Simplified Notes vs Corluma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simplified Notes
A powerful and feature-rich notes application for Apple devices. It allows for easy creation of notes, tagged notes, and to-do lists with automatic iCloud synchronization and a robust search function.
- Note creation
- Tagged notes
- To-do lists
- Automatic iCloud sync
- Search functionality
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Minimalist notes app to write quickly and easily. Supports customization for organizing your notes better. Privacy Policy • https://github.com/lucasditomase/simplified-notes Terms of Service • https://github.com/lucasditomase/simplified-notes Customer Support • https://github.com/lucasditomase/simplified-notes
Corluma
Manage all your smart lights from a single application. Adjust colors with intuitive tools, create dynamic effects, and group lights for simultaneous control. Save and recall favorite settings, add timeouts, and access device-specific features.
- Unified smart light control
- Color wheels, swatches, and palettes
- Dynamic effects and streams
- Group light management
- Save and recall favorite settings
- Device-specific features
- Local Wi-Fi communication
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Control all the smartlights in your home from one app! Use color wheels, swatches, or palettes to change the color of your lights. You can also use effects and streams to change colors over time. Do you have too many lights? Simplify managing them by grouping them and controlling them all at once. Save your favorite settings and reset them back to their exact state at any time with just a few clicks, add timeouts, access light specific features such as screen mirroring for Nanoleaf 4D lights, and more! Corluma does not require an account, external servers, or additional permissions such as location to use your lights. The app is fully featured from the start with no In-App purchases. All communication is done on local wifi. Compatibility: - Hues: all lights supported, bridge required - LIFX: all bulbs, multizone, and tiles supported - Nanoleafs: all lights except the Nanoleaf Essentials line supported - Arduinos: supports the ArduCor sketch, which can use NeoPixels, Rainbowduinos, and standard LEDs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Corluma at free against Simplified Notes's paid. Corluma also leads on iOS requirement (17 vs 27.0). Simplified Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simplified Notes ships an update every 4 days, Corluma every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simplified Notes | Corluma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucas Exequiel Di Tomase | Timothy Seemann |
In-app purchases
Simplified Notes
No in-app purchases
Corluma
No in-app purchases
