Comparison

iNotePad Pocket vs PUB Reader

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

Head to head
About

iNotePad Pocket

A simple yet powerful text editor for TXT and RTF files, designed for quick note-taking, writing, and document management. It offers a distraction-free writing space with features like automatic saving, text formatting, and easy file sharing.

Highlights
  • Create, open, edit, and save TXT/RTF files
  • Automatic and manual saving
  • Full font support and text styling
  • Search and replace functionality
  • Unlimited note saving
  • Easy file sharing and email integration
  • Word and character count
Features
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iNotePad Pocket Your quick writing space, always with you. iNotePad Pocket is a simple, powerful, and reliable text editor for TXT and RTF files, ideal for taking notes, writing articles, letters, reports, or any type of text. Transform your device into a true pocket typewriter. Write freely, organize your notes, and share them in just a few taps. Smooth, professional writing: - Automatic and manual saving - Creating, opening, editing, and saving TXT and RTF files - Full support for fonts available on the device - Control for text alignment, style, and size - Search text - One-tap search and replace - Select, cut, copy, and paste - Automatically restore work when reopening the app - Advanced settings for RTF files - Word and character count Complete document management: - Save an unlimited number of notes - Organized and always accessible archive - Load previous documents - Easily delete unwanted files - Full-screen TXT and RTF viewing Quick and easy sharing: - Open In: Send and receive TXT and RTF files with other installed apps - File sharing with Mac or PC - Send emails with attachments directly from the app - AirPrint printing support Perfect for: - Students - Professionals - Writers - Journalists - Anyone who wants a simple, distraction-free writing space iNotePad Pocket combines simplicity and advanced features in a fast, clean, and intuitive environment. Open the app and start writing.

About

PUB Reader

Open, read, and convert Microsoft Publisher documents on your iOS device. Easily view document outlines, page thumbnails, and search text. Export files to Word or PDF formats for further editing.

Highlights
  • Open and read PUB files
  • Export to Word (.docx, .doc)
  • Export to RTF
  • Export to PDF
  • Document outlines and page thumbnails
  • Text search and copy
  • Document management and organization
Features
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“PUB Reader” allows you to open and read Microsoft Publisher documents (PUB file) on iOS device. It offers you fantastic reading experience using document outlines, page thumbnails and text search features. In addition, “PUB Reader” allows you to export PUB file into Microsoft Word(.docx, .doc) and RTF to make it available for editing in other Word processing software. Do you receive Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) as email attachments on you iPhone and iPad? Are you having plenty of Microsoft Publisher files that no decent viewer available to open on your iPhone and iPad? The easiest way to circumvent these problems is PUB Reader. - It converts the text, text characteristics, paragraphs, text frames linking, text frame columns, tables, graphics and other Publisher objects and properties to the matching Microsoft Word format objects and properties by preserving layout. - It also allows to convert PUB file into PDF. - Standard document interaction interface to share, send and save exported documents. READING FEATURES: - Fully selectable and searchable text contents. Select and copy text to clipboard for further use. - Pinch out and Pinch in to ZoomIn and ZoomOut view. - Navigate through topics by document outlines, if exist. - Search text feature to find a character, word or sentence any where in a document. - Scroll through your document by Page Thumbnails or Go to page feature. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - The inbuilt document browse view automatically gives you the option to share documents using the Share button or a drag-and-drop action. It also provides a standard interface for browsing and managing documents. - Automatically handles access to iCloud for you within the app. It also provides access to documents managed by third-party storage service extensions installed on your device. - Browse, find and sort documents to help you locate the document you want. Tap the PUB file that you want to open. - You can move, delete, duplicate and rename a document with document manager in browser view. - In the document manager, you can group related documents into folders so they’re easy to find. Note: “PUB Reader” is standalone application running natively to open and convert Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) securely right on your iOS device. You can refer User Manual for any assistance Or Contact Support.

Screenshots

iNotePad Pocket4 screens
PUB Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iNotePad Pocket at $0.99 against PUB Reader's $14.99. iNotePad Pocket also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). PUB Reader's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

iNotePad Pocket costs $0.99 and PUB Reader $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PUB Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PUB Reader has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of iNotePad Pocket's written reviews are positive against 7% of PUB Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iNotePad Pocket ships an update every 2 months, PUB Reader every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iNotePad Pocket versus PUB Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriNotePad PocketPUB Reader
Price$0.99 — better$14.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.9 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews7.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings148 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca NataliniRootRise Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Customer experience

iNotePad Pocket

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

PUB Reader

All ratings48 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.9%

In-app purchases

None

iNotePad Pocket

No in-app purchases

None

PUB Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iNotePad Pocket free?
iNotePad Pocket costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PUB Reader free?
PUB Reader costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iNotePad Pocket or PUB Reader?
PUB Reader is rated higher. iNotePad Pocket averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PUB Reader averages 3.9 from 48 ratings.
Do iNotePad Pocket or PUB Reader have ads?
Neither iNotePad Pocket nor PUB Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iNotePad Pocket or PUB Reader?
iNotePad Pocket ships an update every 2 months, and PUB Reader every 7 months. Most recently, iNotePad Pocket was updated on September 22, 2026 and PUB Reader on October 7, 2026.

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