Comparison

Notebooks vs Simplify 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

Simplify Notes

Capture and organize handwritten notes, notebooks, and PDFs in one place. Create unlimited notebooks, draw naturally with Apple Pencil, and import PDFs to study, plan, or research. Reduce clutter and enhance focus with a calm, organized system.

Highlights
  • Unlimited notebooks
  • Natural handwriting and drawing
  • Apple Pencil support
  • PDF import and annotation
  • Folder organization
  • Add images and tags
  • Quick search and PDF export
Features
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CAPTURE EVERY IDEA. ORGANIZE EVERY SUBJECT. Simplify Notes brings handwritten notes, notebooks and PDFs together in one calm, organized place. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, create notebooks for every subject, organize your work into folders and keep important ideas easy to find. Whether you’re studying for an exam, attending a lecture or planning a personal project, everything stays clear and connected. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU STUDY • Create unlimited notebooks • Write and draw naturally • Use Apple Pencil on iPad • Import and work with PDFs • Organize notebooks into folders • Add images to your notes • Mark important content with tags and favorites • Search and find notes quickly • Export your work as PDF • Choose from multiple paper formats • Keep courses, projects and ideas together LESS CLUTTER. MORE FOCUS. Simplify Notes helps you reduce the mental load of scattered files, loose pages and disconnected ideas. Give every course, subject or project its own place, so you can focus on learning instead of searching. PERFECT FOR • College and university students • Lecture and class notes • Exam preparation • Research and assignments • Engineering and MBA studies • Personal projects • Everyday ideas and planning No account required. No subscription. Just open the app and start writing. Your ideas deserve a place you’ll actually remember.

Screenshots

Notebooks4 screens
Simplify Notes2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simplify Notes at 5.0 against Notebooks's 1.5. Notebooks's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simplify Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Notebooks versus Simplify Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebooksSimplify Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDroid-Veda LLPMario Guzman

Customer experience

Notebooks

All ratings10 ratings
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral23.1%
Negative61.5%

Simplify Notes

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

In-app purchases

None

Notebooks

No in-app purchases

None

Simplify Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notebooks free?
Notebooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simplify Notes free?
Simplify Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notebooks or Simplify Notes?
Simplify Notes is rated higher. Notebooks averages 1.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Simplify Notes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Notebooks or Simplify Notes have ads?
Both Notebooks and Simplify Notes show ads.

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