Notepad vs Lock Your Notes
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.
Lock Your Notes
Securely store your private and secret notes with multiple locking options. Organize your thoughts with unlimited notes, customizable fonts, and emoji support. Keep your sensitive information safe from unauthorized access.
- Unlimited note creation
- Three lock types (password, PIN, dot-lock)
- Customizable fonts
- Emoji support
- Organize with lists
- Retina display support
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Keep your most valuable, private, and secret notes away from prying eyes. Keep them all totally secret and safe and choose between three different kinds of locks. KEY FEATURES: • Create unlimited number of notes • Choose between three different fonts (Helvetica, Marker Felt, Noteworthy) • Make and organize lists • Support for Emoji Emoticons • Three locks included (Alphabetical password, PIN code, Android-Style Dot-Lock) • Full Retina display • And much, much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lock Your Notes at 3.8 against Notepad's 2.7. Lock Your Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (66% vs 41%). Notepad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 28 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Lock Your Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lock Your Notes holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Your Notes has 708 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 66% of Lock Your Notes's.
Notepad ships an update every 2 weeks, Lock Your Notes every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad | Lock Your Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) | 3.8 (708 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | 66.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 708 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YONGSEOK LEE | One Wave AB |
Customer experience
Notepad
Lock Your Notes
User reviews
Notepad
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Fantastic - sort order choices works great
- 👍 Simple and very comfortable!
- 👍 Easy to use for writing stories and notes
- 👍 Great for just simple notes or essays
Room to improve
- 🐛 Updated app. NOW ALL MY NOTES ARE GONE!!!!
- 🐛 Cannot flip back and forth from a source to copy/paste without running into annoying ads
- 🐛 Why is there no longer a "scrolling signifier" on the side
- 🐛 The search feature option disappears when in use
- 🐛 Notepad Update gone bad
Lock Your Notes
From 708 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app
- 🔒 Secure notes
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💡 Variety of lock options
- 👍 Reliable and works well
Room to improve
- 🐛 Issues after iOS updates
- 🔍 Missing search/sort features
- 🗑️ Unable to delete notes
- 💻 Compatibility problems
- 🔑 Password recovery needed
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
Lock Your Notes
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes after iOS 11 update
- Unable to enter passcode on some devices
- Notes disappearing or getting jumbled
- Keyboard issues when typing long notes
Requested features
5 requests- Cloud backup option
- Ability to delete notes
- Search and sort notes
- Font size and style options
- Fingerprint/biometric unlock
In-app purchases
Notepad
No in-app purchases
Lock Your Notes
- Full Version$0.99
Questions
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