Personal Info Keeper vs Color Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Personal Info Keeper
Securely store, organize, and access various personal information like passwords, URLs, and addresses. Features include password generation, data encryption, and a recycle bin for deleted items. Syncs with a Windows version via iTunes.
- Store URLs, passwords, and text data
- Password generation and encrypted storage
- Organize data into folders
- Master password protection and encryption
- Recycle bin for deleted items
- iTunes file exchange for backups and sync
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Personal Info Keeper for iPhone (iPIK) is an application for those who appreciate their time and want to safely store, organize and access different types of personal information in the most convenient way. Use the application to store items such as URLs, passwords, account information, credit card numbers, postal addresses, or other text. Main features: - Store different types of data. The different types of items you can use to store your personal data are URL, password, and text. - Support for multiple private data files. - Password management. Passwords can be generated based on your own rules, optionally stored in an encrypted format, and easily retrieved when required. - Organize data. Related data can be stored in the same folder. For example, all the information about a credit card account can be kept in one folder for easy access. - Data security. You can restrict access to your personal data with a master password which iPIK will use to strongly encrypt the data. - Recycle bin. This provides a safety net when deleting items or folders as you can restore them back to their original location. - Search facility. This facility allows you to easily locate data being stored. - Ability to use iTunes to exchange private data files with a PC. This allows you to backup your private data, initialize your iPIK private data file with one you have created using Personal Info Keeper for Windows, and to synchronize your private data between iPIK and Personal Info Keeper for Windows.
Color Notepad
A clean and simple note-taking app that lets you personalize your experience with over 20 colorful themes. It offers a minimalist design for distraction-free writing, iCloud sync, and robust backup options.
- Minimalist design
- 20+ colorful themes
- Light & Dark Mode
- iCloud sync
- Sort notes
- Export notes
- Automatic local backups
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Color Notepad is a clean and simple note-taking app designed to match your personal style. Whether you’re jotting down quick thoughts, daily tasks, or important ideas, Color Notepad keeps things fast, easy, and customizable. Choose from 20+ colorful themes to match your mood — or let the app surprise you with a random one each time you open it. Key Feature: • Minimalist design for quick and distraction-free note-taking. • 20+ colorful themes to suit your mood. • Light & Dark Mode support for every theme. • iCloud sync to keep your notes up to date across devices. • Sort your notes by date or alphabetically. • Export individual notes or your entire archive for backup or sharing. • Automatic local backups with the ability to restore notes. Color Notepad is perfect for anyone looking for a lightweight, private, and beautifully customizable notes app — with no ads, no accounts, and no clutter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Color Notepad at Free against Personal Info Keeper's $0.99. Color Notepad also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 33 months). Personal Info Keeper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads and device support 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
Color Notepad is free to download; Personal Info Keeper costs $0.99 up front. Color Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Personal Info Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Notepad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Notepad has 609 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Personal Info Keeper's written reviews are positive against 47% of Color Notepad's.
Personal Info Keeper ships an update every 33 months, Color Notepad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Personal Info Keeper | Color Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (609 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 46.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 609 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | High Criteria Inc. | Dmytro Vynokurov |
Customer experience
Personal Info Keeper
Color Notepad
Bugs and requests
Personal Info Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Color Notepad
Reported bugs
7 issues- Notes deleted unexpectedly after saving
- App crashes and fails to reopen
- Text disappears or becomes invisible
- Keyboard covers note content during editing
- Inconsistent save functionality (8 out of 10 times fails)
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- App unresponsive to input commands
- Notes lost after app closure
Requested features
6 requests- Password protection for notes
- Different colors for individual notes
- Checklist functionality with reset capability
- Note sharing capabilities
- Multiple font options
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- Apple Pencil support
In-app purchases
Personal Info Keeper
No in-app purchases
Color Notepad
- Unlimited Storage$4.99
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