TabPad vs Color Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TabPad
Organize your notes with a colorful tabbed interface, similar to sticky notes. Pin important notes to the top and quickly find what you need with keyword search. Cloud synchronization is available for seamless access across devices.
- Colorful tabbed note organization
- Pin important notes
- Keyword search functionality
- Cloud synchronization
- Cross-device support
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Colorful tabs like stickies allow you to switch from one note to another -You can pin a specific note to the first tab. - Keyword search - Cloud Synchronization (charged)
Color Notes
This app helps you quickly create and organize notes, to-do lists, and shopping lists using customizable colors and labels. It offers offline functionality, privacy features like PIN lock, and the ability to attach images. Personalize your notes with various fonts, themes, and reminder options.
- Create color notes and to-do lists
- Organize with labels and colors
- Attach photos and images
- Pin important notes
- Customize with fonts and themes
- Set reminders
- Offline functionality
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# Easy to Use Notebook for Note Taking. Color Note is a simple and awesome note taking app. You can create color notes, to do lists, shopping lists quickly. Users love Color Note® as their life organizer, work planner, or study note app. Note taking with Color Note® is easier than any other notepad app. Color Note® is a privacy-focused notepad. Color Note® can work offline perfectly, even without an Internet connection. No login is required. Lock app via PIN, biometric authentication to protect confidential information. # Features * Create color notes and todo list * Organize memo using label & color * Labels designed as list * Attach photos and images into notebook * Pin important notes to the top. You will not miss out on any important thing * Customize notes via various fonts, viewing modes, sorting modes * More different app color themes to make notebook looks great * Unlimited notes color choices * Reminders memo and calendar * Search notes instantly # Color Notes This notebook can categorize notes into different colors. Manage notes with 13 pre-defined beautiful colors. Color Note® also provides an unlimited favorite color. # Notes Category Color Note® allows you to categorize notes by creating labels. Labels can display as List.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Notes at 5.0 against TabPad's 4.0. Color Notes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. TabPad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Color Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively.
TabPad ships an update every 7 months, Color Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TabPad | Color Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shigenori Kumagai | DUC QUAN PHAM |
Customer experience
TabPad
Color Notes
In-app purchases
TabPad
- Upgrade(macOS)$2.99
- Upgrade(iOS)$3.99
Color Notes
No in-app purchases








