Comparison

NotoJournal vs Tearpad

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

Head to head
About

NotoJournal

A private journaling app designed for daily reflection and mindfulness. It encourages consistent, pressure-free entries to foster clarity and personal growth.

Highlights
  • Private daily note-taking
  • Mindfulness focus
  • Consistency encouragement
  • Clarity building
  • Pressure-free reflection
Features
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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.

About

Tearpad

Features
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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.

Screenshots

NotoJournal4 screens
Tearpad3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tearpad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NotoJournal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
NotoJournal versus Tearpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotoJournalTearpad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrank PetrulloJoshua Hutchins

In-app purchases

None

NotoJournal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tearpad

One-time1
  • Support Tier$0.99

Questions

Is NotoJournal free?
NotoJournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tearpad free?
Tearpad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NotoJournal or Tearpad have ads?
Neither NotoJournal nor Tearpad shows ads.

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