Comparison

Meeting Notepad vs Notepad

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

Head to head
About

Meeting Notepad

Streamline your meeting note-taking process with this iPad app. Automatically pre-fill meeting details from your calendar and easily add action items. Generate and share professionally formatted minutes via email or print with a single click.

Highlights
  • Type meeting notes on iPad
  • Calendar appointment auto-fill
  • Copy previous meetings for new ones
  • Add action items with due dates
  • Email or print formatted minutes
  • Voice dictation for notes
  • Export notes to cloud storage
Features
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Take meeting minutes on your iPad, automatically pre-filled using your calendar appointments, and email or print them in one click with this time-saving meeting notes app. Say goodbye to wasting time at your desk typing up meeting notes! No more lugging a heavy laptop to every meeting! Now you can use your iPad to take meeting notes on the spot, no preparation required. At the end of the meeting, with the click of a button everyone will have professionally formatted meeting minutes delivered to their email inbox instantly. KEY FEATURES: - Type Meeting Notes On Your iPad Your iPad is now the perfect tool for meetings - take notes, including the meeting title, date, location and agenda. Save time by pre-filling it from your calendar appointment or by copying a previous meeting. Add action items to your meeting notes, each with a description, owner and due date. At the end of the meeting, email or print professionally formatted meeting minutes to all the attendees, automatically generated for you. - Add Meetings From Your Calendar, Automatically Pre-Filled For You Select any meeting from your calendar for a new meeting and it will be auto-filled with all relevant details, including the meeting title, date, room, list of attendees and agenda. - Got a Regular Meeting? Auto-Fill New Meetings By Copying a Previous Meeting Create a new meeting by copying any previous meeting's notes. The new meeting will be auto-filled from the previous meeting, updated with today's date and time. - Add Attendees From Your Address Book With Auto-Complete No need to type each person's full name - with Address Book auto-complete, just type in a few letters and you will be prompted with a list of suggested names to add to your meetings in one click. - Type Action Items With Due Dates Add action items to your meeting notes, each with a description, owner and due date. See overdue action items highlighted in read, and tick them off to mark items as completed. Set a reminder so you don't miss a due date. - Email Professionally Formatted Minutes to Meeting Attendees At the end of your meeting, click the Share icon to automatically generate professionally formatted meeting minutes and email them to all the meeting attendees. Need to re-send last week's meeting notes? It's easy - just open that meeting and click "Email" to re-send it. - Print Professionally Formatted Minutes Instantly Sometimes you need a hard copy print-out of your meeting notes - now you can have the best of both worlds. Type your notes on your iPad, then click "Print" to generate professionally formatted meeting minutes printed on any AirPrint-enabled printer. - Voice Dictation Tap the microphone button on your iPad keyboard to enable voice dictation, then talk and let your iPad do the typing for you. - Export Meeting Notes To Dropbox, Evernote, iBooks, AirDrop And More Export your meeting notes to your favourite document storage apps, including Dropbox, Evernote, iBooks, Kindle, Google Drive and SkyDrive. Send your meeting notes as a PDF to nearby iPhones and iPads using AirDrop. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: "It's exactly what I wanted for taking meeting minutes on my iPad." - Ruth B., Office Administrator "This app is such a time saver! I used to sit at my PC after each meeting to type up the minutes and email them manually. Now I just bring my iPad with me and email the minutes on the spot at the end of the meeting!" - Charlie S., Executive Assistant "This is in my Top 10 list of useful apps on my iPad. I attend lots of meetings with clients, so having a dedicated app for taking meeting notes on my iPad has been so useful. I can't believe used to type them in Notes before I found out about Meeting Notes!" - Jessica S., Sales Manager

About

Notepad

Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and organize ideas with a versatile digital notebook. Supports handwriting, text notes, and secure cloud syncing. Personalize your experience with custom themes and icons.

Highlights
  • Create to-do lists with checkboxes
  • Unlimited text notes
  • Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
  • Organize notes into folders
  • Pin and sort notes
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Advanced search functionality
Features
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Jot down notes and organize your ideas with Notepad—the classic notepad writing app designed for keeping track of everything that matters. [ TO-DO LISTS ] • Create beautiful task lists with interactive checkboxes to track your daily tasks and goals. • Drag and drop to reorder items—organize your to-dos exactly how you want them. • Enjoy the satisfying experience of checking off completed tasks as you get things done. • Perfect for shopping lists, daily chores, project tasks, and everything in between. [ NOTES ] • Create unlimited text notes with rich formatting—quickly and easily. • Tap anywhere to start typing—it's simple, fast, and always saved automatically. • Works perfectly in both light and dark mode. [ RICH TEXT FORMATTING ] • Style your notes with bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough. • Choose from 7 text colors and 7 highlight colors to make important details stand out. • Pick from 18 handpicked font families—each with proper bold and italic variants. • A convenient formatting toolbar sits right above the keyboard for fast access. • Switch fonts anytime—your existing formatting is preserved. [ HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH APPLE PENCIL ] • Capture your thoughts naturally with fluid, responsive handwriting that feels like pen on paper. • Create beautiful handwritten notes, diagrams, and drawings with realistic ink flow and pressure sensitivity. • Choose from fountain pens, pencils, and highlighters with customizable colors for a personalized writing experience. • Enjoy our adaptive paper grid that works perfectly in any orientation or device. [ FOLDERS - ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES ] • Organize notes into folders and subfolders with a clean, nested structure. • Assign a unique color to each folder, making it simple to categorize and find notes at a glance. • Drag-and-drop to reorder, and move multiple notes easily. [ PIN & SORT NOTES ] • Pin important notes to the top and sort by date, custom order, or alphabetical order. [ BACKUP WITH ICLOUD ] • Keep notes safe with automatic backups and iCloud sync across your devices. [ PERSONALIZE YOUR NOTEPAD ] • Give your notepad a personal touch with unique app icons, custom colors, stylish fonts, and a sleek dark mode for night owls. [ FIND NOTES FAST ] • Use advanced search tools and text highlighting to track down exactly what you're looking for. [ KEEP YOUR NOTES SAFE ] • Lock your notes with FaceID or TouchID for extra privacy. [ SHARE & PRINT ] • Send your notes to other apps like Mail or WhatsApp, or print them directly from Notepad. [ PREMIUM FEATURES FOR POWER USERS ] • Go ad-free, unlock exclusive themes, and get advanced sorting options with Premium. Notepad combines the nostalgic feel of a simple notebook with the functionality of today's tech. Use Notepad for everything from brainstorming ideas and setting personal reminders to creating shopping lists, to-do lists, grocery lists, chores lists, appointment notes, class notes, daily goals, password hints, birthday reminders, packing lists, travel itineraries, and more. Write, organize, and stay on top of everything that matters—download Notepad now and stay productive your way! Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.oldnotepad.com/terms.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notepad at 4.8 against Meeting Notepad's 2.7. Notepad also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (29K vs 3). Meeting Notepad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Meeting Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepad holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad has 29K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Meeting Notepad's written reviews are positive against 84% of Notepad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meeting Notepad ships an update every 4 months, Notepad every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Meeting Notepad versus Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeeting NotepadNotepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.8 (29K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews84.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings329K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathan Peles1381802 Ontario Inc.

Customer experience

Meeting Notepad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative14.3%

Notepad

All ratings28,540 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews972 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative11.3%

Bugs and requests

Meeting Notepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notepad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing
  • Ads covering up the note-taking area

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add drawing/highlighting tools
  • Integrate with calendar and contacts
  • Ability to sort and organize notes
  • Option to password protect specific notes

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Meeting Notepad

One-time1
  • Unlimited Meeting Notes$1.99
7 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Premium Membership$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$19.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$49.99

Questions

Is Meeting Notepad free?
Meeting Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meeting Notepad or Notepad?
Notepad is rated higher. Meeting Notepad averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Notepad averages 4.8 from 29K ratings.
Do Meeting Notepad or Notepad have ads?
Notepad shows ads; Meeting Notepad does not.
Which is updated more often, Meeting Notepad or Notepad?
Meeting Notepad ships an update every 4 months, and Notepad every 8 days. Most recently, Meeting Notepad was updated on October 10, 2026 and Notepad on October 17, 2026.

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