Comparison

Simplife vs ShotWeb

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

ShotWeb

This app transforms web pages into PDF files, offering two layout options for printing or on-screen reading. Save, share, or read web content offline with ease.

Highlights
  • Convert web pages to PDF
  • Print layout option
  • Display layout option
  • Save and share PDFs
  • Offline reading
  • Copy and paste text from PDFs
Features
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ShotWeb converts web pages to a PDF file. You can even turn an entire web page such as the Twitter timeline or recipes into a PDF file. There are two PDF layouts available: "Print layout" and "Display layout". - Print Layout Place a large web page onto a single sheet. It can put the contents of about 9 web pages in one A4 page. It provides you a comfortable reading layout when printed out and saves paper. -Display Layout It converts the web page into a single page PDF without splitting. There are no page breaks when reading on iPhone. Once you create a PDF file, you cannot only save the contents but also use AirDrop to share or send by mail in iOS. The converted PDFs: - can be viewed with iBooks and other readers. - can be printed out with a decent layout. - can be read even if you are offline or have weak connection. No hustle to read Web pages. - provide you web pages to read even with the Wi-Fi only iPad when you are not connected. Of course, you can copy and paste the sentences on a PDF. PDF files will be saved in ShotWeb, however they can also be opened with external apps by using the iOS features.

Screenshots

Simplife4 screens
ShotWeb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Simplife at free against ShotWeb's paid. Simplife also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). ShotWeb's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simplife costs $1.99 and ShotWeb $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simplife ships an update every 2 months, ShotWeb every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simplife versus ShotWeb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplifeShotWeb
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSangmook LeeiWare Inc.

Customer experience

Simplife

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

ShotWeb

Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative38.9%

In-app purchases

None

Simplife

No in-app purchases

None

ShotWeb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simplife free?
Simplife costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShotWeb free?
ShotWeb costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simplife or ShotWeb have ads?
Neither Simplife nor ShotWeb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simplife or ShotWeb?
Simplife ships an update every 2 months, and ShotWeb every 8 months. Most recently, Simplife was updated on September 20, 2026 and ShotWeb on September 22, 2026.

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