Notepad vs ShieldData
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad
Capture thoughts, pictures, voice notes, and checklists with this powerful yet simple notepad. Securely store logins and passwords, organize with categories, and easily find information with quick search. Includes reminders and backup options.
- Capture thoughts, pictures, and voice records
- Create and manage checklists
- Secure storage for logins and passwords
- Organize notes with categories and colors
- Quick search functionality
- Backup and restore data
- Password protection for app startup
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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 (Ages 10+)
ShieldData
This app provides law enforcement agencies with cutting-edge technology tools to enhance their ability to serve and protect communities. It aims to streamline processes, improve decision-making, and increase public safety through innovative and secure products.
- Crime solving technology
- Public safety enhancement
- Agency operations improvement
- Digital transformation tools
- Streamlined processes
- Improved decision-making
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At Shield Data Solutions, we are committed to helping law enforcement agencies do their jobs more effectively and efficiently. Whether you're looking for technology solutions to help you solve crimes faster, improve public safety, or enhance your agency's operations, we have the expertise and the products to help you succeed. Our mission is to digitally transform law enforcement agencies with cutting-edge technology tools that enhance their ability to serve and protect communities. We are dedicated to developing innovative and secure products that streamline processes, improve decision-making, and increase public safety. Our commitment to ethical practices and transparent communication with our clients ensures that our solutions align with the values and needs of the law enforcement community. Our products are designed with the aim of assisting law enforcement agencies in fulfilling their objectives within each of the six pillars of 21st-century policing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ShieldData at Free against Notepad's $6.99. ShieldData also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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
ShieldData is free to download; Notepad costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notepad against 5.0 for ShieldData. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Notepad ships an update every 6 weeks, ShieldData every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad | ShieldData |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | siarhei yatsuk | BPM BI Inc. |
Customer experience
Notepad
ShieldData
In-app purchases
Notepad
No in-app purchases
ShieldData
No in-app purchases
