Stupid Notes vs Stepaway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stupid Notes
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Stupid Notes for Clever People Stupid Notes is a minimalist note-taking app that focuses on what matters. No fancy formatting, just plain text and checklists. - Create multiple notepads to organize your thoughts - Move or copy notes between notepads - Stupid search helps you find exactly what you're looking for within your notepads. This app is designed for people who want a straightforward tool without unnecessary features or distractions. Open it, type your thoughts, and get on with your day. Perfect for shopping lists, quick ideas, daily tasks, or anything else you need to write down and find later. Upgrade to Stupid Pro to create unlimited Notepads. If you subscribe to Stupid Pro, payment will be charged to your Apple account and your account will be charged for renewal at the end of the current period. Auto-renewal can be turned off by going to settings in the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stupidnotes.com/privacy
Stepaway
This app helps you regain control over your digital habits by setting daily time limits for distracting applications. Schedule focused sessions to minimize interruptions during work or rest, and monitor your progress in building healthier screen time routines.
- Set daily app time limits
- Schedule focus sessions
- Track progress over time
- Works with Screen Time framework
- Build better app habits
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Step Away helps you take back control of your screen time — not by shaming you, but by helping you build better habits around the apps that distract you most. Set daily time limits for your most-used apps, schedule focus sessions to block distractions during work or sleep, and track your progress over time. Step Away works with Apple's Screen Time framework to gently enforce the boundaries you set for yourself. Step Away Premium is a subscription required to access the app's full features. Subscription pricing and terms are displayed at the time of purchase. Terms of Use: https://stepaway.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://stepaway.app/privacy
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Verdict
Stupid Notes and Stepaway are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Stupid Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year and Stepaway sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stupid Notes ships an update every 4 days, Stepaway weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stupid Notes | Stepaway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Pfluegl | Sidharth Sudhir |
In-app purchases
Stupid Notes
- Stupid Notes Pro$6.991 Year
Stepaway
- Weekly Pro Subscription$1.997 Days
- Monthly Pro Subscription$5.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Subscription$39.991 Year









