Instant Sign vs Notable Utility
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instant Sign
Easily create custom signs with text, images, and designs on your iPad. Share them on social media, print them, or display them directly from your device.
- Create custom signs
- Add text and images
- Variety of designs
- Share on social media
- Print signs
- Simple and handy
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Sometimes, all you need is a sign. --- I made this app so I could easily put some words on my iPad screen and hold it up like a sign. It does that. It also makes fancier signs from a variety of designs. Customize your signs with pictures and clever messages, then put them on display, share them on the "social medias", or even print them straight from your device. It's simple, handy, fun, and free!
Notable Utility
Customize your reMarkable 2 device by easily updating its splash screens. Select an image and choose which screen to modify, then save the changes directly to your device.
- Update reMarkable 2 splash screens
- Choose custom images
- Select specific splash screens
- Save changes to device
- User-friendly interface
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Easily update your reMarkable 2 splash screens. Choose your image, select which splash you want to update, and save to your device! reMarkable its associated trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of reMarkable. This app is neither endorsed nor sponsored by reMarkable, and the developer of this application is not affiliated with reMarkable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notable Utility at 4.6 against Instant Sign's 4.0. Notable Utility also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). Instant Sign's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Instant Sign sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notable Utility asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notable Utility holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Instant Sign's written reviews are positive against 57% of Notable Utility's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Instant Sign ships an update every 11 months, Notable Utility every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instant Sign | Notable Utility |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cat in a Box Software | David Skelly |
Customer experience
Instant Sign
Notable Utility
In-app purchases
Instant Sign
- Premium Upgrade$1.99
Notable Utility
No in-app purchases
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