Secure Notepad Pro vs a Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secure Notepad Pro
Securely store your personal notes with password or biometric protection. This ad-free app offers a fast, simple interface with extensive customization options and automatic cloud synchronization for access across all your devices.
- Password and Face ID protection
- Ad-free experience
- 20+ customizable color themes
- Automatic iCloud synchronization
- Automatic local backup and restore
- Note sorting by date or alphabetically
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Secure Notepad Pro is the ultimate app for protecting your personal notes with a password, keeping them safe from prying eyes. Designed for speed and simplicity, it’s perfect for jotting down ideas, to-do lists, or anything else you need to remember. Choose from over 20 different color themes to customize your experience and make your notepad app unique. Even better, the free version of Secure Notepad Pro is completely ad-free, so you can focus on what matters without distractions. With automatic synchronization via iCloud, you can rest assured that your notes are always up-to-date and accessible on all your devices. Key features: • Fast and easy-to-use app with no ads. • Protect your notes with a password or Face ID. • Automatic lock (you have 30 seconds to return to the app without entering the password). • Choose from 20+ colorful themes to personalize your note-taking experience. • Automatic iCloud syncing. • Automatic local backup of notes with the ability to restore from a backup. • Sort your notes by date or alphabetically. Download Secure Notepad Pro today and experience the ultimate in note-taking security and convenience.
a Notepad
Capture your thoughts and ideas effortlessly on the go. This app offers both offline and cloud-synced note-taking, allowing you to access your notes from any device. Share your notes as plain text or as a web page with customizable privacy settings.
- Standalone mode (no login)
- Cloud synchronization
- Cross-device access
- Note sharing as text or web page
- Private, public, and password-protected notes
- Guest editing options
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Take notes on the go and share notes online with aNotepad mobile app. aNotepad can be used in either Standalone mode or Connected mode. Standalone mode - No login required. Notes will only be stored on your mobile device. If you later decide to login with an anotepad.com account, your local notes will be uploaded to that account as well. Connected mode - If you login with an anotepad.com free account, notes will be synchronized with anotepad.com cloud server. You can access your notes from multiple devices. You can also access your notes at anotepad.com website with a web browser. Note Sharing Notes can be shared either as Text or as online Web page. User in standalone mode can only share notes as Text. Logged in user can get an instant note web page and share note URL with others. Note Permission When you share your note as an online web page with others. You can set note permission to control who can see your note. Private Note - Only you can read and edit Public Note - Everyone who knows the URL can read Password Protected Note - Only people with password can read If you enable Guest Editing on your note, people with note editing password can also edit your note at anotepad.com website. Contact us at support@anotepad.com if you have any additional questions or any feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: a Notepad at none against Secure Notepad Pro's 1. a Notepad also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Secure Notepad Pro's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 49%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Secure Notepad Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. a Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Secure Notepad Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secure Notepad Pro has 2.7K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Secure Notepad Pro's written reviews are positive against 49% of a Notepad's.
Secure Notepad Pro ships an update every 5 months, a Notepad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secure Notepad Pro | a Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.4 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better | 48.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Vynokurov | Jia Qing Song |
Customer experience
Secure Notepad Pro
a Notepad
Bugs and requests
Secure Notepad Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes disappearing after updates
- Syncing and backup issues
- Crashes and freezes
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add photos/images
- Sync across devices
- Backup and restore functionality
- More customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)
- Touch ID/Face ID support
a Notepad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Secure Notepad Pro
- Unlimited Storage$14.99
a Notepad
No in-app purchases
