Jiff Note vs Simplio Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jiff Note
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Jiff Note is a private offline notes app for capturing ideas, journals, photos, videos, and voice notes on your device. Write quickly, stay organized, and keep personal information under your control. Your notes are stored locally, with support for locked notes, categories, pinned notes, and local backup and restore. Features: - Private offline notes stored on your device - Add text, photos, videos, and voice notes - Lock sensitive notes for extra privacy - Pin important notes to the top - Organize notes with custom categories - Personalize notes with colorful themes - Local backup and restore - Clean experience with no ads Premium: - Unlock more limits and advanced features with a one-time purchase. - No subscription.
Simplio Notepad
A minimalist notepad designed for quick note-taking without unnecessary features. It offers a clean interface, essential editing tools, and home screen widgets for easy access. Notes are stored locally and can sync via iCloud.
- One-tap opening
- Fast text editor
- Markdown support
- Home Screen widgets
- iCloud sync
- Export as text/PDF
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A notepad that opens in one tap and then stays out of your way. If you have watched the notes app you used for years grow into a database with AI panels, sign-in screens and a sidebar of features you never asked for, Simplio Notepad is the calm alternative. It is a minimal notepad for jotting quick notes, drafting an email, capturing a meeting line or thinking out loud — no account to create, no cloud you cannot turn off, no friction between the thought and the page. Open the app and you are already in a fast text editor with the cursor blinking. Type, paste, or dictate. Markdown, simple lists and checkboxes are there when you need structure, pin and archive keep the important notes within reach, and search finds the half-remembered line in seconds. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets surface today's note at a glance, so the scratchpad you started on the train is still one tap away when you sit down at the desk. Export any note as text or PDF when you need to hand it off to a document, an email or a colleague. The interface ships in 39 languages with full VoiceOver support, and the writing app stays deliberately quiet: no ads, no analytics, no engagement loops, no nudges trying to turn a notebook into a productivity system. A simple notepad for journalers, students, meeting note-takers and anyone who wants sticky notes, voice notes and markdown notes in one place that respects their time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simplio Notepad at none against Jiff Note's 1. Simplio Notepad also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Jiff Note's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.5). On price, ads 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. Jiff Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simplio Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jiff Note ships an update every 2 months, Simplio Notepad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jiff Note | Simplio Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小宇 王 | Bahattin Duran |
In-app purchases
Jiff Note
- Premium$12.99
Simplio Notepad
No in-app purchases









