NotoJournal vs Tearpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NotoJournal
A private journaling app designed for daily reflection and mindfulness. It encourages consistent, pressure-free entries to foster clarity and personal growth.
- Private daily note-taking
- Mindfulness focus
- Consistency encouragement
- Clarity building
- Pressure-free reflection
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Noto Journal is your private space to slow down and write one honest note a day. Designed for mindfulness, consistency, and clarity, Noto helps you reflect without pressure — just one entry, once a day.
Tearpad
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I kept opening my notes app to jot down one quick thing and getting hit with folders, tags, and a pile of old notes I forgot to delete. I just wanted a pad of paper. So I made one. Tearpad opens straight to today's page. Cursor's already blinking, so you just write. There's no title to fill in, nothing to file, no place to put it. When tomorrow rolls around, it turns to a clean page on its own. Yesterday's is one swipe back, curling away like a real notebook. That's really the whole thing. It's for the notes you'd scribble on a sticky and throw out later. A phone number, a grocery list, the two things you have to do before lunch. Stuff that doesn't need a filing system. What you get: • Opens to today every single time • A fresh page shows up on its own, so you're never staring at last week's leftovers • Swipe to flip back through your old pages • Checklists, bullets, and numbered lists, right there in the text • A few paper colors, textures, and typefaces if you want to make it yours • No account, no sign in, nothing to set up If you like it, there's one optional purchase that unlocks the extras. It's a one time thing. I'm not going to charge you every month for a notepad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NotoJournal at none against Tearpad's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tearpad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NotoJournal asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | NotoJournal | Tearpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frank Petrullo | Joshua Hutchins |
In-app purchases
NotoJournal
No in-app purchases
Tearpad
- Support Tier$0.99









