Comparison

Paint Notes vs Qingji

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

Head to head
About

Paint Notes

Features
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Paint Notes replaces paper notebooks, providing a brand new electronic note taking experience. -Supports handwriting and text input, and can also add images, stickers, and graffiti. -Multiple types of paper can be selected with just one click, making it more convenient and concise to use. -Importing PDF is convenient for browsing, and you can make annotations and notes according to your needs. -Supports iPad, combined with Apple Pence, allows for free adjustment and performance. -Customize brush colors, thickness, and unleash unlimited creative potential. -Paperless management, which used to require a pile of paper notebooks to achieve sorting effects, can now be easily implemented on electronic apps. -Put notes in a folder, organize them in an orderly manner, and categorize and organize them according to projects, courses, or themes to keep them tidy -The powerful search function makes it easy to find notes from a long time ago. More features are continuously improving, and your support is our driving force!!!

About

Qingji

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An ordinary day can still be worth keeping. Your favorite coffee. A conversation that made you smile. A little feeling you don't want to forget. Save it in Qingji, one note at a time. You don't need a perfect diary entry to begin. LEAVE YOURSELF A LITTLE NOTE Pin thoughts, feelings and small plans to your board. Tap the voice button to turn speech into text, or hold it to record a voice note you can play back later. Keep up to 10 photos together in one photo note and swipe through them whenever you like. MAKE A PAGE THAT FEELS LIKE YOU Add tape to a photo, a cat beside a sentence, or a few lines of your own. Move and rotate words, photos, stickers and doodles on the canvas. Go full screen for more room to create. Journal editing is included with membership. LET BUDDY HELP WITH THE LAYOUT Members can choose the day's notes and photos, share a mood, and pick a style. Try a simple or complex layout, then keep editing every element yourself. Make another version or undo to return to the previous page. You can leave the editor while a layout is being generated and check its status in your journal list. FIND YOUR KIND OF CUTE Cats, flowers, food, travel treasures, paper scraps, tickets and tape. Explore animated stickers and English text designs, and collect the little details that make a page yours. All materials are included with membership. LOOK BACK AND SHARE Find notes and journals by date. With the same account, sync between iPhone and iPad when connected. Choose a frame, export your finished page as an image, and send a little piece of your day to someone you love. Some days are bright. Some are a little messy. They're all yours to keep. MEMBERSHIP AND STORAGE Monthly membership includes journal editing, automatic layouts, all materials, 1 GB of cloud storage, unlimited sharing, watermark removal and member-only sharing frames. An extra 1 GB of storage is available as a separate monthly subscription. Without membership, each journal can be shared once; canceled shares don't count. GETTING STARTED Your first visit requires an internet connection and sign-in with Apple, Google or email. The preview before sign-in is a demo and doesn't save real entries. Creating journals and using in-app subscriptions, renewals or offer codes requires Sign in with Apple. Journal editing and automatic layouts require an active membership. Accounts signed in with Google or email have 10 MB of cloud storage. SAVING AND PROCESSING Entries save to your device first and sync when connected. Keep the original device's data until syncing finishes. Speech-to-text doesn't save the original audio. Voice notes you choose to save are backed up and count toward cloud storage. Automatic layouts process selected text and compressed photos in the cloud; complex layouts also use a page preview. See the privacy policy for details. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Paint Notes3 screens
Qingji4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paint Notes at none against Qingji's 2. Paint Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Qingji sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Paint Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Paint Notes versus Qingji: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaint NotesQingji
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer香屏 许Yuanyu Weilai (shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Paint Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Qingji

Subscriptions2
  • 1 GB Monthly Storage Upgrade$0.991 Month
  • Standard Monthly Membership1 Month trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Paint Notes free?
Paint Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Qingji free?
Qingji is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Paint Notes or Qingji have ads?
Neither Paint Notes nor Qingji shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paint Notes or Qingji?
Paint Notes ships an update weekly, and Qingji weekly. Most recently, Paint Notes was updated on October 25, 2026 and Qingji on October 25, 2026.

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