NOTE'd vs Fast Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NOTE'd
This app provides a simple and beautiful way to create and organize notes. It allows users to attach photos, voice memos, and map locations to their entries, and offers various design styles for notepads. Notes can be categorized, bookmarked, and protected with a password.
- Customizable notepad designs
- Attach photos, maps, and voice memos
- Categorize and bookmark notes
- Password protection for notes
- Dropbox backup and restore
- Lock screen notes
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Simple, Easy and Beautiful! Now, make your own handy and well-favored notepad with NOTE'd NOTE'd sort notepads for use you want and save every minute of you whenever. The idea flashed into your head, the beautiful scenery before your eyes, the music ringing in your ears and here at your feet. Do note'd the everything. * Try NOTE'd like this - Write brief memo, diary - Wishlist when go supermarket - travel notes for the memory of your trip - Voice memo when can't type - Both location of famous restaurants and pictures of delicious foods, guidebook for famous restaurants - Photo album with pictures and stories * NOTE'd provides many useful features. - Notepad design of various style - Attach photo, map and voice memo - Make notepads into categories - Easy and handy bookmark - Unity view for every memos, bookmarked memos - Labeling for the lastest memo - Watch, Listen now memos and attachments - Support proverb, famous saying (Please make a blank memo) - Notes for Lock Screen - Sharing to Twitter, Facebook - Send E-mail and Text Message - Password protection (start-up screen and for each notepad) - Backup/Restore with Dropbox - Sort Notepads with Drag&Drop Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: http://suxxexx.net/noted/privacy.html
Fast Notes
This app offers a modern approach to note-taking and list-making using intuitive gesture controls. It aims to replace traditional pen and paper methods with a digital solution available on Apple devices.
- Gesture-based controls
- Note-taking
- To-do lists
- Digital replacement for pen and paper
- Available on iPhone and iPad
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Fast Notes is the fastest way to write notes and to-do lists. Create a note in seconds and manage everything with simple, natural gestures: pull down to add a new note, swipe right to mark it as done, swipe left to delete it, and pinch two notes apart to insert one in between. WHAT'S NEW • Home Screen widget: see your notes at a glance and check them off without even opening the app • Search: find any note in an instant • Reminders: get a notification for a note at the time you choose • Quick action: start a new note right from the app icon AND MORE • 7 color themes to choose from • Icon badge showing how many things are left to do • Sounds and haptic feedback • Works offline: your notes stay on your device • Great on both iPhone and iPad Put down pen and paper — try Fast Notes now, it's free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fast Notes at 4.7 against NOTE'd's 3.3. Fast Notes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (67% vs 45%). NOTE'd's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (355 vs 16). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. NOTE'd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Fast Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fast Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOTE'd has 355 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of NOTE'd's written reviews are positive against 67% of Fast Notes's.
NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, Fast Notes every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NOTE'd | Fast Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (355 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.4% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 355 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dong Wook Kim | Emanuele Floris |
Customer experience
NOTE'd
Fast Notes
Bugs and requests
NOTE'd
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to open notes
- Backup and restore functionality not working
- Inconsistent behavior when editing notes
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize notebook covers
- Landscape mode support
- Syncing across devices
- More text formatting options
- Sorting and searching notes
Fast Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NOTE'd
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
Fast Notes
No in-app purchases









