Comparison

Awesome Note 2 for iPad vs HotNotes

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

Head to head
About

Awesome Note 2 for iPad

This all-in-one organizer combines note-taking and schedule management. Enhance your notes with photos, voice recordings, and drawings. Manage your calendar, to-do lists, and important events with notifications and anniversary tracking.

Highlights
  • Integrated note and schedule management
  • Add photos, voice recordings, and drawings to notes
  • Manage iOS Calendar and Reminders
  • To-do list and calendar view
  • Notifications for events and anniversaries
  • Customizable design with icons and backgrounds
  • iCloud and Evernote sync
Features
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Fully renewed ‘Awesome Note 2’!  The new All-in-one Organizer, Awesome Note 2 is integrated with note and schedule management. And now it’s available!! WONDERFUL WRITING FEATURES · It can be used not only for simple notes, but also rich and wonderful writing tool. · Make notes even more powerful to add photos, voice recording and drawings. · Easily create diary notes to display feeling, weather or road map information. SIMPLE, FLEXIBLE, AND FRIENDLY ·  Broadly use as diary to record everyday life, travel notes to write anywhere, photo albums, shopping lists, and record for work or study in any theme.   NOTE AND SCHEDULING AS ONE · Manage your iOS Calendar and Reminders in one. · Check todo lists and manage all schedules with calendar · Receive notifications for important events and easily manage anniversaries such as birthdays.   NEAT AND STYLISH DESIGN · Create your own style with tastefully designed icons, folders and various note backgrounds.   Capture all the memorable moments, stories, and everything in you.    [General] - Note management by folder - Various type of list view (thumbnail, list, detail, diary, photo view) - Various type of note (regular, to-do, diary, anniversary note) - App and folder lock (Passcode and Touch-ID support) - A variety of folder colors and icons - Set your own photos as a home background - Notes and calendar search - Support landscape mode - Not required login/network connection while using the app    [Note] - Note editing feature to add various attachments - Rich text formatting - Photo, Drawing, Voice recording, Map attachment - Import current weather information - Checklist in a note - Various note backgrounds and fonts - Tags, Bookmarks   [Schedule Management] - Calendar View (with major holidays)  - To-do management view - Natural language processing support (Creating events with certain statements such as “3:00 meeting”) - Important notes notification support - Anniversary management - D-day management - Changing list orders   [Share/Sync] - iCloud sync - Evernote sync/export - Sync with iOS default Calendar and Reminders - Sharing notes through Airdrop We welcome your suggestions, improvement requests or other inquires.  Please send it to 1:1 customer support in Awesome Note Settings.  Thanks for helping us to make Awesome Note 2 better.

About

HotNotes

Organize your daily tasks and appointments with a stylish and intuitive note-taking app. Create to-do lists, break down tasks into smaller steps, and set reminders for important events. No sign-in is required to start planning your life.

Highlights
  • Daily to-do lists
  • Task breakdown
  • Shapes tool for drawing
  • Elegant design
  • Appointment planning
  • Daily diary creation
  • Event reminders
Features
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• Write daily to-do lists and mark tasks as completed Your basic building block is the almighty To-Do—each a small step toward a great accomplishment. You can add notes, schedule it, and break it down into smaller steps. Features - Draw perfect shapes and lines with shapes tool - enjoy an elegant and eye-pleasing design - plan appointments and set up a stylish agenda - write daily to-do lists and mark tasks as completed - take notes for every day and create a diary - reminders for important events, tasks or notes - no sign-in or registration necessary

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Awesome Note 2 for iPad at 60% against HotNotes's 0%. Awesome Note 2 for iPad also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 28 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Awesome Note 2 for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awesome Note 2 for iPad has 134 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Awesome Note 2 for iPad's written reviews are positive against 0% of HotNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awesome Note 2 for iPad ships an update every 5 days, HotNotes every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Awesome Note 2 for iPad versus HotNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome Note 2 for iPadHotNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (134 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings134 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRIDSamsuddin Ahmed Sohag

Customer experience

Awesome Note 2 for iPad

All ratings130 ratings
Positive74.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews959 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral14.9%
Negative25.1%

HotNotes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Awesome Note 2 for iPad

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Folders and notes randomly disappearing
  • Inability to create new folders
  • Calendar sync not working as expected
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Syncing issues causing data duplication

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Pencil support for handwritten notes
  • Improve search and filtering capabilities
  • Implement better backup and restore options
  • Add ability to export notes as PDF
  • Integrate with more cloud storage services

HotNotes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Awesome Note 2 for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

HotNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Awesome Note 2 for iPad free?
Awesome Note 2 for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HotNotes free?
HotNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Awesome Note 2 for iPad or HotNotes?
Awesome Note 2 for iPad is rated higher. Awesome Note 2 for iPad averages 4.0 out of 5 from 134 ratings, while HotNotes averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Awesome Note 2 for iPad or HotNotes have ads?
Neither Awesome Note 2 for iPad nor HotNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awesome Note 2 for iPad or HotNotes?
Awesome Note 2 for iPad ships an update every 5 days, and HotNotes every 28 months. Most recently, Awesome Note 2 for iPad was updated on November 1, 2026 and HotNotes on November 3, 2026.

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