Simplife vs YOUKA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simplife
This minimalist note-taking app prioritizes a clean interface for focused writing. It offers robust features like passcode protection, calendar views, and media attachments to help you organize and store all your thoughts and ideas.
- Multiple notes support
- Passcode lock for app and notes
- Calendar view for notes
- Attach photos and map locations
- Search across all notes
- Backup and restore options
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Incredibly Simple, Functional and Easy to use. Meet the note app haven't experienced until now. Simplife is minimally designed so you can focus on writing. With Simplife, you can keep everything what you want. [Features] - Support Multiple notes - Passcode lock(start-up screen and for each note) - Calendar view for each note - Change date of entries - Attach photos and map - Change font type and size - Share to E-mail and Twitter - Duplicate to other note in your Simplife - Backup/Restore with Dropbox and iTunes - Search entries in the all notes [With Simplife, try like this] - Daily journal - Private diary - Drafts for your ideas - Scrap book of your favorites - Wish list - Travel note
YOUKA
Create a personal picture diary with unique illustrations and a simple interface. Organize entries with hashtags and enjoy new artwork through regular updates.
- Emotional picture diary
- Custom illustrations
- Hashtag organization
- Simple interface
- Regular updates
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"We make things for your stylish life." YOUKA : My own picture diary that I draw. # design "Emotional picture diary” : We made a picture diary that contains the emotion of NOTEGG. # How to use "Simple" : You can create a hash tag with YOUKA's own two-way rule. : Fill your diary freely. : Meet the most emotional picture diary in the world. # Drawing : NOTEGG illustrator draws a picture directly. : You can continue to see new pictures through constant updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simplife at 5.0 against YOUKA's 4.7. Simplife also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99). YOUKA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Simplife costs $1.99 and YOUKA $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simplife holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Simplife's written reviews are positive against 89% of YOUKA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simplife ships an update every 2 months, YOUKA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simplife | YOUKA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sangmook Lee | NOTEGG Corp. |
Customer experience
Simplife
YOUKA
In-app purchases
Simplife
No in-app purchases
YOUKA
No in-app purchases
