Comparison

Banner vs Notepad and memos

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

Head to head
About

Banner

Create custom LED-matrix-style displays for messages, time, date, tweets, and music information. Personalize your display with adjustable speeds, orientations, and element styles. Ideal for unique visual notifications and information sharing.

Highlights
  • Customizable messages
  • Display time and date
  • Show tweet feeds
  • Display music info
  • Adjustable scroll/blink speed
  • Customizable LED appearance
Features
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.

About

Notepad and memos

This app allows users to take notes, sketch ideas, and create to-do lists with a variety of drawing tools. It offers a simple interface for organizing thoughts and tasks, with options for sharing or saving creations.

Highlights
  • Take notes and sketch drafts
  • Create grocery lists and tasks
  • Four background options
  • Fourteen color pencils/markers
  • Three line thickness options
  • Eraser and undo functionality
  • Share or save notes
Features
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Take notes, scribble or sketch a draft, do the grocery list, draw or paint It is an easy-to-use note-taking app. Download it for free and organize your quick notes on this simple board, write down tasks in post it or stikies mode. It is perfect to organize and note your work ideas in this inkpad. Features: • Choose amongst fourteen color pencils or markers • Three types of line thickness (thin, medium, thick) • Four backgrounds (two notebooks, white and parchment background) • Erase whatever you want with the eraser • Delete the image with the undo-arrow • Share the note or save it in the images gallery • Children app, they can doodle, draw , paint and color with it If you want you can buy a version without ads.

Screenshots

Banner4 screens
Notepad and memos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Banner at 69% against Notepad and memos's 17%. Banner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Notepad and memos's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Notepad and memos is free to download; Banner costs $0.99 up front. Notepad and memos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Banner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Banner ships an update every 3 months, Notepad and memos every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Banner versus Notepad and memos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBannerNotepad and memos
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayuki AkamatsuBonifacio Melero

Customer experience

Banner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral13.7%
Negative17.4%

Notepad and memos

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

Banner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Text editing cursor issues
  • Orientation-related bugs
  • Freezing or crashing

Requested features

5 requests
  • More color and font options
  • Ability to add symbols like heart
  • Vertical scrolling or screen saver mode
  • Random message playback
  • Ability to manipulate individual pixels

Notepad and memos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Banner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad and memos

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Banner free?
Banner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notepad and memos free?
Notepad and memos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Banner or Notepad and memos have ads?
Neither Banner nor Notepad and memos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Banner or Notepad and memos?
Banner ships an update every 3 months, and Notepad and memos every 3 weeks. Most recently, Banner was updated on October 29, 2026 and Notepad and memos on October 8, 2026.

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