Comparison

NOTE'd vs Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)

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

Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)

A minimalist note-taking app with a sticky-note interface for quick organization. Use color-coding to categorize information and simple markdown editing for content. Ideal for keeping important tasks and ideas visible and accessible.

Highlights
  • Sticky-note interface
  • Color-coded organization
  • Simple markdown editing
  • iCloud Syncing
  • iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch support
  • Lock screen to-do list
Features
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Welcome to Note Box, the quick and simple way to take your notes. The sticky-note style interface is easy to understand and puts what's important right in front of your eyes. The colors let you quickly organize your information without overdoing it. NoteBox keeps it simple so you can stay focused. This app has been used to: - Write books. The color coding of notes allowed a user to mark whether or not his chapters have been completed! - Keep track of what is important to users - Put a to do list as the background of your lock screen. This feature makes your to-do list super accessible while keeping your lock screen looking gorgeous! Features: - Simple markdown editing - Beautiful, easy to use interface - iCloud Syncing - iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch support. - Supports iOS 11 and iOS 10.

Screenshots

NOTE'd4 screens
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) at none against NOTE'd's shown. Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) also leads on device support (4 vs 2). NOTE'd's advantage is ratings volume (354 vs 30) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 3.3 for NOTE'd against 3.2 for Note Box (Minimalistic Notes). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOTE'd has 354 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of NOTE'd's written reviews are positive against 49% of Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NOTE'd versus Note Box (Minimalistic Notes): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOTE'dNote Box (Minimalistic Notes)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (354 ratings) — better3.2 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews48.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings354 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDong Wook KimMumick Mobile LLC

Customer experience

NOTE'd

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

Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)

All ratings30 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative36.7%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive48.8%
Neutral17.5%
Negative33.8%

User reviews

NOTE'd

From 354 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Organized note-taking
  • 🔒 Password protection
  • 📸 Ability to attach photos
  • 🎨 Customizable notebook designs

Room to improve

  • 💰 Premium features require subscription
  • 🗑️ Inability to delete or rename notebooks
  • 🔍 Lack of search functionality
  • 🔀 Notes not sortable within notebooks
  • 🐛 App crashes and data loss issues

Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)

From 30 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and minimalistic design
  • 🎨 Attractive and aesthetic interface
  • ✅ Does what it's meant to do
  • 🚀 Fast and easy to use
  • 💡 Great for jotting quick notes

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Data loss and deletion issues
  • 🐛 Notes disappearing or getting deleted
  • 🐛 Duplication of notes
  • 🐛 Overwriting of notes
  • 🐛 App crashing or not opening

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

Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)

Reported bugs

36 issues
  • Duplicates most recent note and overwrites second most recent
  • Occasionally lose an entry or creates a second version
  • Unable to open notes after an update
  • Notes disappear after reaching a certain number
  • Deletes information on its own
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  • Changes information from the way it was set up
  • Grocery list makes a double copy and erases another note
  • All four notes become the same, original notes are gone
  • Notes erase or display in double
  • Notes disappear after saving or 2 seconds after
  • Apparent complete disappearance of created notes
  • Deletes and duplicates notes
  • Spontaneously deletes notes
  • Copies and spams one note multiple times, overwriting others
  • App stopped saving new notes
  • Changes disappear after closing and reopening the app
  • Background color changes with phone orientation
  • Deleted notes reappear
  • Slow on iPad Air 2 after update
  • Cannot open last notes after update
  • Need iPhone present to read synced notes on Apple Watch
  • Disappears when closing the app
  • Cannot read or edit notes in landscape view
  • Glitch enlarges notes to fit only one at a time
  • Not syncing with Watch OS 3
  • Syncing to iWatch appears slow or requires reboot
  • Program doesn't work with iPhone off or out of range
  • No iCloud safety back-up
  • Lost all notes in a phone update despite prior backup
  • Doesn't sync well with iWatch
  • Changes to notes don't appear on watch without reinstalling watch app
  • Works only in landscape on iPads
  • Cannot delete a note
  • Cannot mark a note as priority
  • Constantly crashes when trying to delete notes
  • Cannot see typed content when it exceeds one page

Requested features

15 requests
  • Folders for organization
  • Undo functionality
  • Home screen widget
  • Notification widget
  • Option to leave notes unsorted
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  • Scroll bars or automatic stretching for blocks
  • More color options
  • Ability to manage multiple topics
  • Ability to scroll lengthy notes
  • Tutorial or help menu
  • Portrait mode on iPad
  • Sync directly with laptops
  • Add to notes using dictation on iWatch
  • Force touch to refresh watch app notes list
  • Sorting by Title/Date/Color

In-app purchases

2 purchases

NOTE'd

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

Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)

One-time1
  • Notebox Premium$0.99

Questions

Is NOTE'd free?
NOTE'd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) free?
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NOTE'd or Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)?
NOTE'd is rated higher. NOTE'd averages 3.3 out of 5 from 354 ratings, while Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) averages 3.2 from 30 ratings.
Do NOTE'd or Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) have ads?
NOTE'd shows ads; Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) does not.
Which is updated more often, NOTE'd or Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)?
NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, and Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) every 3 months. Most recently, NOTE'd was updated on October 6, 2026 and Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) on October 7, 2026.

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