Secure Notepad Pro vs Steno paper
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.
Steno paper
This app provides a digital notebook for quick and easy handwriting notes. It offers various color pencils, an eraser, and options to create, open, save, and clear your notes.
- Handwriting notes
- Color pencils
- Eraser tool
- New note creation
- Save and open notes
- Clear notes
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A handwriting notes book that make you take notes easily and quickly. Ten kinds of color pencil. Functions: New, Open, Save, Eraser, Clear.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Secure Notepad Pro at 76% against Steno paper's 0%. Secure Notepad Pro also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). Steno paper's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Steno paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Secure Notepad Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secure Notepad Pro has 2.7K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of Steno paper's.
Secure Notepad Pro ships an update every 5 months, Steno paper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secure Notepad Pro | Steno paper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Vynokurov | 丽娜 夏 |
Customer experience
Secure Notepad Pro
Steno paper
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
Steno paper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Secure Notepad Pro
- Unlimited Storage$14.99
Steno paper
- You will pay to remove ads.$0.99
Questions
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