Comparison

Notebooks vs Penta Notes

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

Head to head
About

Notebooks

Organize your thoughts and ideas with a digital notebook. Create multiple notebooks, customize covers, and protect them with passwords. Easily search, attach images, and convert notes to PDF.

Highlights
  • Multiple customizable notebooks
  • Password protection
  • Page titles and bookmarking
  • Freehand drawing
  • Image attachments
  • PDF conversion
  • Google Drive backup
Features
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Take notes and even attach your free hand drawing, everything in style and completely without papers! Create multiple notebooks for every subject and avoid messing up your notes. Notebooks is the only application you will ever need for all your note making needs. Designed with flexibility and ease of use in mind, taking notes is now at it simplest with our application. With multiple colors and custom title for each notebook cover, you will enjoy creating a notebook for every subject you want. Notebooks is a must have application for students, business men and for anyone using their phones and tablets for taking notes. Features: 1. Create multiple notebooks. 2. Customizable cover, title, number of pages for every notebook. 3. Password protected. 4. Set a title for every page. 5. Instant search within each notebook. 6. Attach image files. 7. Bookmark a page. 8. Create your own free hand drawing. 9. Easily find your entries. 10. Set theme for each notebook. 11. Convert the entire Notebook to PDF with attachments. (Currently supports English only) 12. Backup/Restore. (***Option available in the menu of the Notebooks screen. Some devices will not have the hardware menu button on the device, in that case 'long press' the 'All Apps' button to get the menu on the app***) 13. Backup to Google Drive FAQs: http://www.droidveda.com/faq/faq_notebooks.html How to use? 1. Use '+' mark in the home screen to create new books. 2. Long tap on any book to edit/delete the book. 3. Use 'Password' option to set/reset the password. 4. On the Page tap on Page Header to set the Title for the page. 5. Make use of different editing options provided at the bottom of the page.

About

Penta Notes

Features
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Penta Notes is a fast, secure AI notes app, notepad, and notebook to write, organize, and protect your ideas. Create notes, checklists, and reminders — all in one simple and powerful notepad. Whether you’re writing quick notes, managing tasks, or organizing important information, Penta Notes makes note-taking simple, smart, and efficient. Main Features: - Quick Notes: Write notes, memos, and ideas instantly - AI Assistant: Generate titles, summarize, format, correct spelling, and translate - Checklists & Tasks: Stay organized with to-do lists - Reminders: Never miss important notes - Safe Mode: Use a decoy PIN to open a separate set of notes and protect your real data - Privacy Screen: Automatically hide content when switching apps - Secure Notes: Lock notes with a password, biometrics, and encryption - Quick Templates: Insert reusable text instantly to write faster - Custom Fonts: Personalize your notes with different fonts - Fast Search: Find any note instantly - PDF Export: Share or print notes easily - QR Code: Generate QR codes from notes or scan to add notes instantly - Backup & Sync: Keep your notes safe across devices Penta Notes is your all-in-one notepad for notes, tasks, and AI-powered productivity. If you have any issues, please contact us: Email: notepenta@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pentanote X: https://x.com/penta_notes Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pentanotes.firebaseapp.com/policy.txt

Screenshots

Notebooks4 screens
Penta Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notebooks at none against Penta Notes's 2. Penta Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 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. Penta Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Notebooks asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notebooks versus Penta Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebooksPenta Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDroid-Veda LLPPhu Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Notebooks

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Penta Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Penta Notes Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Penta Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Notebooks free?
Notebooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penta Notes free?
Penta Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notebooks or Penta Notes have ads?
Notebooks shows ads; Penta Notes does not.

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