Comparison

Notepad vs NoeHub Notes

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

NoeHub Notes

A straightforward note-taking application designed for local storage on your iPhone. It allows for the creation, editing, and deletion of notes without requiring an account or collecting user data. The latest update features an improved visual design and enhanced editing experience.

Highlights
  • Create notes
  • Edit notes
  • Delete notes
  • Local storage
  • No account required
  • No data collection
  • Improved UI
Features
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NoeHub Notes is a simple local-first note-taking app for iPhone. Features: • Create notes • Edit notes • Delete notes • Store notes locally on your device New in this version: • Improved visual design and user interface • Enhanced note editing experience No account required. No data collection.

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
NoeHub Notes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoeHub Notes at none against Notepad's 1. NoeHub Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). Notepad's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. NoeHub Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notepad against 5.0 for NoeHub Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 6 weeks, NoeHub Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notepad versus NoeHub Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadNoeHub Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersiarhei yatsukHangzhou Boshu Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

NoeHub Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions1
  • Full access monthly$0.991 Month
None

NoeHub Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoeHub Notes free?
NoeHub Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notepad or NoeHub Notes?
Notepad and NoeHub Notes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Notepad or NoeHub Notes have ads?
Notepad shows ads; NoeHub Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or NoeHub Notes?
Notepad ships an update every 6 weeks, and NoeHub Notes monthly. Most recently, Notepad was updated on November 3, 2026 and NoeHub Notes on October 31, 2026.

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