Comparison

Today Notes vs Color Notes

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

Head to head
About

Today Notes

This app automatically organizes your notes by date, ensuring your current priorities are always visible. It uses time as the organizing system, moving notes from tomorrow to today and archiving old entries to prevent clutter. Focus on what matters now without manual sorting.

Highlights
  • Automatic daily organization
  • Notes move from tomorrow to today
  • Automatic archiving of old notes
  • Pin important notes
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Focus on current priorities
Features
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Notes and lists that organize themselves by day. Focus on today, plan for tomorrow, and let old notes archive automatically. Clarity, without constant re-sorting. Most note apps slowly turn into clutter. Today Notes is designed to prevent that. Instead of forcing you to manually organize lists and folders, Today Notes uses time as the organizing system. Notes naturally move forward from Tomorrow to Today, then archive based on their date, keeping your short-term priorities visible while older notes quietly move out of the way. How it works: • Today stays front and center. Everything that matters now is easy to see and act on. • Tomorrow becomes Today automatically. Plan ahead without building a backlog, when the day arrives your notes are already there. • Automatic archiving. Notes from the past roll off on their own, keeping your workspace uncluttered. • Pin what shouldn’t move. Keep important notes visible until you decide otherwise. Your notes stay up to date across all your devices with built-in iCloud syncing, automatically. Today Notes is free to download but requires a purchase to activate. You can choose from a one-time purchase to unlock it forever, or a monthly subscription. Any purchase unlocks Today Notes on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. – Privacy Policy https://www.todaynotesapp.com/#privacy Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Color Notes

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a visually intuitive system. Assign pastel colors to notes, rename them to categorize, and filter your entries with a single tap. This app offers quick note-taking, organization features, and privacy by storing data locally.

Highlights
  • Color-coded notes
  • Customizable color names
  • Filtering by color
  • Folders for organization
  • Pinning important notes
  • Search functionality
  • Local data storage
Features
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Color Notes is a fast, friendly notepad where every note gets a pastel color - and every color can mean something. Rename colors into Work, Office, Leisure, Urgent or anything you like, then filter your notes with one tap. COLOR IS THE SYSTEM - 12 soft pastel colors that look great in light and dark mode - Rename any color: Sage becomes "Mentorship", Storm becomes "Work" - Tap a color in the sidebar to see just those notes, with counts at a glance STAY ORGANIZED - Folders with their own colors for bigger projects - Pin important notes to the top - Search everything - titles and content - Grid or list view, sorted by date, title or color QUICK BY DESIGN - Long-press any note to pin, recolor, move, share, copy or duplicate - Notes save as you type; empty notes clean themselves up - Made for iPhone and iPad, with a proper sidebar layout on iPad - Hardware keyboard shortcut: Cmd-N for a new note PRIVATE Your notes are stored on your device. No account, no sign-up. FREE AND PRO Color Notes is free with 4 colors, up to 10 notes, and occasional ads. One single purchase unlocks all 12 colors, unlimited notes and removes every ad - forever. No subscription. Write it down. Color it in. Privacy Policy https://chalplex.blog/apps/color-notes/color-notes.php Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Today Notes4 screens
Color Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Today Notes at 5.0 against Color Notes's 1.0. Today Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). Color Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Today Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Color Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Today Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Today Notes versus Color Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday NotesColor Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancisco CantuChaleepa Mallawa

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Today Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time2
  • Free Trial (30 Days)Free
  • Full Unlock$24.99
1 purchases

Color Notes

One-time1
  • Color Notes Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Today Notes free?
Today Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Notes free?
Color Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Today Notes or Color Notes?
Today Notes is rated higher. Today Notes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Color Notes averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Today Notes or Color Notes have ads?
Color Notes shows ads; Today Notes does not.

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