Simple Notes vs Solid Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Notes
A powerful yet simple note-taking application offering cross-device syncing, customizable themes, and robust security features. It allows users to set reminders, highlight text, and even save notes as images.
- Cross-device syncing (Dropbox/iCloud)
- Zoomable font sizes
- Searchable highlighted text
- Note reminders
- Password protection (AES 256-bit)
- Shake to undo/redo
- Customizable themes and fonts
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Simple, Clean and Easy to Use, Yet Powerful and Loaded with Features. Key Features: --------------------- - One universal app for all your IOS Devices. - Sync your notes with Dropbox and/or iCloud. - Zoom in or out on any note to get the ideal font size suitable for your vision. - Highlight words and search terms inside your notes. - Set reminders to your notes to read them later. - Save text as an image to your camera roll. - Use Password Protection with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES 256-bit) to secure data and to protect your notes from prying eyes. - Shake your device to undo or redo: delete, creating, editing, restoring and more. - 9 font styles with five font colors. - Sort your notes chronologically or alphabetically. - Choose from six different color themes to modify your notes to suit your taste. - The ability to AirPrint your notes. - Auto Paste: when you run the app it will save text that you copied (Text in the Clipboard) automatically as a note. - Night Mode that makes reading in the dark easier on your eyes. - And much more..
Solid Notes
Capture and organize all your ideas with this fast and easy-to-use note-taking app. Create color-coded spaces for different aspects of your life and utilize formatting options for clarity. Your data is encrypted and 100% private.
- Quick note-taking
- Color-coded spaces
- Unlimited image/voice/sketch uploads
- Formatting options
- Encrypted and private data
- Universal app support
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No subscriptions - Buy once, keep forever Solid Notes is here to help you capture and organise all your ideas. You can create color coded spaces for all the things that matter in your life and you can make staying on top of your notes and thoughts easy. - Quick notes Solid Notes is designed for speed and ease of use. It's quick to take notes in any of your spaces, drag them around, archive them, format them, and more. - Spaces Create color coded spaces for all the things that matter in your life. - Unlimited uploads You can upload as many images, voice recordings and sketches as you need - Formatting Make your notes as useful and clear as they can be with a variety of formatting options - Privacy first Solid Notes is designed with privacy in mind and your data is encrypted and 100% private Are you ready to start taking better notes? Solid Notes is a universal app available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS You can choose to purchase just this app or all 5 Solid Apps with one purchase Terms of service: http://solidapps.co/terms.html Privacy policy: http://solidapps.co/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Solid Notes at Free against Simple Notes's $2.99. Solid Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Simple Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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
Solid Notes is free to download; Simple Notes costs $2.99 up front. Solid Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solid Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Simple Notes's written reviews are positive against 88% of Solid Notes's.
Simple Notes ships an update every 2 months, Solid Notes every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Notes | Solid Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (39 ratings) | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sadah Software Solutions, LLC | Solid Apps S.R.L. |
Customer experience
Simple Notes
Solid Notes
In-app purchases
Simple Notes
No in-app purchases
Solid Notes
- Unlock this app (lifetime)$4.99
- Unlock ALL 10 Solid Apps (lifetime)$9.99
