Comparison

abcNotes vs Notebook

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

Head to head
About

abcNotes

Create realistic, customizable sticky notes and to-do lists on your iOS device. Organize shopping lists, class notes, and projects with a variety of backgrounds and skins. Share and sync your notes across devices.

Highlights
  • Realistic sticky note appearance
  • Customizable skins and backgrounds
  • Virtual desktops for organization
  • Scale, rotate, and drag notes
  • Email and sync notes
  • Save notes as images
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abcNotes - Simply the most realistic & user friendly notes in the world! abcNotes - is a freeware, feature limited version. The limitations are: • Only one desktop (paid version supports up to 15 virtual desktops) • Only 10 note skins (45 in paid version) • Only 32 desktop backgrounds (88 in paid version) • Synchronization is NOT supported • A bit of advertisements. abc Notes Lite - Checklist & Sticky Note Application for iPhone and iPad (share, email and synch your lists, memos, projects and school notebooks) free version Bellow is the description of the abcNotes full version: ----------------------------------------- abcNotes was designed to become your stylish and highly customizable, functional and easy to use assistant in taking notes and managing To Do lists. abcNotes is an awesome note taking application! It takes advantage of unique iOS devices touchscreen preserving realistic look & feel of paper sticky notes. BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE: • 88 backgrounds to choose from • 45 note skins • 27 badge designs & 115 icons EXTREMELY FUNCTIONAL: • 15 virtual desktops • Scale, rotate and drag notes • Easy to edit, duplicate, move between desktops • Supports any iPad orientation SHARE YOUR NOTES: • Email notes and desktops • Copy note image to any application • Synchronize notes between iOS devices • Save notes as image and place to lock or home screen No more boring note lists – abcNotes brings you the ability to make REAL notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Put everything you need to remember into abcNotes! View you notes the way you want! Rotate your abcNotes to any angle you wish! abcNotes is great for shopping lists, student class notebook, to record lecture and interview notes or to track projects, recordings and more tasks at home, school and university (class or homework). Please feel free to contact us at abcnotes@alsedi.com if you have suggestions, feature requests, or bug reports. Give it a try!

About

Notebook

Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and organize tasks with colorful backgrounds and customizable features. Add photos, audio, and set reminders to never miss important items. Sync notes to the cloud for easy backup and sharing.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Checklists and to-do lists
  • Colorful backgrounds
  • Add photos and audio
  • Set reminders
  • Folder organization
  • Cloud sync and backup
Features
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Easy Notes - Notepad, Free Notes App is an easy-to-use notepad free for note-taking app. With this easy notebook and notepad app, take quick notes with colorful backgrounds and checklists to organize notes and tasks easily. Use this note taker and aesthetic notes to add photos or audio to your notes. Easy Notes is a good notes taking app and notebook for keeping notes and organizing tasks. It will be a good note taking app and digital notebook free for you. Key features: * Add sticky note widget to your desktop, easy to open and edit your notes. * Can be organized in folders, easy to classified your notes; * Add Checklist for To do list & Shopping list * Five kinds of notes background color available to change, make your notes in personalized way. * Change the Font size; * Transform your note into a checklist view; * Set reminder to your notes, no longer missing you important things; * Auto-saved. You don’t have to do anything to save them. * Share your notes via e-mail, SMS, and etc.; * Backup/export to SD card * Import backup notes files. * Sync your notes to Google task, let you sync/backup online. Free Note Taking Apps Easy Notes - Notepad Free, Notebook, Free Notes App is a free note taking app for taking notes. Take notes, make a shopping list or build a checklist with this simple notepad free. Easy to Use Notepad Take notes, view notes, and check note status with this good notes app. Display notes in list or grid mode. Pin the key notes at the top is also available in this notes writer. Personalize Notes with Colors Easy Notes - Notepad Free, Writers Notebook, Free Notes App is a good note app that supports color notes. Write notes with different note colors or awesome notes backgrounds. Easy Notes writer customizes notebooks with different themes. Choose your favorite themes in this free note taking apps. Notes Category and Memo Make notes for school, work, or other usage scenarios. This easy notepad, note-taking free note book app helps you categorize notes into different tabs. Manage your n otes more efficiently and easily. Memo more notes tabs as needed. School Notes and Work Notes This notetaking app is easy to take school notes, book notes, text note, and stick notes. Hand-drawn to help you make school notes. Calendar Notes and Notepad Use this free note pad recorder to view your notes in calendar mode. Note taking apps help to write notes, record memos or organize notes in the form of a calendar. Backup and Restore with cloud This awesome notes writer sync note from the Google cloud. Never worry about losing note pad. Easy to share notes or import shared notes into the notebooks. Local backup is available. Reminder for Notebook Free The free notes app allows you to easily set reminders for simple notepad notes. Schedule your time and don't miss important notes. Well orginized with this notebook free. Keep Notes Safe Notepad Lock helps keep notes private with password locks. Note writer with locker protect one note pad or the entire notes category to keep the notbook safe. Others are not able to view the locked nots. Sticky Notes Widget The sticky notes widget and stickies help write quick notes. Easy to add note widget as a note widget with various color note widget themes. Access your sticky notes free on homescreen quickily. Customize the sticky notes widget and stickies to help you work better.

Screenshots

abcNotes4 screens
Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: abcNotes at 77% against Notebook's 33%. abcNotes also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months). Notebook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. abcNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

abcNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: abcNotes has 2.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of abcNotes's written reviews are positive against 33% of Notebook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, Notebook every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
abcNotes versus Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterabcNotesNotebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.9K ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.9K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALSEDI GroupShreyaskumar Patel

Customer experience

abcNotes

All ratings2,914 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.4%

Notebook

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

abcNotes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes randomly deleted
  • Checklist feature not working
  • Sync issues between iOS devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add date/time stamp to notes
  • Ability to write notes with Apple Pencil
  • Option to set reminders/alarms for notes
  • Improved search and organization tools
  • More customization options for note styles

Notebook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

abcNotes

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
None

Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is abcNotes free?
abcNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, abcNotes or Notebook?
abcNotes is rated higher. abcNotes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Notebook averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do abcNotes or Notebook have ads?
abcNotes shows ads; Notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, abcNotes or Notebook?
abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Notebook every 11 months. Most recently, abcNotes was updated on September 29, 2026 and Notebook on October 2, 2026.

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