Simple Notes vs MinimaTXT
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..
MinimaTXT
A minimalist and fast plain text editor designed for focused writing on iPhone. It offers local storage, instant file editing, and robust undo/redo functionality. The app prioritizes simplicity with no ads, tracking, or sign-up required.
- 100% local storage
- Instant .txt file editing
- Full Undo/Redo
- Auto-save functionality
- Full-text search
- Batch export as ZIP
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MinimaTXT is a minimalist, lightning-fast plain text editor for iPhone. For people who prefer focus over features. - 100% local storage — no cloud, no sync, no servers - Open and edit .txt files instantly - Full Undo/Redo support - Auto-save on close, background, and every 30 seconds - Full-text search with instant result highlighting - Easy import and export of your files - Batch export as ZIP No ads. No tracking. No sign-up. Just text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MinimaTXT at Free against Simple Notes's $2.99. MinimaTXT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Simple Notes's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On ads 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
MinimaTXT is free to download; Simple Notes costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MinimaTXT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Notes has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Simple Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of MinimaTXT's.
Simple Notes ships an update every 2 months, MinimaTXT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Notes | MinimaTXT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sadah Software Solutions, LLC | Andrey Bychkov |
Customer experience
Simple Notes
MinimaTXT
In-app purchases
Simple Notes
No in-app purchases
MinimaTXT
No in-app purchases
