Comparison

Simple Notes vs Gravity Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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..

About

Gravity Notes

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience by eliminating folders and tags, focusing on a single, continuous stream of thoughts. Capture ideas instantly and use simple gestures to manage your notes, prioritizing what matters most.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Single stream organization
  • Swipe gestures for actions
  • Attention-based prioritization
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Lightweight prefixes for filtering
  • Fast search functionality
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one list, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the list. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It finds what you mean as well as what you typed: "sofa" finds your note about the couch. Typos, plurals, accents and shorthand like appt still find the note, and dates, phone numbers and amounts match however you write them. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the list. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no ads and no analytics, and you don't need an account. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. Gravity Sync (Beta) syncs with Android too, free during the beta. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from five text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Simple Notes4 screens
Gravity Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gravity Notes at 5.0 against Simple Notes's 4.0. Gravity Notes also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (92% vs 82%). Simple Notes's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (39 vs 9). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simple Notes costs $2.99 and Gravity Notes $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravity Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Simple Notes's written reviews are positive against 92% of Gravity Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Notes ships an update every 2 months, Gravity Notes every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Simple Notes versus Gravity Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple NotesGravity Notes
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.0 (39 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSadah Software Solutions, LLCTristan Manchester

Customer experience

Simple Notes

All ratings39 ratings
Positive74.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative13.1%

Gravity Notes

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Gravity Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Notes free?
Simple Notes costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gravity Notes free?
Gravity Notes costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple Notes or Gravity Notes?
Gravity Notes is rated higher. Simple Notes averages 4.0 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Gravity Notes averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Simple Notes or Gravity Notes have ads?
Neither Simple Notes nor Gravity Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Notes or Gravity Notes?
Simple Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Gravity Notes every 11 days. Most recently, Simple Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Gravity Notes on November 5, 2026.

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