Comparison

abcNotes vs Memo Notepad

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

Memo Notepad

Capture your thoughts, drafts, and lists effortlessly. Organize notes into notepads, set reminders, and collaborate with others via email or an integrated messenger. Enjoy offline access with seamless cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Organize with multiple notepads
  • Share and collaborate on notes
  • Fast, secure cloud sync
  • 100% offline use
  • Set reminders for notes
  • Integrated messenger for shared notes
Features
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The simple and easy place for your quick thoughts Memo Notepad provides you with a totally simple way to take notes on your iPhone. Saving, cloud syncing all happens in the background. Just focus and write down what you are thinking super quickly and easily. Memo is a perfect place for your thoughts, email drafts, journals, lists, or study and meeting notes. Beyond the simplicity of standard note taking, Memo gives you the power to organize your notes into individual notepads or to set reminders if you want to come back to a note later. If you want to share your notes with your friends, you can easily send them a copy over email. You can even add a contact from your Address Book to a note to let them view and edit a note. Sharing a lot of notes? You can share an entire notebook of notes, even discuss your notes with the integrated messaging support. Everything in Memo is usable offline, all your notes are always accessible, you'll never be bothered about your connectivity. Even sharing will still work offline, when you are online later Memo will sync your changes to your contacts. You can use Memo Notepad offline or online, all your notes made offline will sync when you get back online. You can access all your notes offline. You can search through your notes, and it will find what you are looking for instantly as you type. Features: - Organize your thoughts with multiple notepads - Share and collaborate on notes with family, friends or coworkers - Super fast sync - encrypted and securely backed up in the cloud - Personalize with various font options in Writing Styles - Designed to allow 100% offline use. Never wait for "syncing" - Mark notes to be reminded later - Integrated messenger for shared notepads Tips: - If you delete a note by accident, shake to undo - If you forget your cloud sync password, try guessing a password to reveal the 'forgot password' button, it will email you a reset link Other Apps: - You can use your same sync account with our other apps: Do it (Tomorrow), Everyday Notes Premium Cloud Sync Subscription Service: - Sync with Dropbox and Google Drive as well as other bonus features is available on a subscription basis of $0.99/month or $4.99/year. (subscription uses iTunes Account at purchase, final price depends on country) - To cancel or select not to auto-renew a subscription, go to Account Settings after purchase. Subscriptions during a single period cannot be cancelled. - Premium subscriptions automatically renew, unless selected not to, or canceled. Cancellations or disabling of auto-renew must happen at least 24 hours before the end of the month or year. - Bonus features include: Note and Notepad locking with password and touch-id support, more font options, dark and sepia themes. Sync Accounts (if enabled): - Privacy policy can be found at https://account.adylitica.com/txt/privacy_policy.txt and Terms of use at: https://account.adylitica.com/txt/terms_of_use.txt Memo Notepad is a project we are working to make a great app for everyone's notes. Please email us at web-support@adylitica.com with your feedback, questions, issues, ideas, or just to say hello :)

Screenshots

abcNotes4 screens
Memo Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Memo Notepad at none against abcNotes's shown. abcNotes's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 23) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. abcNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Memo Notepad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for abcNotes against 4.5 for Memo Notepad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: abcNotes has 3K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of abcNotes's written reviews are positive against 72% of Memo Notepad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, Memo Notepad every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
abcNotes versus Memo Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterabcNotesMemo Notepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3K ratings) — better4.5 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews — better71.9% of reviews
Number of ratings3K — better23
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALSEDI GroupAdylitica, Inc.

Customer experience

abcNotes

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

Memo Notepad

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.8%

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

Memo Notepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

abcNotes

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
2 purchases

Memo Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Sync$0.991 Month
  • Premium Sync$4.991 Year

Questions

Is abcNotes free?
abcNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memo Notepad free?
Memo Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, abcNotes or Memo Notepad?
abcNotes is rated higher. abcNotes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Memo Notepad averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do abcNotes or Memo Notepad have ads?
abcNotes shows ads; Memo Notepad does not.
Which is updated more often, abcNotes or Memo Notepad?
abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Memo Notepad every 5 weeks. Most recently, abcNotes was updated on November 10, 2026 and Memo Notepad on November 1, 2026.

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