DraftPad vs Note!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DraftPad
A minimalist writing tool designed for quick drafting of messages, posts, or blog entries. It offers a clean interface without complex features, focusing on immediate text input and sharing. Easily export your text and track character counts.
- Plain text writing field
- Share/export text via iOS activity sheet
- Automatic history list for text restoration
- Adjustable font size and line spacing
- Character, word, and line counters
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DraftPad is a simple notepad which is like a single sheet of paper. You can use it to write a draft for messaging, posting, blogging, or any writing tasks. For the simplicity, DraftPad doesn't have features for filing multiple notes and decorating text elements. Instead, it is always ready to start jotting. DraftPad allows you to - Simply write and read on a plain field without any functional complexity or visual clutter. - Share or export your text via iOS standard activity sheet. - Restore previous text from the automatic History list. - Change font size and line spacing. - Helped by the counters for characters, words, and lines. Follow @draftpad on Twitter for staying in touch.
Note!
This app offers a minimalist approach to note-taking, focusing on speed and simplicity. It allows for quick plain text entries, organized by modification date, with options for text resizing and passcode protection for privacy.
- Quick plain text notes
- Sorted by latest modified
- Pinch to zoom text size
- Set passcode to lock notes
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Nothing more, nothing less. Designed to be as minimal as possible for quick plain text notes. + Sorted by latest modified + Pinch to zoom/change text size + Set a passcode to lock your notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DraftPad at none against Note!'s 1. DraftPad also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months). Note!'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1K vs 53). On price 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
Both are free to download. Note! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DraftPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Note! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note! has 1K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of DraftPad's written reviews are positive against 61% of Note!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DraftPad ships an update every 5 weeks, Note! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DraftPad | Note! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (53 ratings) | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.5% of reviews — better | 61.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manabu Ueno | RIEU Limited |
Customer experience
DraftPad
Note!
User reviews
DraftPad
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Long-term user satisfaction
- 🚀 Reliable and consistent performance
- 💡 Simple and minimalist design
- 👍 Great for quick note-taking
- 👍 Helpful for writing and brainstorming
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🐛 Keyboard disappearing
- 🐛 Unexpected file creation and behavior
- 💡 Lack of multiple document support
Note!
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 🚀 Efficient note-taking
- 💡 Useful for quick notes and ideas
- 👍 Clean and clutter-free interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent and intrusive ads
- 🔒 Lack of backup/export functionality
- 🔒 No option to remove ads
- 🐛 Distracting pop-ups
Bugs and requests
DraftPad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when highlighting words
- Keyboard disappearing issue
- Unexpected file creation and growth
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Implement font and formatting options
- Allow creating and managing multiple documents
- Improve export and sharing capabilities
- Implement spell check and grammar assistance
Note!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads disrupt note-taking experience
- Inability to delete old notes
- Lack of printing functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Add iCloud sync and backup
- Implement a paid, ad-free version
- Allow for note organization and sorting
- Improve text formatting and editing capabilities
In-app purchases
DraftPad
No in-app purchases
Note!
- Remove Ads$3.99
