Lock Your Notes vs Tiny Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lock Your Notes
Securely store your private and secret notes with multiple locking options. Organize your thoughts with unlimited notes, customizable fonts, and emoji support. Keep your sensitive information safe from unauthorized access.
- Unlimited note creation
- Three lock types (password, PIN, dot-lock)
- Customizable fonts
- Emoji support
- Organize with lists
- Retina display support
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Keep your most valuable, private, and secret notes away from prying eyes. Keep them all totally secret and safe and choose between three different kinds of locks. KEY FEATURES: • Create unlimited number of notes • Choose between three different fonts (Helvetica, Marker Felt, Noteworthy) • Make and organize lists • Support for Emoji Emoticons • Three locks included (Alphabetical password, PIN code, Android-Style Dot-Lock) • Full Retina display • And much, much more!
Tiny Notes
Securely store your private notes, passwords, and sensitive information with advanced biometric and password protection. Keep your data locked away without cloud sync, and access it instantly with Face ID or Touch ID.
- Password & PIN protection
- Face ID & Touch ID unlock
- No cloud sync
- Smart data detection
- Unlimited notes
- Dark Mode support
- Print and share options
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Keep your private notes, passwords, and sensitive data locked away with Tiny Notes — the secure note vault with Face ID, Touch ID, and master password protection. Instantly lock your secret diary, PIN-protected memos, or hidden journal with biometric unlock in seconds. Features • Password & PIN protection — lock every note behind a master password • Face ID & Touch ID unlock — instant biometric access to your secret vault • Stays private — no cloud sync, no account required • Smart data detection — tap phone numbers, URLs & addresses to act on them instantly • Unlimited notes — store as many private notes as you need • Dark Mode support • Haptic feedback — satisfying tactile response on all modern iPhones • Print via AirPrint or copy lists to clipboard • Share by AirDrop, Message or Mail • Split Screen support for iPad • Supports Portrait and Landscape orientations • Available on iPhone, iPad & Mac Note: For your security, Tiny Notes does not store your master password anywhere. If you need to reset it, reinstall the app from the App Store. We recommend keeping your password in a safe place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tiny Notes at 4.7 against Lock Your Notes's 3.8. Tiny Notes also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 28 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Lock Your Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Lock Your Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tiny Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 708 and 298 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Lock Your Notes's written reviews are positive against 74% of Tiny Notes's.
Lock Your Notes ships an update every 28 months, Tiny Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lock Your Notes | Tiny Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (708 ratings) | 4.7 (298 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.4% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 708 — better | 298 |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | One Wave AB | Miroslav Otsedarski |
Customer experience
Lock Your Notes
Tiny Notes
Bugs and requests
Lock Your Notes
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes after iOS 11 update
- Unable to enter passcode on some devices
- Notes disappearing or getting jumbled
- Keyboard issues when typing long notes
Requested features
5 requests- Cloud backup option
- Ability to delete notes
- Search and sort notes
- Font size and style options
- Fingerprint/biometric unlock
Tiny Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lock Your Notes
- Full Version$0.99
Tiny Notes
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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