The Amazing Type vs Simplife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Amazing Type
This app simulates a vintage typewriter, allowing users to record thoughts and create textual art on digital cardstock. Users can share their creations in a virtual gallery, view others' work, and even interact with existing pieces.
- Record thoughts and textual doodles
- Create on high-quality digital cardstock
- Share creations in a virtual gallery
- View and interact with other users' work
- Promote favorite cards
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A pocket type-writer of finest manufacture, at an incredible (and limited) price! Until May the 20th, 2015, all Amazing Type-Writers will be sold at the rock-bottom price of $0.99! This deal can not be beat! Get yours today! Get one for your mum! Get a dozen! You can afford it! - Record your thoughts & textual doodles for posterity on high-quality cardstock! - Post your cards to the prestigious Typewritten Gallery! - View the works of others, and unabashedly type on their cards! - Promote & post your favorite cards by "pressing-and-holding" any work on the Gallery! The engineers at Doormouse Mfg. have at last combined the latest in mobile pneumatic tubes technology with the highest-quality typewriter swing-arms available—and for a fraction of the price of the competition. Only a limited number of the Doormouse Mfg. Amazing Type-Writers will be produced. Don't miss your chance to own the highest-quality pocket-sized type-writer currently available! Made in the USA - No patents pending - Consult your analyst
Simplife
This minimalist note-taking app prioritizes a clean interface for focused writing. It offers robust features like passcode protection, calendar views, and media attachments to help you organize and store all your thoughts and ideas.
- Multiple notes support
- Passcode lock for app and notes
- Calendar view for notes
- Attach photos and map locations
- Search across all notes
- Backup and restore options
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Incredibly Simple, Functional and Easy to use. Meet the note app haven't experienced until now. Simplife is minimally designed so you can focus on writing. With Simplife, you can keep everything what you want. [Features] - Support Multiple notes - Passcode lock(start-up screen and for each note) - Calendar view for each note - Change date of entries - Attach photos and map - Change font type and size - Share to E-mail and Twitter - Duplicate to other note in your Simplife - Backup/Restore with Dropbox and iTunes - Search entries in the all notes [With Simplife, try like this] - Daily journal - Private diary - Drafts for your ideas - Scrap book of your favorites - Wish list - Travel note
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simplife at 5.0 against The Amazing Type's 3.3. Simplife also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (86% vs 52%). The Amazing Type's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 4) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
The Amazing Type costs $1.99 and Simplife $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simplife holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Amazing Type has 56 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of The Amazing Type's written reviews are positive against 86% of Simplife's.
The Amazing Type ships an update every 14 months, Simplife every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Amazing Type | Simplife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.1% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doormouse Mfg. | Sangmook Lee |
Customer experience
The Amazing Type
Simplife
Bugs and requests
The Amazing Type
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on iPhone 6+ and newer models with iOS 8+
- Won't launch or crashes immediately on startup
- Crashes when delete button is clicked
- Text wrapping issues - doesn't auto-wrap to next line
- Save to photos functionality broken
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- App incompatible with landscape mode
- Servers down for extended periods
- Non-functional with iOS 8 compatibility
- Inconsistent performance across device models
Requested features
18 requests- Delete/backspace or correction tape feature
- Larger paper size (A4 instead of postcard)
- iPad version with landscape mode support
- Higher resolution exports
- Copy and paste functionality
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- Multiple card sizes and shapes
- Different paper colors and styles
- Accented characters and special symbols (é, ñ, etc.)
- Multi-language keyboard support
- Ability to save cards as PDF
- Print functionality
- Direct export to photo gallery
- Longer typing space for extended writing
- Profile and social features (likes, comments)
- Private/public post toggle
- Additional font options
- Red correction tape option
- Ability to import and type on images
Simplife
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Amazing Type
No in-app purchases
Simplife
No in-app purchases
Questions
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