders, backup options, and printing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts, pictures, and voice records
  • Create and manage checklists
  • Secure storage for logins and passwords
  • Organize notes with categories and colors
  • Quick search and recent notes list
  • Backup, restore, and print notes
  • Birthday reminders
Features
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Smart notepad makes it easy to capture your thought, pictures, voice records, checklist, birthdays, logins, and passwords. You can easily organize it and find it quickly later. The notepad helps you to keep all information with you. Smart notepad is very powerful but simple and easy to use. Main features: - Add notes - Add existing pictures to notes - Take photos and add to notes - Add voice records and listen to at any time - Add checklists - Add and remember birthdays - Secure storage for logins and passwords - Encoding with RSA and DES algorithms - Categories for notes - Colors for categories - A quick search for any data - Recent notes list - Restore removed notes from trash folder - Sorting notes by different fields - Birthdays reminder - Quick buttons to create notes - Quick copy data to memory - Password on application startup - Restore password to the email - Backup/restore data - Print notes - Share notes Supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Indonesian, German, Bengali, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese Simplified If you have any ideas for improvement just contact us by softser06@gmail.com Permissions Notice Camera: This is used to attach images to notes Microphone: This is used to attach voice records to notes Storage: This is used to backup/restore all notes Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/prod/view/softser/home/notepad (Ages 10+)

About

Notepad with Colors

Features
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Create notes in different colors with ZNotes. With our notes app you can also create different categories and save the notes there so you can always quickly access your notes. As a special feature, it is possible to protect individual notes with a password. There are also various options for importing text into a note or for sharing or exporting the note. You can even export your note as a PDF file or as an RTF file (compatible with MS Word). Our notes app ZNotes also offers additional features such as voice recording, drawing and saving reminders so that you are always informed immediately about important events. Our notebook is constantly being expanded and improved. If you have any suggestions for improvement, just write us an email. Terms of Use : https://aboutpolicies.blogspot.com/2024/06/terms-of-use-iphone-znotes-notes-app.html

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
Notepad with Colors4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Notepad with Colors at every 2 weeks against Notepad's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Notepad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Notepad with Colors sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 6 weeks, Notepad with Colors every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Notepad versus Notepad with Colors: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadNotepad with Colors
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developersiarhei yatsukFrank Zander

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions1
  • Full access monthly$0.991 Month
2 purchases

Notepad with Colors

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepad with Colors free?
Notepad with Colors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notepad or Notepad with Colors have ads?
Both Notepad and Notepad with Colors show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or Notepad with Colors?
Notepad ships an update every 6 weeks, and Notepad with Colors every 2 weeks. Most recently, Notepad was updated on August 16, 2026 and Notepad with Colors on September 10, 2026.

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