Comparison

NOTE'd vs PhotoNote

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable notepad designs
  • Attach photos, maps, and voice memos
  • Categorize and bookmark notes
  • Password protection for notes
  • Dropbox backup and restore
  • Lock screen notes
Features
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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

About

PhotoNote

Capture information visually by taking photos instead of typing. Organize your visual notes with tabs and colored tags. Photos are stored within the app, preventing clutter in your device's photo gallery.

Highlights
  • Capture notes via camera
  • Organize with tabs
  • Categorize with colored tags
  • Internal photo storage
  • Reorder notes and tags
Features
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Instead of typing letters on the keyboard, I'm sure there are times when I take a picture and use it as a note instead. However, there is a risk that the photo folder will be flooded with notes. It is this application that is useful in such a case. All you have to do is take a picture with the built-in camera. You can organize the notes you have taken with tabs. In addition, the photos you took will be saved in the app, so you won't clutter up your photo folder! Usage examples: - Receipt - Timetable - Cooking Recipes - Deadline for reports written on the blackboard - Organize the screenshot. In addition, you can separate the notes you took with colored tags for each category. Tags can be added, deleted, and reordered from the pre-prepared colors. You can also reorder your notes.

Screenshots

NOTE'd4 screens
PhotoNote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhotoNote at 100% against NOTE'd's 43%. PhotoNote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). NOTE'd's advantage is ratings volume (354 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. NOTE'd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PhotoNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotoNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOTE'd has 354 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of NOTE'd's written reviews are positive against 100% of PhotoNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, PhotoNote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NOTE'd versus PhotoNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOTE'dPhotoNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (354 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings354 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDong Wook KimSatoshi Kobayashi

Customer experience

NOTE'd

All ratings354 ratings
Positive51.7%
Neutral12.7%
Negative35.6%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral18.4%
Negative38.6%

PhotoNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PhotoNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

NOTE'd

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

PhotoNote

Subscriptions1
  • Pro plan$1.991 Month

Questions

Is NOTE'd free?
NOTE'd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PhotoNote free?
PhotoNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NOTE'd or PhotoNote?
PhotoNote is rated higher. NOTE'd averages 3.3 out of 5 from 354 ratings, while PhotoNote averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do NOTE'd or PhotoNote have ads?
Both NOTE'd and PhotoNote show ads.
Which is updated more often, NOTE'd or PhotoNote?
NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, and PhotoNote every 3 weeks. Most recently, NOTE'd was updated on October 14, 2026 and PhotoNote on October 8, 2026.

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