Comparison

Color Notes vs Keyboardrop

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

Head to head
About

Color Notes

This app helps you quickly create and organize notes, to-do lists, and shopping lists using customizable colors and labels. It offers offline functionality, privacy features like PIN lock, and the ability to attach images. Personalize your notes with various fonts, themes, and reminder options.

Highlights
  • Create color notes and to-do lists
  • Organize with labels and colors
  • Attach photos and images
  • Pin important notes
  • Customize with fonts and themes
  • Set reminders
  • Offline functionality
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# Easy to Use Notebook for Note Taking. Color Note is a simple and awesome note taking app. You can create color notes, to do lists, shopping lists quickly. Users love Color Note® as their life organizer, work planner, or study note app. Note taking with Color Note® is easier than any other notepad app. Color Note® is a privacy-focused notepad. Color Note® can work offline perfectly, even without an Internet connection. No login is required. Lock app via PIN, biometric authentication to protect confidential information. # Features * Create color notes and todo list * Organize memo using label & color * Labels designed as list * Attach photos and images into notebook * Pin important notes to the top. You will not miss out on any important thing * Customize notes via various fonts, viewing modes, sorting modes * More different app color themes to make notebook looks great * Unlimited notes color choices * Reminders memo and calendar * Search notes instantly # Color Notes This notebook can categorize notes into different colors. Manage notes with 13 pre-defined beautiful colors. Color Note® also provides an unlimited favorite color. # Notes Category Color Note® allows you to categorize notes by creating labels. Labels can display as List.

About

Keyboardrop

Features
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Keyboardrop is a simple clipboard helper that lets you collect the text, URLs, and images you copy as temporary "drops." Saved drops are always a tap away from the built-in keyboard, so you can paste what you need — in order — into chats, notes, browsers, and AI apps. You can also add to Keyboardrop straight from the share sheet, such as from Maps or Photos. WHEN IT HELPS • Reuse something you just copied in a different app • Collect images, maps, and URLs and paste them right into a chat • Bring long text or several prompts into an input field together • Hand a drop to another device or a person nearby via QR FEATURES • Drop up to 10 items (text / URL / image) • Tap to paste from the built-in keyboard • Add to Keyboardrop directly from the share sheet • Automatic title and preview image for URLs • Send and receive drops via QR code • Auto-delete on a timer (10 min / 30 min / 1 hour / today / manual) • English / Japanese • iPhone / iPad HOW TO USE 1. Copy text or a URL, or share a photo or map 2. Add a drop from the keyboard's Save button or from Keyboardrop in the share sheet 3. Open the Keyboardrop keyboard in the app where you want to paste 4. Tap the drop you want to insert To hand a drop to another device, touch and hold it, choose "Send via QR," and scan the code on the other device. PRIVACY • No account required. • Drops are stored on your device. • We don't collect any data. • Nothing is sent to our servers. • We connect to a linked site only when fetching a URL preview. ABOUT FULL ACCESS The keyboard needs "Full Access" to save what's on your clipboard. Full Access is used only for saving and pasting — it never collects your input or sends it anywhere. Keep your copies in Keyboardrop, only when you need them.

Screenshots

Color Notes3 screens
Keyboardrop3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Keyboardrop at none against Color Notes's shown. Color Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Notes ships an update every 3 months, Keyboardrop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Color Notes versus Keyboardrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor NotesKeyboardrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDUC QUAN PHAMMASAHITO MATSUSHITA

In-app purchases

None

Color Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Keyboardrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Notes free?
Color Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keyboardrop free?
Keyboardrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Notes or Keyboardrop have ads?
Color Notes shows ads; Keyboardrop does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Notes or Keyboardrop?
Color Notes ships an update every 3 months, and Keyboardrop every 2 months. Most recently, Color Notes was updated on October 19, 2026 and Keyboardrop on October 14, 2026.

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