Simplenote vs Little Leaf Ledger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simplenote
Capture ideas, create to-do lists, and jot down thoughts effortlessly. Organize your notes with tags and pins, and find them instantly with search. Your content syncs across all devices for free, ensuring it's always accessible.
- Simple note-taking experience
- Cross-device syncing
- Collaboration and sharing
- Organization with tags
- Instant search
- To-do list creation
- Passcode lock
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Simplenote is an easy way to take notes, create to-do lists, capture ideas, and more. Open it, jot down some thoughts, and you're done. As your collection grows, stay organized with tags and pins, and find what you need with instant search. Since Simplenote will sync across your devices for free, your notes are with you at all times. - A simple, note taking experience - Sync everything across all your devices - Collaborate and share - Stay organized with tags - Log in with your email or WordPress.com account SYNC WITH CONFIDENCE - Automatically sync seamlessly across any computer, phone or tablet. - Back up and sync everything as you take notes, so you never lose your content. COLLABORATE AND SHARE - Collaborate and work together -- share ideas with a colleague, or write a grocery list with your roommate. - Choose whether to publish your content to the web, and share a link with whoever you want. - Publish directly to a WordPress site by connecting your WordPress.com account. - Quickly and easily share with third-party apps. ORGANIZE AND SEARCH - Stay organized with tags, and use them for quick searching and sorting. - Instantly find what you’re looking for with keyword highlighting. - Use markdown to add formatting. - Create to-do lists. - Choose the sorting order of your notes and tags. - Pin the notes that you use the most. - Edit tags directly by renaming and reordering. - Protect your content with a passcode lock. -- Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://simplenote.com/terms/ California Users Privacy Notice: https://wp.me/Pe4R-d/#california-consumer-privacy-act-ccpa -- Visit simplenote.com to download Simplenote for your other devices.
Little Leaf Ledger
Manage your plant collection with a private, offline-first tracker. Log watering schedules, care history, and notes on pests and growth. Keep your plants thriving without needing an account or subscription.
- Offline-first plant care tracking
- Watering schedules with reminders
- Per-plant notes and care history
- Pest tracking with photo logging
- Customizable tags and filtering
- On-device data storage
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Leaf Ledger is a simple, private plant care tracker built for people who want to keep their plants alive without turning plant care into a second job. Create a local database of your plants, track watering schedules, record care history, and keep notes about pests, treatments, growth, repotting, pruning, and general plant health. Leaf Ledger is designed to be offline-first. Your plant data stays on your device, so you can manage your collection without needing an account, cloud sync, subscriptions, or yet another app pretending your pothos needs venture-capital-grade analytics. Features Photo capture per plant Watering schedule with reminders Per-plant notes journal + watering history log Custom tags + filtering Pest tracker — curated + custom pests, pin your own photos, log infestations on plants Light / humidity / size / toxicity traits Stats dashboard Customizable accent color + light / dark / auto theme Contextual tips 100% on-device storage — nothing leaves your phone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Little Leaf Ledger at none against Simplenote's 2. Little Leaf Ledger also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Simplenote's advantage is ratings volume (4.3K vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Simplenote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Little Leaf Ledger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Little Leaf Ledger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simplenote has 4.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Simplenote | Little Leaf Ledger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automattic | Aiden James Buterbaugh |
Customer experience
Simplenote
Little Leaf Ledger
Bugs and requests
Simplenote
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes sometimes disappear or get duplicated
- App crashes or freezes on certain devices
- Syncing problems between mobile and desktop
Requested features
5 requests- Add bold, italic, and other formatting options
- Implement folder-based organization
- Improve syncing reliability across devices
- Allow adding images, files, and other attachments
- Enhance search capabilities for long notes
Little Leaf Ledger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simplenote
- Simplenote Sustainer Monthly$19.991 Month
- Simplenote Sustainer Yearly$199.991 Year
Little Leaf Ledger
No in-app purchases









