Comparison

iText Pad vs Paper Diary 2

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

Head to head
About

iText Pad

A versatile text editor for mobile devices that allows users to write, edit, and organize multiple text documents. It supports cloud storage integration and snippet expansion for efficient content creation and management.

Highlights
  • Multi-document editing
  • Hierarchical file saving
  • Cross-device file exchange
  • Cloud storage integration (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Evernote)
  • TextExpander snippet support
  • Direct file preview
Features
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Do you want to pick favorite expressions out as you browse webpages or ebooks and store them in your notes directly? Do you want to edit a shared text between your computer and iPhone any time creative inspirations strike? That's easy with iText Pad! iText Pad is a powerful and versatile Text Editor having lots of nice features, available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. iText Pad combines practicality with portability - that is what a Writer's Workshop should be. With iText Pad, you have all the power you expect from a full-featured multipurpose text editing program - writing and editing several text documents at a time, saving each file hierarchically in your memory, exchanging them between iPhone devices and a Mac, PC. You can email an editing text instantly, and preview webpages, ebooks, and downloaded files directly in iText Pad to utilize their texts. iText Pad also allows you to use the iCloud Drive, the Dropbox or the Evernote directly online, and supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion. We sincerely hope iText Pad will serve you well, being a good friend for your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. With iText Pad, enjoy writing flexibly anytime, anywhere!

About

Paper Diary 2

Features
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Paper Diary 2は,紙の手帳のように気軽なiOS筆記手帳アプリです. 以前リリースしていた無料版Paper Diaryの有料版になります.以下の特徴があります. ・シンプルなホリゾンタル手帳. ・ログイン無くすぐに筆記可能(Apple Pencilは当然快適として,サードパーティ製のペンでも十分快適です).キーボード入力は一切搭載せず,筆記に特化. ・Apple純正PencilKit使用で快適に筆記可能. ・パームリジェクション対応(指での誤入力を防ぐためデフォルトではペンのみによる筆記が可). ・iCloud自動保存機能(描画は自ら削除するまで消えません.アプリを削除しても描画はiCloud上に残ります). ・iCloudで異なるiPadやiPhoneと描画を共有(iPhoneでは描画の書き込みはできず閲覧のみ可能). ・罫線の長さを任意に変更可能. ・カレンダー連携(Apple純正カレンダーアプリの予定を表示できます). ・テーマカラー変更可能機能. ・ロック機能 ・ダークモード対応. 1度の購入でiPad,iPhone両方でダウンロードして使えるユニバーサルアプリです. おいしい数学X(Twitter)アカウント@oicmath にて随時開発の情報発信や質問対応等行っております. ご意見ご要望はお気軽にお問合せ,X(Twitter)アカウントからお願いします. ※当ページ下部の,デベロッパWebサイトのリンクからもアプリの詳細が確認できます.

Screenshots

iText Pad4 screens
Paper Diary 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: iText Pad at 9.0 against Paper Diary 2's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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

iText Pad costs $2.99 and Paper Diary 2 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, Paper Diary 2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
iText Pad versus Paper Diary 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriText PadPaper Diary 2
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating3.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLIGHT,WAY.Akira Hiraoka

In-app purchases

None

iText Pad

No in-app purchases

None

Paper Diary 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iText Pad free?
iText Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paper Diary 2 free?
Paper Diary 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iText Pad or Paper Diary 2 have ads?
Neither iText Pad nor Paper Diary 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iText Pad or Paper Diary 2?
iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, and Paper Diary 2 monthly. Most recently, iText Pad was updated on November 1, 2026 and Paper Diary 2 on October 30, 2026.

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