Comparison

abcNotes vs Autopen

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

Autopen

This app transforms recorded meetings into speaker-attributed transcripts, clear notes, decisions, and action items. Review, edit, and organize your meeting content with customizable note styles and cross-device synchronization.

Highlights
  • Speaker-attributed transcripts
  • Editable notes and action items
  • Customizable note styles
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Folder organization and search
  • Secure cloud processing
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Autopen turns meetings you are permitted to record into a working record: a speaker-attributed transcript, clear notes, decisions, and action items you can review and edit. RECORD WITH CONFIDENCE Start a recording explicitly and follow the visible recording indicator and live transcript. Autopen never starts recording merely because another app is open. You are responsible for notifying participants and obtaining any consent required where you are. KEEP THE SOURCE AND THE TAKEAWAYS TOGETHER Move between editable notes and the underlying transcript, correct wording, rename speakers, flag important meetings, and organize work with folders and search. NOTES THAT FIT THE MEETING Choose a professional note style for leadership updates, interviews, discovery calls, and other workflows. Create reusable custom styles and choose an account default. KEEP YOUR WORK IN SYNC Your Autopen account keeps supported meetings, transcripts, notes, folders, vocabulary, preferences, and note styles synchronized across your signed-in iPhones and iPads. CLOUD PROCESSING, EXPLAINED PLAINLY Audio is encrypted in transit and processed by cloud services for transcription. Autopen requests deletion of the provider transcript artifact after the final result is retrieved. Transcript and note content remains in your Autopen account until you delete it or an applicable retention policy removes it. Read the current details at getautopen.com/privacy. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Use Sign in with Apple, Continue with Google, an Autopen email and password, or an organization sign-in when your employer has configured one. PRIVACY CONTROLS Delete meetings, empty Trash, erase all meetings, or permanently delete a personal account from Settings. Organization-managed accounts follow the organization's administered lifecycle and retention policy.

Screenshots

abcNotes4 screens
Autopen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Autopen at none against abcNotes's 1. Autopen also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). abcNotes's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Autopen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: abcNotes has 2.9K ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Autopen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, Autopen every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
abcNotes versus Autopen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterabcNotesAutopen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.9K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALSEDI GroupQUIET EYE ADVISORS LLC

Customer experience

abcNotes

All ratings2,914 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews422 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative15.4%

Autopen

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Autopen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

abcNotes

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
None

Autopen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is abcNotes free?
abcNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Autopen free?
Autopen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, abcNotes or Autopen?
Autopen is rated higher. abcNotes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Autopen averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do abcNotes or Autopen have ads?
abcNotes shows ads; Autopen does not.
Which is updated more often, abcNotes or Autopen?
abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Autopen every 5 days. Most recently, abcNotes was updated on October 12, 2026 and Autopen on September 29, 2026.

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