Comparison

PPNote vs ZEdit

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

Head to head
About

PPNote

Organize your thoughts and web links efficiently. Collect information from other apps, create custom notes with categories and subcategories, and easily manage your content with favorite and hidden options. Streamline your workflow with quick actions for moving and tagging notes.

Highlights
  • Collect notes and links from other apps
  • Automatic categorization by URL
  • Manual note creation with categories/subcategories
  • Favorite and hide notes
  • Quick actions for moving and tagging
  • Organize with categories, subcategories, and tags
Features
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PPNote helps you better manage your notes. 1. Collect from other apps. - You can collect information from other apps(like Safari, Chrome, etc) to PPNote through Share button. - When it's a web page, the note will be automatically categorized by URL. 2. Create note in PPNote. - You can manually create note either in category or in sub category. If there is no category yet. Please create one. 3. Favorite a Note. - You can favorite a note from context menu. - Favorite notes always show on the top. Easier for you to View. - You can view all the favorite notes in [Notes] tab. 4. Hide a Note. - You can hide a note from context menu. - Hidden notes are not shown by default. You can view them by tapping the [Show hidden notes] button. - You can view all the hidden notes in [More] tab. 5. Quick Action in Context Menu. - Quickly move note to other category/sub category. - Quickly add or remove tag for a note. - More actions. 6. Organize Notes. - Use category, sub category and tag to organize notes better.

About

ZEdit

This web extension allows you to quickly search and replace text on any webpage. Save custom rules for repetitive edits and automate batch modifications with ease. It offers flexible layouts and precise matching options, including regular expressions.

Highlights
  • Quick find and replace on webpages
  • Save custom find-and-replace rules
  • Automate batch text modifications
  • Regular expression support
  • Case-sensitive and whole-word matching
  • Compact popup or on-page overlay interface
Features
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- Quickly find and replace text on any webpage - Search with regular expressions, whole word, and case-sensitive matching - Save rules and run them manually, automatically on page load, or live in real time

Screenshots

PPNote4 screens
ZEdit3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ZEdit at every 2 weeks against PPNote's every 7 months. PPNote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PPNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ZEdit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPNote ships an update every 7 months, ZEdit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PPNote versus ZEdit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPNoteZEdit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer金鹏 王恒友 张

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PPNote

One-time1
  • [More Features]$1.99
1 purchases

ZEdit

One-time1
  • Premium Full Access$1.69

Questions

Is PPNote free?
PPNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZEdit free?
ZEdit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PPNote or ZEdit have ads?
Neither PPNote nor ZEdit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PPNote or ZEdit?
PPNote ships an update every 7 months, and ZEdit every 2 weeks. Most recently, PPNote was updated on October 7, 2026 and ZEdit on October 6, 2026.

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