Comparison

NotePass vs WordMap

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

Head to head
About

NotePass

This app allows users to type messages and display them full-screen for others to read. It's useful for situations where speaking is difficult or inappropriate, such as in meetings or noisy environments.

Highlights
  • Full-screen message display
  • Customizable notes
  • Save favorite notes
  • Pre-loaded popular notes
  • Communicate without speaking
Features
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NotePass is the app that lets you speak when you can't be heard. It turns your phone into a giant sign. Type what you need to say, tap Show, and hold up the screen — everyone around you reads it instantly, no talking required. FEATURES • Type a note, tap Show — instant full-screen display in giant type • Save your favorite notes for one-tap reuse • Swipe between saved notes without leaving full-screen • Live variables — drop {time}, {day}, {date}, or {battery} into any note and watch it update in real time, even a live {countdown} • Choose your icon — Default or Retro • Speaks your language — 11 languages, including full right-to-left layout for Arabic and Hebrew (note, translations used AI and may contain inaccuracies) • Fast, private, and free: no accounts, no ads, no data collected USES • Getting through a meeting without interrupting • Getting the bartender's or DJ's attention in a loud room • Speaking when you've lost your voice • Signing to someone hard of hearing • Roadside alerts to other drivers • Flirting, obviously Tell your friends!

About

WordMap

Easily create and customize word clouds for various texts and topics. This app uses machine learning for multiple languages and offers extensive styling options. Share or export your visualizations to social media or as images.

Highlights
  • Machine learning for multiple languages
  • Customizable word cloud creation
  • Extensive styling options (colors, fonts)
  • Share to social networks
  • Export as image
  • Save and recall maps
Features
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WordMap lets you easily create and customize word clouds, using machine learning, customized for nearly a dozen languages, to make visualizations that look great on devices of all sizes. Easily build word clouds, then edit or delete words. Arrange the cloud to make it your own. Word clouds help you quickly summarize, and visually represent, what something is about. And WordMap makes it super easy get insight about a website, book, trending topic, wiki article, your location, or really any text, using this popular data visualization technique. WordMap makes it simple to style your cloud, including custom colors and over one hundred fonts. Choose from built-in styles, or create your own look with custom styling options. You can easily style just one word, or the whole map. Share your visualizations straight from the app to social networks, or export them as an image. You can also save your maps to recall and customize later.

Screenshots

NotePass4 screens
WordMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NotePass at 86% against WordMap's 17%. NotePass also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 105 months). WordMap's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NotePass holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of NotePass's written reviews are positive against 17% of WordMap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotePass ships an update every 12 months, WordMap every 105 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NotePass versus WordMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotePassWordMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 105 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen Christenimaginary cartography

Customer experience

NotePass

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%

WordMap

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

NotePass

No in-app purchases

None

WordMap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NotePass free?
NotePass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WordMap free?
WordMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NotePass or WordMap?
NotePass is rated higher. NotePass averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while WordMap averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do NotePass or WordMap have ads?
Neither NotePass nor WordMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotePass or WordMap?
NotePass ships an update every 12 months, and WordMap every 105 months. Most recently, NotePass was updated on October 7, 2026 and WordMap on October 6, 2026.

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