Notepad vs Colored Notes Simple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad
Capture fleeting thoughts and precious memories with a focus on simple recording and easy retrieval. Features include instant note-taking, automatic saving, categorization, keyword search, and customizable themes and font sizes.
- Instant note-taking
- Automatic saving
- Categorization
- Keyword search
- Customizable themes
- Adjustable font size
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매일 새로운 아이디어가 떠오르고, 소중한 기억들이 스쳐 지나가나요? Notepad는 그 모든 순간을 온전히 담아낼 수 있도록 '기록'과 '찾아보기'의 본질에 집중했습니다. # 생각나는 순간, 바로 적어요: - 단 한 번의 터치로 메모 시작! - 작성 중에도 안심 자동 저장으로 소중한 생각을 놓칠 걱정 없어요. - 제목 없이 내용만 적어도 괜찮아요. 당신의 자유로운 기록을 응원합니다. # 깔끔하게 정리하고 쉽게 찾아요: - 나만의 카테고리로 일기, 아이디어, 할 일 목록을 자유롭게 분류하세요. - 키워드 검색은 물론, 시간순 자동 정리로 필요한 메모를 순식간에 찾아드립니다. - 이전/다음 버튼으로 메모를 편하게 넘겨보고, 최신 메모는 언제나 맨 위에서 만날 수 있습니다. # 나에게 맞는 모습으로: - 8가지 감성 테마: Pure White, Midnight, Mystic 등 당신의 기분에 맞는 아름다운 테마로 앱을 물들여 보세요. - 5단계 글자 크기 조절: 눈이 편안한 최적의 크기로 조절하여 더 편안하게 읽고 쓰세요. Notepad와 함께 당신의 소중한 생각들을 아름답게 기록하고 간직하세요.
Colored Notes Simple
Organize your thoughts and reminders with a vibrant and intuitive note-taking experience. Customize your notes with colors and set timely notifications to never miss an appointment or task. Enjoy a simple yet engaging way to manage your daily information.
- Colorful note customization
- Appointment and meeting tracking
- Customizable notification reminders
- Checklist functionality
- Intuitive user interface
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Colorful notes, shopping lists and reminders in one simple, fast app. Color Notes makes writing things down a pleasure: every note has its own color, you spot it at a glance in the grid, and reminders make sure you never forget anything. - Colors: give each note a color - groceries, work, ideas, home. - Checklists: turn a note into a list with one tap and tick off what is done. - Reminders: pick a date and time and get a notification at the right moment. - Pinned notes: keep the important ones always at the top. - Search: find any word in an instant. - 14 themes: gradients that change the look of the whole app. - Widget: your notes on the Home Screen, with a plus button to start a new one. - Text size: small, medium or large. - Sharing: send a note or a list with one tap. - Privacy: everything stays on your iPhone and iPad, no account needed. Remembering things has never been so much fun. Color Notes is free to download and use. Some extra features are available through an optional one-time in-app purchase: pay once and keep it forever, with no subscription and nothing that renews. Purchases are handled by the App Store and can be restored on any device signed in with the same Apple ID. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/site/termofuseapp/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notepad at 41% against Colored Notes Simple's 0%. Notepad also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and rating (2.7 vs 2.4). Colored Notes Simple's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Notepad holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 0% of Colored Notes Simple's.
Notepad ships an update every 2 weeks, Colored Notes Simple every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad | Colored Notes Simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) — better | 2.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YONGSEOK LEE | luca calciano |
Customer experience
Notepad
Colored Notes Simple
Bugs and requests
Notepad
Reported bugs
12 issues- Updated app. NOW ALL MY NOTES ARE GONE!!!!
- Cannot flip back and forth from a source to copy/paste without running into annoying ads
- The search feature option disappears when in use
- The new update is causing crashes
- App not opening saved notes anymore
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- Update has broken app
- Terrible bug needs fixing
- Crashes after typing
- Kept deleting last entry's, newest entry go to the bottom!
- Did not like it, kept deleting last entry's
- Anger, lost all my notes after exiting
- No autosave, lost all the information I was logging
Requested features
6 requests- Add search feature for easier finding in notes
- Add pictures and videos, and let us resize them
- Add landscape mode
- Add undo button
- Add dark mode option
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- Add advanced analytics dashboard
Colored Notes Simple
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notepad
No in-app purchases
Colored Notes Simple
No in-app purchases
Questions
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