Comparison

EasyNotes vs PocketKnife Projects

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

Head to head
About

EasyNotes

Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Create rich text notes, add photos, sketch, record audio, and organize with colorful backgrounds and widgets. Secure your notes with multiple lock options and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Rich text notes with formatting
  • Customizable note backgrounds
  • Stylish sticky note widgets
  • Note organization with tags and archive
  • Emoji integration
  • Secure note locking (gesture, password, biometrics)
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Transform your concepts into reality with EasyNotes. Write notes, attach photos, craft a checklist, sketch ideas, record audio, capture moments, and explore more. We Can Empower You With: 1. Boost your productivity with Rich Text Notes • Make your memos stand out using bold, italic, and underlining. • Play with fonts, sizes, and colors to add structure and emphasis. • Boost readability and organization with bullet and numbered lists. • Support sharing notes as pictures, exporting to PDF, or printing. 2. Diverse and Colorful Note Background Styles • Engage in an immersive note-taking atmosphere, a whole new note-taking experience • Dive into a world of creativity with over 200 colorful note backgrounds. • Utilize background colors to classify and prioritize your notepad. • Spread the magic of these colorful notes through sharing with others or printing. • Immerse yourself in emotions, and elevate your overall note-taking experience with the vibrant notes background elements – these are the benchmarks that guide our notepad background selection. 3. Stylish Sticky Notes Widget • Instantly reach your sticky notes, memos, and checklists right from your Home Screen. • Choose from a diverse collection of 100+ stylish widget styles. • Three widget sizes: large, medium, and small, allowing you to select what suits you best. • Enjoy the convenience of accessing your important notes at a glance. 4. Get Notebook Organized • Switch between list and grid views for easy navigation. • Keep things in order with tags, reminders, and the archive feature. • Provides six notebook sorting methods to maximize the satisfaction of different usage habits • Create personalized categories for work projects, academic pursuits, personal aspirations, daily reflections, and more. 5. Express Yourself with Distinctive Emojis • Tired of plain text? Infuse your messages with emojis to vividly convey your emotions to your notes. • Discover our exclusive collection of emojis, offering hundreds of options that include all Usage scenarios for you to choose from. 6. Secure Your Notes with Lock Functions • Safeguard your notebook with multiple security layers, including gesture lock, password lock, fingerprint lock, and face ID. • You can lock a single category or lock the entire notepad category according to the usage scenario. 7. iCloud Sync • iCloud sync makes notepad data safer and fast. • Enjoy the ease of syncing notebook between your iPad and iPhone, promoting seamless collaboration and enhanced productivity. 8. Never Miss a thing with Note Reminders • Ensure you stay on top of your tasks by setting timely reminders for important notes or memos. • Add a personal touch by customizing reminder ringtones to suit your unique routine. 9. View Note in Timeline • Gain a comprehensive view of your memos, events, and ideas through an intuitive calendar timeline. Overall, whether it's for work, study, or personal use, EasyNotes is your ultimate note-taking companion. Download EasyNotes for free on iPad and iPhone and let's make note-taking an enjoyable and productive experience. Join our community of users, and together, we'll keep pushing the boundaries of innovation. If you have any issues, please mail us: Email: easynotes.ios@guloolootech.com Instagram: easynotes. official Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/easynotes.official Terms of use:https://guloolootech.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy:https://guloolootech.com/privacy-policy.html

About

PocketKnife Projects

Manage projects from start to finish with this lean, offline-first application. Organize tasks, track budgets, log expenses, and document decisions without subscriptions or cloud sync. All your project data stays securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Project organization by status and priority
  • Milestone tracking with dependencies
  • Real-time budget and expense logging
  • Meeting notes and action item capture
  • Risk and issue tracking
  • Decision logging
  • Offline functionality
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Your all-in-one project manager — lean, local, and always in your pocket. PocketKnife Projects gives you everything you need to run a project from start to finish, without the bloat of enterprise tools or the monthly subscription fees. All your data lives on-device, so it's fast, private, and works completely offline. ORGANIZE YOUR PROJECTS Create projects with a name, description, start and end dates, and a total budget. Assign a status — Pending, Planning, Active, On Hold, or Complete — and a priority level so you always know what needs attention first. Projects are grouped by status on your home screen for an instant snapshot of everything in flight. TRACK EVERY DETAIL Each project comes with a full suite of tools: Milestones — Define key deliverables, set due dates, assign owners, and chain dependencies so nothing falls through the cracks. Budget — Log expenses by category and track spending against your total budget in real time. Meetings — Record meeting notes, attendees, agendas, and outcomes all in one place. Action Items — Capture tasks from meetings with owners, due dates, and open/closed status. Risks — Log risks with probability and impact ratings, mitigation plans, and owners so you're never caught off guard. Issues — Track active problems with priority levels and link them to milestones or risks for full context. Decisions — Document key decisions, who made them, and what they were based on — a log you'll be glad you kept. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY WORK Clean, distraction-free design with full dark mode support. Smooth date pickers, collapsible sections, and thoughtful keyboard handling make data entry fast and frustration-free. No account required. No cloud sync. No subscription. Just your projects, on your phone.

Screenshots

EasyNotes4 screens
PocketKnife Projects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PocketKnife Projects at none against EasyNotes's 10. PocketKnife Projects also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). EasyNotes's advantage is ratings volume (4.1K vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. EasyNotes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PocketKnife Projects asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PocketKnife Projects holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EasyNotes has 4.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EasyNotes ships an update every 9 days, PocketKnife Projects every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
EasyNotes versus PocketKnife Projects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasyNotesPocketKnife Projects
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGulooloo TechAurum Creative Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

EasyNotes

All ratings4,071 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews428 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral12.4%
Negative35.7%

PocketKnife Projects

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

EasyNotes

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Export to PDF not working
  • Sync issues
  • Picky about Apple Pencil input
  • Widget not mirroring note colors
  • Unable to access photos on Apple devices
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  • Issues with copying and pasting notes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to create sub-folders within categories
  • Dark mode option
  • Family sharing
  • Better device sync and transfer options
  • More font and color customization options
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  • View mode to prevent keyboard/image opening during presentations

PocketKnife Projects

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

EasyNotes

Subscriptions6
  • VIP - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • VIP - Yearly$7.991 Year
  • VIP - Yearly$11.491 Year
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  • VIP - Yearly$14.491 Year
  • VIP - Yearly$16.991 Year
  • VIP - Yearly3 Days trial$16.991 Year
One-time4
  • VIP - Lifetime$14.99
  • VIP - Lifetime$20.99
  • VIP - Lifetime$26.99
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  • VIP - Lifetime$29.99
None

PocketKnife Projects

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EasyNotes free?
EasyNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PocketKnife Projects free?
PocketKnife Projects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EasyNotes or PocketKnife Projects?
PocketKnife Projects is rated higher. EasyNotes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while PocketKnife Projects averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do EasyNotes or PocketKnife Projects have ads?
EasyNotes shows ads; PocketKnife Projects does not.
Which is updated more often, EasyNotes or PocketKnife Projects?
EasyNotes ships an update every 9 days, and PocketKnife Projects every 3 weeks. Most recently, EasyNotes was updated on October 24, 2026 and PocketKnife Projects on October 6, 2026.

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