Comparison

Safety Note+ Pro vs GLance Color

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

Head to head
About

Safety Note+ Pro

Securely store personal notes, journals, and sensitive lists with advanced privacy features. Protect your writing with passcodes, Face ID, or Touch ID, and utilize decoy passwords for an extra layer of security. Organize with color-coded folders and optional cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Passcode, Face ID, Touch ID protection
  • Decoy password for alternate content
  • Intruder reports for failed access
  • Folder-level protection with colors/icons
  • Optional iCloud Sync and Cloud Backup
  • Auto-save and flexible organization
Features
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Some notes deserve a private space of their own. Safety Note+ Pro is the separately purchased Pro edition for personal notes, journals, sensitive lists and confidential ideas. Keep private writing apart from everyday notes, then unlock with Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode. A DEDICATED PRO EDITION Choose Safety Note+ Pro when you prefer a separate paid app for private notes. Optional iCloud Sync and Cloud Backup remain separate services and may require an in-app purchase or subscription. FLEXIBLE PRIVATE ACCESS • Protect the app with a passcode • Use Face ID or Touch ID on supported Apple devices • Choose PIN, password or pattern-style access where available • Return quickly to private writing without mixing it with ordinary notes DECOY AND INTRUDER FEATURES • Set a decoy password that opens alternate content • Review supported intruder reports after failed access attempts • Enable only the privacy features that suit your needs FOLDER-LEVEL PROTECTION • Add separate protection to selected folders • Use folder colors and icons • Organize personal, journal, work and other sensitive notes WRITE AND ORGANIZE • Create short notes, long-form writing and private lists • Search, sort, move and copy notes • Auto-save helps preserve changes as you write • Choose from available themes • Use one universal app on iPhone and iPad OPTIONAL SYNC AND BACKUP • Keep notes on your device for a local workflow • Enable iCloud Sync on supported Apple devices • Choose optional Cloud Backup where available • Confirm that backup has completed before changing devices or deleting the app IMPORTANT DATA SAFETY Deleting the app may remove notes stored only on the device. Before deleting, reinstalling, replacing or erasing a device, confirm where your notes are stored and that any enabled backup has completed successfully. Face ID and Touch ID are handled by Apple. Safety Note+ Pro does not receive or store your biometric face or fingerprint data. Feature availability may vary by device, operating-system version and region. Optional sync, backup and certain services may require separate in-app purchases or subscriptions. Visit us at: Website: https://sixbytes.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/SixbytesApp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sixbytesapp For more information, please refer to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: Terms of use: https://sixbytes.io/products/safety-note/legal/terms Privacy policy: https://sixbytes.io/products/safety-note/legal/privacy-policy

About

GLance Color

Extract colors from photos or live camera feeds and fine-tune them with RGB sliders. Save your favorite colors to a personal library and access standard color codes for your creative projects.

Highlights
  • Extract colors from photos
  • Live camera color capture
  • Precision RGB sliders
  • Personal palette library
  • View HEX and RGB codes
Features
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Your pocket-sized color lab and personal palette library. Glance is designed for creators who work with color. It allows you to precisely extract colors from your photos or capture inspiration directly from the real world using your live camera. With intuitive RGB sliders, you can tweak and perfect your color schemes effortlessly. Core Features: Live & Photo Picker: Extract colors from your photo library or use the camera to grab colors from your surroundings. Precision Color Sliders: Fine-tune your picked colors with intuitive RGB sliders to get the exact shade you need. Personal Palette Library: Save your favorite colors to your local library and build your own digital inspiration board. Essential Color Codes: Instantly view standard HEX and RGB codes for your projects. Whether you're practicing UI design, sketching illustrations, or building a website, Glance is the perfect sidekick for your creative journey.

Screenshots

Safety Note+ Pro4 screens
GLance Color4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Safety Note+ Pro at 4.8 against GLance Color's 4.1. Safety Note+ Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (77% vs 56%). GLance Color's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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

Safety Note+ Pro costs $3.99 and GLance Color $0.99 up front. Safety Note+ Pro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GLance Color asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Safety Note+ Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Safety Note+ Pro has 746 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Safety Note+ Pro's written reviews are positive against 56% of GLance Color's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Safety Note+ Pro ships an update fortnightly, GLance Color every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Safety Note+ Pro versus GLance Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafety Note+ ProGLance Color
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (746 ratings) — better4.1 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings746 — better38
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEightythree Technology竞尘 胡

Customer experience

Safety Note+ Pro

All ratings746 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews383 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.9%

GLance Color

All ratings38 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

Safety Note+ Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes not saving properly
  • Password not recognized after updates
  • App freezing or crashing on startup
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Cloud sync and backup options
  • Customizable themes and layouts
  • Improved cursor and text selection controls
  • Folder-level password protection
  • Keyword search

GLance Color

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Safety Note+ Pro

Subscriptions4
  • iCloud Sync Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Cloud Backup Monthly$1.491 Month
  • iCloud Sync Yearly$6.991 Year
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  • Cloud Backup Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Reset Password$1.99
  • iCloud Sync Lifetime$49.99
None

GLance Color

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Safety Note+ Pro free?
Safety Note+ Pro costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is GLance Color free?
GLance Color costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Safety Note+ Pro or GLance Color?
Safety Note+ Pro is rated higher. Safety Note+ Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 746 ratings, while GLance Color averages 4.1 from 38 ratings.
Do Safety Note+ Pro or GLance Color have ads?
GLance Color shows ads; Safety Note+ Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Safety Note+ Pro or GLance Color?
Safety Note+ Pro ships an update fortnightly, and GLance Color every 5 weeks. Most recently, Safety Note+ Pro was updated on November 13, 2026 and GLance Color on November 13, 2026.

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