Somenotes vs Tearpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Somenotes
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App to write, save all your notes in the cloud, based on somenotes website
Tearpad
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I kept opening my notes app to jot down one quick thing and getting hit with folders, tags, and a pile of old notes I forgot to delete. I just wanted a pad of paper. So I made one. Tearpad opens straight to today's page. Cursor's already blinking, so you just write. There's no title to fill in, nothing to file, no place to put it. When tomorrow rolls around, it turns to a clean page on its own. Yesterday's is one swipe back, curling away like a real notebook. That's really the whole thing. It's for the notes you'd scribble on a sticky and throw out later. A phone number, a grocery list, the two things you have to do before lunch. Stuff that doesn't need a filing system. What you get: โข Opens to today every single time โข A fresh page shows up on its own, so you're never staring at last week's leftovers โข Swipe to flip back through your old pages โข Checklists, bullets, and numbered lists, right there in the text โข A few paper colors, textures, and typefaces if you want to make it yours โข No account, no sign in, nothing to set up If you like it, there's one optional purchase that unlocks the extras. It's a one time thing. I'm not going to charge you every month for a notepad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Somenotes at none against Tearpad's 1. Somenotes also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Tearpad's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tearpad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Somenotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Somenotes ships an update every 8 days, Tearpad daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Somenotes | Tearpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Quijada | Joshua Hutchins |
In-app purchases
Somenotes
No in-app purchases
Tearpad
- Support Tier$0.99









