Comparison

iNotePad Pocket vs WPS 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

WPS Reader

Easily open, read, and convert Microsoft Works files on your iPhone and iPad. This app provides a seamless viewing experience with features like text search and zoom, and allows conversion to common Microsoft Office formats and PDF.

Highlights
  • Open and read Microsoft Works files
  • Convert .wps to .docx, .doc, .pdf, .rtf
  • Convert .wks/.xlr to .xlsx, .xls, .pdf
  • Text search and selectable text
  • Zoom in/out functionality
  • Document management with folders
  • iCloud and third-party storage integration
Features
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Are you having plenty of Microsoft® Works files that no decent viewer available to open on your iPhone and iPad? Do you receive Microsoft® Works documents (.wps, .wks, .xlr) as email attachments on your iPhone and iPad? The easiest way to circumvent these problems is "WPS Reader". “WPS Reader” allows you to open and read Microsoft Works documents on iOS device. It offers you fantastic reading experience using document outlines, page thumbnails and text search features. In addition, "WPS Reader" allows you to export Microsoft Works Word processor documents (.wps) into Microsoft Word documents (.docx and .doc), PDF and RTF. Converts Microsoft Works Spreadsheet documents (.wks & .xlr) into Microsoft Excel documents (.xlsx and .xls) and PDF. Converts every Works page into an equivalent page in the resulting Microsoft Office, PDF and rich text conversion into RTF. Converts the text, text characteristics, paragraphs, text frames linking, text frame columns, tables, graphics and other document objects and properties to the matching Microsoft Office format objects and properties by preserving layout. - 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 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: “WPS Reader” is standalone application running natively to open and convert Microsoft Works document securely right on your iOS device. You can refer User Manual for any assistance Or Contact Support. Microsoft® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Screenshots

iNotePad Pocket4 screens
WPS Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WPS Reader at 100% against iNotePad Pocket's 0%. WPS Reader also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). iNotePad Pocket's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On 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 WPS Reader $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WPS Reader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WPS Reader has 10 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 100% of WPS Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iNotePad Pocket ships an update every 2 months, WPS Reader every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iNotePad Pocket versus WPS Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriNotePad PocketWPS Reader
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 10 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%

WPS Reader

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iNotePad Pocket

No in-app purchases

None

WPS Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iNotePad Pocket free?
iNotePad Pocket costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WPS Reader free?
WPS Reader costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iNotePad Pocket or WPS Reader?
WPS Reader is rated higher. iNotePad Pocket averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while WPS Reader averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do iNotePad Pocket or WPS Reader have ads?
Neither iNotePad Pocket nor WPS Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iNotePad Pocket or WPS Reader?
iNotePad Pocket ships an update every 2 months, and WPS Reader every 10 months. Most recently, iNotePad Pocket was updated on September 22, 2026 and WPS Reader on October 7, 2026.

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