Comparison

Awesome Note 2 vs abcNotes

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

Head to head
About

Awesome Note 2

This all-in-one organizer combines note-taking and schedule management. Create rich notes with photos, voice recordings, and drawings, and manage your calendar and to-do lists in one place. Customize your notes with stylish designs and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Rich note-taking with attachments
  • Integrated calendar and to-do management
  • Folder organization and customizable design
  • Search functionality for notes and calendar
  • iCloud and Evernote sync
  • App and folder lock
Features
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The new All-in-one Organizer, Awesome Note 2 is integrated with note and schedule management. And now it’s available!! WONDERFUL WRITING FEATURES · It can be used not only for simple notes, but also rich and wonderful writing tool. · Make notes even more powerful to add photos, voice recording and drawings. · Easily create diary notes to display feeling, weather or road map information. SIMPLE, FLEXIBLE, AND FRIENDLY ·  Broadly use as diary to record everyday life, travel notes to write anywhere, photo albums, shopping lists, and record for work or study in any theme.   NOTE AND SCHEDULING AS ONE · Manage your iOS Calendar and Reminders in one. · Check todo lists and manage all schedules with calendar · Receive notifications for important events and easily manage anniversaries such as birthdays.   NEAT AND STYLISH DESIGN · Create your own style with tastefully designed icons, folders and various note backgrounds.   Capture all the memorable moments, stories, and everything in you.    [General] - Note management by folder - Various type of list view (thumbnail, list, detail, diary, photo view) - Various type of note (regular, to-do, diary, anniversary note) - App and folder lock (Passcode and Touch-ID support) - A variety of folder colors and icons - Set your own photos as a home background - Notes and calendar search - Support landscape mode - Not required login/network connection while using the app    [Note] - Note editing feature to add various attachments - Rich text formatting - Photo, Drawing, Voice recording, Map attachment - Import current weather information - Checklist in a note - Various note backgrounds and fonts - Tags, Bookmarks   [Schedule Management] - Calendar View (with major holidays)  - To-do management view - Natural language processing support (Creating events with certain statements such as “3:00 meeting”) - Important notes notification support - Anniversary management - D-day management - Changing list orders   [Share/Sync] - iCloud sync - Evernote sync/export - Sync with iOS default Calendar and Reminders - Sharing notes through Airdrop We welcome your suggestions, improvement requests or other inquires.  Please send it to 1:1 customer support in Awesome Note Settings.  Thanks for helping us to make Awesome Note 2 better.

About

abcNotes

Create realistic, customizable sticky notes and to-do lists on your iOS device. Organize shopping lists, class notes, and projects with a variety of backgrounds and skins. Share and sync your notes across devices.

Highlights
  • Realistic sticky note appearance
  • Customizable skins and backgrounds
  • Virtual desktops for organization
  • Scale, rotate, and drag notes
  • Email and sync notes
  • Save notes as images
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abcNotes - Simply the most realistic & user friendly notes in the world! abcNotes - is a freeware, feature limited version. The limitations are: • Only one desktop (paid version supports up to 15 virtual desktops) • Only 10 note skins (45 in paid version) • Only 32 desktop backgrounds (88 in paid version) • Synchronization is NOT supported • A bit of advertisements. abc Notes Lite - Checklist & Sticky Note Application for iPhone and iPad (share, email and synch your lists, memos, projects and school notebooks) free version Bellow is the description of the abcNotes full version: ----------------------------------------- abcNotes was designed to become your stylish and highly customizable, functional and easy to use assistant in taking notes and managing To Do lists. abcNotes is an awesome note taking application! It takes advantage of unique iOS devices touchscreen preserving realistic look & feel of paper sticky notes. BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE: • 88 backgrounds to choose from • 45 note skins • 27 badge designs & 115 icons EXTREMELY FUNCTIONAL: • 15 virtual desktops • Scale, rotate and drag notes • Easy to edit, duplicate, move between desktops • Supports any iPad orientation SHARE YOUR NOTES: • Email notes and desktops • Copy note image to any application • Synchronize notes between iOS devices • Save notes as image and place to lock or home screen No more boring note lists – abcNotes brings you the ability to make REAL notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Put everything you need to remember into abcNotes! View you notes the way you want! Rotate your abcNotes to any angle you wish! abcNotes is great for shopping lists, student class notebook, to record lecture and interview notes or to track projects, recordings and more tasks at home, school and university (class or homework). Please feel free to contact us at abcnotes@alsedi.com if you have suggestions, feature requests, or bug reports. Give it a try!

Screenshots

Awesome Note 24 screens
abcNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: abcNotes at 4.6 against Awesome Note 2's 4.1. abcNotes also leads on ratings volume (2.9K vs 593). Awesome Note 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. abcNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Awesome Note 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

abcNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 593 and 2.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Awesome Note 2's written reviews are positive against 77% of abcNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awesome Note 2 ships an update weekly, abcNotes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Awesome Note 2 versus abcNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome Note 2abcNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (593 ratings)4.6 (2.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews77.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5932.9K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRIDALSEDI Group

Customer experience

Awesome Note 2

All ratings593 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews1,800 reviews
Positive73.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative17.9%

abcNotes

All ratings2,914 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews422 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.4%

User reviews

Awesome Note 2

From 593 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Highly customizable and versatile
  • 📚 Excellent organizational features
  • 🗓️ Seamless calendar integration
  • 🔒 Secure password protection
  • 🎨 Beautiful and visually appealing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🔍 Lacking advanced search functionality
  • 🔄 Sync issues with other platforms
  • 🗂️ Cluttered interface after recent updates

abcNotes

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Visually appealing
  • 💡 Customizable notes
  • 🚀 Convenient for quick notes
  • 👍 Helpful for organization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 💸 Expensive for full version
  • 🔍 Difficult to search/find notes
  • 🔍 Limited note editing options
  • 📢 Intrusive ads in free version

Bugs and requests

Awesome Note 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing or getting deleted
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Repeated crashes when opening certain notes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add videos and GIFs to notes
  • More font and color customization options
  • Improved sync with Google Drive and Evernote
  • Widgets and shortcuts for quick access
  • Recycle bin or undo functionality for deleted notes

abcNotes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes randomly deleted
  • Checklist feature not working
  • Sync issues between iOS devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add date/time stamp to notes
  • Ability to write notes with Apple Pencil
  • Option to set reminders/alarms for notes
  • Improved search and organization tools
  • More customization options for note styles

In-app purchases

None

Awesome Note 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

abcNotes

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99

Questions

Is Awesome Note 2 free?
Awesome Note 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is abcNotes free?
abcNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Awesome Note 2 or abcNotes?
abcNotes is rated higher. Awesome Note 2 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 593 ratings, while abcNotes averages 4.6 from 2.9K ratings.
Do Awesome Note 2 or abcNotes have ads?
abcNotes shows ads; Awesome Note 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Awesome Note 2 or abcNotes?
Awesome Note 2 ships an update weekly, and abcNotes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Awesome Note 2 was updated on October 10, 2026 and abcNotes on October 12, 2026.

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