Comparison

MyNotePad vs Standard Notes

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

Head to head
About

MyNotePad

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience with intuitive gestures. Customize your notes with different fonts and paper styles, and easily navigate between them. It's designed for simplicity and on-the-go use.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based navigation
  • Pinch-to-zoom for font size
  • Customizable fonts
  • Customizable paper styles
  • Easy page turning
Features
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Writing notes on your iPhone should be simple. There should be fewer buttons and more natural gestures. You shouldn't have to deal with "Marker Felt" font or yellow-lined paper. TextPad was built from the ground up to be easy to use and as "finger friendly" as possible. Want to change the font size? Just pinch-to-zoom! Want to key the keyboard out of the way? Push it off of the screen! Want to go to another note? Turn the page with a flick of your finger! TextPad was built to be the best way for you to take notes on the go.

About

Standard Notes

Securely capture and sync your thoughts across all devices with end-to-end encryption. This app offers a simple, lasting place for all your notes, from personal thoughts to sensitive information, with robust privacy features.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline access
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • Tagging system
  • Open-source code
  • Optional productivity editors and themes
Features
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Standard Notes is a private and secure end-to-end encrypted notes app. It allows you to write and sync your notes across all your devices, including your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web browser. Private means your notes are end-to-end encrypted, so only you can read your notes. Even we can't read the contents of your notes. Simple means it does one job and does it well. Standard Notes is a safe and lasting place for your life's work. Our focus is making it easy to write notes wherever you are and syncing them with encryption to all your devices. Our users love us for: • Personal Notes • Tasks & Todos • Passwords & Keys • Code & Technical Procedures • Private Journal • Meeting Notes • Cross-platform Scratchpad • Books, Recipes, & Movies • Health & Fitness Log Standard Notes comes free with: • Seamless sync across all your devices, with easy to use applications on iPhone, iPad, Mac, web browsers, and other platforms. • Offline access, so you can access your downloaded notes even without a connection. • No limit on number of devices. • No limit on number of notes. • Passcode lock protection, along with Touch ID and Face ID protection. • A tagging system to organize your notes (like #work, #ideas, #passwords, #crypto). • The ability to pin, lock, protect, and move notes to trash, which allows you to recover deleted notes until the trash is emptied. Standard Notes is completely open-source, which means when we say your notes are encrypted with industry-leading XChaCha-20 encryption, and that only you can read your notes, you don't have to take our word for it. Our code is open to the world to audit. We made Standard Notes simple because longevity is important to us. We want to make sure we're here, protecting your notes, for the next hundred years. You shouldn't have to find a new notes app every year. To sustain our development, we offer optional paid subscriptions which give you access to powerful tools like: • Productivity editors (like Markdown, Code, Spreadsheets) • Beautiful themes (like Midnight, Focus, Solarized Dark) • Powerful cloud tools including daily backups of your encrypted data delivered to your email inbox every day, or backed up to your cloud provider (like Dropbox and Google Drive). We're always happy to talk, whether it be a question, thought, or issue. Please feel free to email us any time at help@standardnotes.com. When you take the time to send us a message, we'll be sure to do the same. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MyNotePad4 screens
Standard Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyNotePad at none against Standard Notes's 1. MyNotePad also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). Standard Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Standard Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $119.99 per year. MyNotePad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MyNotePad against 4.7 for Standard Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.6K and 3.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of MyNotePad's written reviews are positive against 64% of Standard Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyNotePad ships an update every 13 months, Standard Notes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MyNotePad versus Standard Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyNotePadStandard Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings)4.7 (3.8K ratings)
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews — better64.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K3.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel AmitayStandard Notes Ltd.

Customer experience

MyNotePad

All ratings1,620 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative11.1%

Standard Notes

All ratings3,751 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews594 reviews
Positive64.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative25.4%

User reviews

MyNotePad

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Useful app
  • 👍 Easy to customize
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Clean and minimalist design
  • 👍 Great for note-taking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Note deletion issues
  • 🔒 Lack of backup/sync options
  • 🔒 No passcode/security feature
  • 🐛 Keyboard issues with dark mode
  • 🐛 Spell check problems

Standard Notes

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and reliable sync
  • 🔒 Excellent privacy and security
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 📚 Great for organizing notes
  • 💻 Cross-platform availability

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔑 Frustrating login/authentication issues
  • 💰 Expensive premium subscription
  • 📱 Limited features in free version
  • 🖍️ Lack of formatting options

Bugs and requests

MyNotePad

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Note deletion issues
  • Keyboard issues with dark mode
  • Spell check problems
  • Compatibility issues with new iOS updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to organize notes into folders
  • Support for formatting (bold, italic, underline)
  • Backup and sync options
  • Passcode/security feature
  • Improved spell check
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  • Ability to list notes in alphabetical order

Standard Notes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes disappearing or getting deleted unexpectedly
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Keyboard and UI bugs on mobile
  • Compatibility problems with older iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for images and attachments
  • Implement a more robust search function
  • Introduce a dark mode option
  • Allow for better note organization (folders, nested tags)
  • Add undo/redo functionality

In-app purchases

None

MyNotePad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Standard Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is MyNotePad free?
MyNotePad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyNotePad or Standard Notes?
MyNotePad and Standard Notes are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.6K and 3.8K ratings respectively.
Do MyNotePad or Standard Notes have ads?
Neither MyNotePad nor Standard Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyNotePad or Standard Notes?
MyNotePad ships an update every 13 months, and Standard Notes every 5 weeks. Most recently, MyNotePad was updated on October 13, 2026 and Standard Notes on October 12, 2026.

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