BasicNotesApp vs Simple Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BasicNotesApp
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a simple note-taking application. Create individual notes and group them into custom folders for easy retrieval. Streamline your workflow and keep your information tidy.
- Create notes
- Create folders
- Organize notes
- Simple interface
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Create notes and folders.
Simple Notes
Capture ideas, memos, and tasks effortlessly with this fast and minimal note-taking app. Organize notes into notebooks, sync across devices, and access reminders with home screen widgets. Secure backups and powerful search ensure your thoughts are always accessible.
- Ultra-lightweight and fast
- Organize with notebooks
- Sync across devices
- Sticky notes on home screen
- Secure backups
- Powerful search tool
- Easy note sharing
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Simple Notes is a fast, clean notepad for people who just want to write things down and find them again. Open the app, tap New Note, and start typing. No accounts to create, no setup, no clutter. Your notes stay on your device until you decide to sync them. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Write notes instantly and find them with search • Sort notes into categories with their own colors • Pin important notes to the top • Add photos to any note • Share a category with family or coworkers and edit the same notes together • Sync across iPhone and iPad with a free account • Back up to iCloud and restore in one tap • Export as PDF, HTML or text • Widgets for your Home Screen • Light, dark and colorful themes, plus extra fonts MADE FOR FOCUS The editor gets out of your way. Pick where the cursor starts, turn spell check on or off, choose your text size, and write. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Notes work fully offline. Export or back up whenever you like, and delete your account and data at any time. PREMIUM Go ad-free and unlock photos in notes, category icons, themes and fonts with Simple Notes Premium. Monthly, yearly, or once for life. Questions or ideas? Reach us from Settings › Feedback. We read every message. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://androidmemoapp.blogspot.com/2019/05/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://androidmemoapp.blogspot.com/2025/05/simple-notes-terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BasicNotesApp at none against Simple Notes's 3. BasicNotesApp also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Simple Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (231 vs 3). On price, rating 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. Simple Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.39 per month. BasicNotesApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for BasicNotesApp against 4.7 for Simple Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Notes has 231 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of BasicNotesApp's written reviews are positive against 80% of Simple Notes's.
BasicNotesApp ships an update every 35 months, Simple Notes every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BasicNotesApp | Simple Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (231 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 231 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Roach | Phearoth Phen |
Customer experience
BasicNotesApp
Simple Notes
In-app purchases
BasicNotesApp
No in-app purchases
Simple Notes
- Monthly subscription$2.391 Month
- Yearly subscription$15.991 Year
- Unlimited Plan$39.99
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