Comparison

Secure Notepad Pro vs HalfMe

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

HalfMe

This AI assistant acts as your second self, building tools on demand, remembering important information, and handling life admin. It prioritizes user control and privacy, with all actions requiring approval before execution.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chatbot in any language
  • Builds websites, apps, and designs on demand
  • Personalized memory across sessions
  • Manages tasks, notes, and daily briefings
  • User-controlled actions and activity log
  • Secure data storage and deletion
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HalfMe is your second self: a premium personal AI that actually does things for you, remembers what matters, talks back in your language, and builds real tools on demand. Most assistants just answer. HalfMe acts. And you stay in charge of every move: every ability is a switch that ships OFF, and sensitive actions ask for your approval before anything happens. WHAT HALFME DOES · Chat: talk with HalfMe in any language you speak. · Voice: hold to talk. Chat in many languages, voice in English and Persian, with full right-to-left support. · Build: describe anything, a website, a web app, a game, a flyer, a design, and HalfMe builds it live, right in front of you. Preview it live, refine it in plain words, and save or copy the code. Made by you. · Books: illustrated, narrated books that HalfMe reads aloud, kept in your Library. · Modes: switch how HalfMe shows up for you, then get back to work. · Life Admin: keep your tasks, notes, and the facts that matter in My Life, and start your day with a morning briefing that reads your day back to you. In chat you can ask HalfMe to add a task, save a note, or remember something, and it asks first. · Memory: HalfMe remembers what matters to you and carries it across your sessions, so you never start over. YOU ARE THE KING HERE · The Guardian proposes first. HalfMe shows you exactly what it wants to do before it acts, you approve, and you can undo. · Sensitive actions ask each time, with a clear card that shows exactly what will happen. · Activity log: HalfMe keeps a clear, private record of everything it does, so nothing is ever a black box. · One master pause freezes HalfMe completely. PRIVATE BY DESIGN · Your data is yours. You control it, and you can delete it anytime, right in the app. · HalfMe remembers you by syncing your memory securely to HalfMe's private servers, so it knows you across sessions. · We never sell your data and never share it for advertising. Free to start, with a daily free allowance. Questions? hello@halfme.ai · halfme.ai

Screenshots

Secure Notepad Pro4 screens
HalfMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HalfMe at none against Secure Notepad Pro's 1. HalfMe also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Secure Notepad Pro's advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Secure Notepad Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HalfMe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HalfMe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secure Notepad Pro has 2.7K ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of HalfMe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure Notepad Pro ships an update every 5 months, HalfMe every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Secure Notepad Pro versus HalfMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure Notepad ProHalfMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDmytro VynokurovKhaled Media

Customer experience

Secure Notepad Pro

All ratings2,718 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative13.6%

HalfMe

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

HalfMe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Secure Notepad Pro

One-time1
  • Unlimited Storage$14.99
None

HalfMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secure Notepad Pro free?
Secure Notepad Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HalfMe free?
HalfMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Secure Notepad Pro or HalfMe?
HalfMe is rated higher. Secure Notepad Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while HalfMe averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Secure Notepad Pro or HalfMe have ads?
Neither Secure Notepad Pro nor HalfMe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secure Notepad Pro or HalfMe?
Secure Notepad Pro ships an update every 5 months, and HalfMe every 2 days. Most recently, Secure Notepad Pro was updated on October 15, 2026 and HalfMe on October 15, 2026.

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