Handwritten notes vs SimpleToDo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwritten notes
This app allows for quick and smooth handwritten note-taking with simple tools. You can choose from four colors, adjust line thickness, and easily erase or clear your notes. Save your creations as images.
- Smooth multi-finger writing
- Four color options
- Adjustable line thickness
- Erase and clear functions
- Save notes as images
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Handwritten notes appeared in the paid version! I lost my ads. Operation will be smoother than ever before. Handwritten notes is a simple handwritten notes. You can also write with multiple fingers. You can write very smoothly. ********************************************** Feature Very simple! ! You can quickly and notes by hand! * Basic functions **************************** ● color is simple, four black, red, blue and green. (If you press the button "Switch", color selection button will appear.) ● In the slide, the thickness of the line can be adjusted. ● When you press the button "Show", you can erase the line wrote. (Adjustable in thickness delete slides) ● When you press the "CL" button, you can remove the bulk. ● When you press the "Save button", you can save the image.
SimpleToDo
Organize your life with a straightforward to-do list application. Categorize tasks using customizable tabs for different areas of your life, such as shopping or work. Quickly add and edit tasks, with the ability to select from past entries.
- Tabbed categorization
- Quick task creation
- Task editing
- Task history selection
- Simple interface
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SimpleToDo is the most easy to use ToDo application on the App Store. - Tabs Use Tabs ("Shopping", "Work", etc.) to categorize ToDos - Quickly SimpleToDo lets you create and edit tasks with just a few taps. you can select task from past historys.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SimpleToDo at Free against Handwritten notes's $0.99. SimpleToDo also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 39 months). Handwritten notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
SimpleToDo is free to download; Handwritten notes costs $0.99 up front. SimpleToDo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Handwritten notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleToDo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleToDo has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Handwritten notes's written reviews are positive against 91% of SimpleToDo's.
Handwritten notes ships an update every 39 months, SimpleToDo every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Handwritten notes | SimpleToDo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kiyoshi Koike | LandLake LLC |
Customer experience
Handwritten notes
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In-app purchases
Handwritten notes
No in-app purchases
SimpleToDo
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