Comparison

My Notes vs Quick Scan to PDF

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

Head to head
About

My Notes

Capture ideas, manage tasks, and organize information with this versatile note-taking app. Create separate notebooks, use checklists, draw, record audio, and customize with themes. Secure your notes with a codelock and back them up to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Separate notebooks for organization
  • Daily checklists and to-do lists
  • Text formatting, drawing, and audio notes
  • Customizable backgrounds and themes
  • Home screen widget for quick access
  • Codelock for enhanced security
  • Cloud backup and restore
Features
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Get ready to experience the power of efficient note taking and task management with My Notes - Notebook, Notepad. This app is designed to be your go-to tool for capturing and managing all your ideas, thoughts, and important information in one place. This notebook with calendar will revolutionize the way you write down things and keep a log of your tasks. No need to wonder how to stay organized any longer! With My Notes - Notebook, Notepad, you can create separate notebooks for different subjects or projects, ensuring a well-organized workspace for lists or audio notes. Take advantage of its useful features such as daily checklists, drawing capabilities, text formatting, lovely backgrounds and themes, and a convenient widget that allows you to access your quick notes with ease. Also bear in mind that protection is important so you can keep your secrets safe with the built-in codelock feature. Say hello to a digital memo notepad that enhances your productivity and creativity! REDEFINING THE ART OF TAKING NOTES: Create separate notebooks for different purposes, keeping your writings organized and easily accessible. Use the checklists option to manage your tasks list and to-do lists efficiently, ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks. Capture your thoughts and ideas effortlessly with the ability to type, draw, or even record audio notes. Enhance your notebook with rich text formatting options, including bold, italic, underline, and bullet points. Archive writings that you no longer need but still want to keep for future reference. The archive feature helps you maintain a clean and organized color notes app. CUSTOMIZATION THAT SETS YOUR NOTEBOOKS APP APART: Choose from a wide range of attractive backgrounds and themes to personalize your notes taking experience. Adjust font sizes, colors, and styles to make your notes visually appealing and easy to read. Access your memo notes with ease using the convenient widget shown on your device's home screen just like sticky notes. MULTIMEDIA TO VISUALIZE YOUR IDEAS: Unleash your creativity and sketch or draw notes to illustrate your thoughts visually. Insert photos, images, and videos to create multimedia-rich entries that bring your memories and concepts to life. Record notes to capture lectures, interviews, or important discussions, ensuring you never miss a detail. PROTECT AND SECURE YOUR NOTE WRITER: Safeguard the thoughts that you jot down, a checklist or voice notes by backing them up to the cloud or internal storage. Set up a codelock to protect sensitive information like tasks schedule or an important to do list. Restore your notebook entries from previous backups, giving you peace of mind even if your device is lost, damaged, or replaced. WHY GO PREMIUM? Unlock the full potential of this new take notes app with the premium version, granting you access to advanced features and exclusive benefits, access to premium backgrounds, themes and additional customization options. Enjoy an ad-free experience, allowing you to focus solely on your creative moments and tasks without any distractions. Lifetime access with one-time payment is available for users, but you can choose the subscription plan as well that best suits your needs. We can offer you a Premium 1-year subscription or a 1-month subscription plan. Your iTunes account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the billing period. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription & turn off auto-renew. Any unused portion of the free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.ascendik.com/privacy-policy/ Do you have questions or feedback? Feel free to contact us at notebook.support@ascendik.com

About

Quick Scan to PDF

Features
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QuickScanToPDF turns paper into clean PDFs with a fast, private scanning workflow for everyday documents, receipts, forms, and notes. Open the app, choose the type of document you are scanning, capture pages with the iPhone or iPad camera, review the result, and export a shareable PDF. Recent PDFs stay available on device so you can reopen, search, share, or manage them without creating an account. Key features: - Scan paper documents, receipts, IDs, forms, notes, and contracts - Generate PDFs directly on device - Review, rotate, reorder, and retake pages before export - Search copied text with OCR-powered document tools - Merge, compress, watermark, protect, and export PDFs as images - Keep recent PDFs locally, with optional iCloud sync across Apple devices - No required account - No required server upload QuickScanToPDF is built for simple everyday scanning: paperwork, forms, notes, receipts, and files you need to turn into a PDF quickly while keeping control of where your documents live.

Screenshots

My Notes4 screens
Quick Scan to PDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Scan to PDF at none against My Notes's 8. Quick Scan to PDF also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). My Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. My Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Quick Scan to PDF asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Notes ships an update every 11 days, Quick Scan to PDF every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Notes versus Quick Scan to PDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy NotesQuick Scan to PDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMARKO NIKOLIC PR RACUNARSKO PROGRAMIRANJE ASCENDIK NISTarun Agarwal

In-app purchases

8 purchases

My Notes

Subscriptions5
  • My Notes Premium (monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Limited offer Premium (yearly)$14.991 Year
  • My Notes Premium (yearly)3 Days trial$18.991 Year
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  • My Notes Premium (yearly)$18.991 Year
  • My Notes Premium user (yearly)$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Limited offer Pro (lifetime)$29.99
  • My Notes Premium (lifetime)$34.99
  • My Notes Premium (lifetime)$69.99
None

Quick Scan to PDF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Notes free?
My Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Scan to PDF free?
Quick Scan to PDF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Notes or Quick Scan to PDF have ads?
My Notes shows ads; Quick Scan to PDF does not.
Which is updated more often, My Notes or Quick Scan to PDF?
My Notes ships an update every 11 days, and Quick Scan to PDF every 5 days. Most recently, My Notes was updated on October 1, 2026 and Quick Scan to PDF on October 1, 2026.

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