Comparison

Simplenote vs One Tap

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

One Tap

Features
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You already took your pills. Or you didn't — and you genuinely can't remember. "When did I?" answers that in a glance. Make a button for anything you do more than once — pills, the dog's dinner, watering the plants, changing the water filter, practising Japanese — and tap it when you do it. Every row shows how long it's been. Whatever you're most overdue for sits at the top. ONE TAP, FROM ANYWHERE • Tap in the app, or tap the Home Screen widget without opening the app at all • Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight work too • Everything works offline. No signal needed, ever. TELLS YOU WHEN YOU'RE OVERDUE • Give an item an interval — every 8 hours, every 3 days, every 2 weeks • The list sorts by what's most overdue, not by what you added first • Reminders count from your last tap, not from a clock, so logging early means the reminder never fires • Nothing wakes you in the middle of the night ASKS BEFORE YOU DO IT TWICE Tap something you just logged and the app checks first: "You logged this just now. Log again?" Cancel, and nothing is written. LOG IT LATER Forgot to log it at the time? "Earlier…" sits right on the row — 30 minutes ago, this morning, yesterday, or any date and time you pick. Tapped the wrong thing? Undo it. Wrong time? Change it. Don't want it? Delete it. Nothing is buried three screens deep. FREE — ALL OF IT No limit on how many things you track. No paywall on reminders, on widgets, or on your full history. There is no purchase in this app at all. NOT A HABIT TRACKER No streaks to break, no scores, no badges, no motivational nagging. If you did the thing three days late, the app tells you when you did it. It doesn't grade you. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no trackers, no ads. The app never connects to the internet, so there is nothing to collect and nothing to leak. Your log stays on your iPhone. Built for anyone who does the same things over and over and can't always remember whether today's was done: people with ADHD, carers, pet owners, plant keepers, and anyone whose routine is so automatic it leaves no memory behind. One tap to record it. One glance to answer it.

Screenshots

Simplenote4 screens
One Tap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simplenote at Free against One Tap's $0.99. Simplenote also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). One Tap's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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

Simplenote is free to download; One Tap costs $0.99 up front. Simplenote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. One Tap asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simplenote versus One Tap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplenoteOne Tap
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (4.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.3K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAutomatticPatrick Hisni Brataas

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

One Tap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Simplenote

Subscriptions2
  • Simplenote Sustainer Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Simplenote Sustainer Yearly$199.991 Year
None

One Tap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simplenote free?
Simplenote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is One Tap free?
One Tap costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simplenote or One Tap have ads?
Neither Simplenote nor One Tap shows ads.

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