Comparison

PPNote vs NotePatch

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

NotePatch

Transform handwritten notes, sketches, and screenshots into perfectly sized printable patches. Extract text from images, edit, and print in under a minute. Core features are free and work offline.

Highlights
  • Document scanning with edge detection
  • Precise physical-width control
  • Ink Saver mode
  • Brush mask for sensitive content
  • Batch editing
  • On-device OCR for text extraction
  • AI recognition for messy handwriting (Pro)
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NotePatch turns your handwritten notes, lecture sketches, and screenshots into perfectly sized printable patches you can stick directly into your textbooks, planners, or notebooks. Scan, edit, size, and print in under a minute. — SMART TEXT (NEW) — Extract text from any image — handwritten notes, printed pages, photos with embedded text, or mixed layouts with diagrams and formulas. • On-device OCR: instant, offline, free for everyone • AI recognition (Pro): high-precision extraction for messy handwriting, math formulas, tables, and mixed image-text layouts — KEY FEATURES — • Document scanner with edge detection and perspective correction • Precise physical-width control: Post-it to full page width • Ink Saver mode: print only the strokes, drop the background • Brush mask to hide sensitive content before printing • Batch editing: up to 5 patches at once with smart paper layout • Printer calibration for exact-size output • Save as PDF or share — PRIVACY — Core features work fully offline. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. AI recognition (Pro) sends the image to a secure cloud API for text extraction only — images are not stored or used for training. — NOTEPATCH PRO — • Free: 30 AI Smart recognitions included (one-time lifetime quota) • Pro Monthly: unlimited AI Smart, $3.99/month • Pro Annual: unlimited AI Smart, $24.99/year (save 48%) — includes 7-day free trial for new subscribers • Core features (scan, crop, mask, print) remain free forever Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://foxineo.github.io/legal/notepatch/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://foxineo.github.io/legal/notepatch/privacy.html

Screenshots

PPNote4 screens
NotePatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NotePatch at 5.0 against PPNote's 3.5. NotePatch also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). PPNote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PPNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NotePatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NotePatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPNote ships an update every 7 months, NotePatch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PPNote versus NotePatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPNoteNotePatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer金鹏 王慧敏 王

Customer experience

PPNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

NotePatch

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PPNote

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

NotePatch

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is PPNote free?
PPNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NotePatch free?
NotePatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PPNote or NotePatch?
NotePatch is rated higher. PPNote averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while NotePatch averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PPNote or NotePatch have ads?
Neither PPNote nor NotePatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PPNote or NotePatch?
PPNote ships an update every 7 months, and NotePatch monthly. Most recently, PPNote was updated on October 7, 2026 and NotePatch on October 3, 2026.

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