Staff Notebooks vs 8bit World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Staff Notebooks
Create and manage handwritten music sheets digitally. This app allows musicians to compose, edit, and organize their musical ideas with ease. Perfect for songwriters and composers on the go.
- Handwritten music sheet creation
- Digital composition
- Editing tools
- Organization of musical ideas
- Mobile composing
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This is a music sheet note app.
8bit World
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Turn your iPhone into an 8-bit RPG world. Lay down pixel tiles — grassland, sea, desert, volcano — to draw your very own world map (wallpaper). Drop in characters and props to make a Home Screen you'll want to show off. Show the time, weather, countdowns and messages in retro RPG-style 8-bit window widgets. You can even reskin your app icons in 8-bit. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Design world-map wallpapers (52 terrains, 35 characters, 25 props) - Ready-made preset wallpapers (all free) - 8-bit window widgets: clock, date, weather, countdown, message, calendar & more - Reskin your app icons in 8-bit (20 presets) - A pixel editor to draw your own tiles, characters, icons and window frames (mirror, eyedropper, undo, grid guides) - Export your world as an animated GIF and share it - Photo widget support PRICING - Free to start. A one-time purchase unlocks everything (no subscription). - No ads. No watermark. Note: due to iOS, wallpapers are applied via "Save to Photos -> set in Settings." An in-app guide walks you through it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 8bit World at none against Staff Notebooks's 1. Staff Notebooks's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. Staff Notebooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 8bit World asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Staff Notebooks | 8bit World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (45 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Fumihiro Kawasaki |
In-app purchases
Staff Notebooks
- Paid Version$5.99
8bit World
No in-app purchases
