Comparison

ZyNotes vs PrivateText

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

Head to head
About

ZyNotes

This app offers a secure, offline note-taking experience with no account required. It features a rich editor, to-do lists, image insertion, and PDF export. Customize your workspace and protect sensitive entries with a password.

Highlights
  • Fast and frictionless note-taking
  • Private and offline by default
  • Optional iCloud backup
  • Advanced note editor with rich formatting
  • Built-in to-do lists
  • Add photos to notes
  • Share notes as PDF
  • Lock and secure your notes
Features
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ZyNotes is a private offline notes app for your thoughts, diary and study notes. No account, no internet needed, and nobody else can read what you write. • PRIVATE NOTES THAT STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Your notes live on your iPhone or iPad, not on someone else’s server. No sign-up, no login and no data collection. Start writing the moment you open the app. • A THOUGHT JOURNAL AND STUDY DIARY IN ONE Sort every note into Diary, Study or Journal with one tap. Keep your private thoughts, daily journal and homework notes separate, and find any of them in seconds. • LOCK ANY NOTE Lock a single note with a password, a 4-digit PIN or Face ID. Only someone who can unlock it can read it. Perfect for a secret diary or anything personal. • WRITE THE WAY YOU LIKE Use headings, bold and italic text, checklists, numbered and bulleted lists, quotes and highlights. Add photos right inside a note and turn it into a study notebook you’ll actually want to reread. • VOICE NOTES Record a voice note when typing isn’t an option and keep it next to your written notes. • PRIVATE AI HELPER Ask the built-in note summarizer to shorten a long note, or chat with your notes to find what you wrote. It’s designed for privacy, like the rest of ZyNotes. • MORE YOU’LL LIKE To-do checklists inside any note, share a note as a PDF, light and dark themes, custom backgrounds and fonts. Made for students, journal writers and anyone who wants a simple, private place for their notes. Download ZyNotes and keep your notes yours. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://zynotes.pntapps.com/privacy

About

PrivateText

Features
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This simple app allows you to write daily notes, either managing them like you could do it in a diary or in an organizer, and just for this it presents two different modes of use. It is a stand-alone app and does not rely on any network server. The written content is encrypted and stored locally. The access is protected by a login password. The daily notes are accessible by means of an ordinary calendar page that blocks the access to the days in the future when used as a diary. From the calendar page the user can acces the Settings page where a new password can be set. The app offers an enhanced (premium) level of use, as an in-app purchase product, that adds the possibility to export the whole content written by the user, as a unique text file, organized day by day.

Screenshots

ZyNotes4 screens
PrivateText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ZyNotes at fortnightly against PrivateText's every 6 weeks. PrivateText's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ZyNotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and PrivateText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZyNotes ships an update fortnightly, PrivateText every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ZyNotes versus PrivateText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZyNotesPrivateText
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMd Imran AnsariApps Di Pizzocaro S.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ZyNotes

Subscriptions2
  • Zynotes Weekly Premium$3.997 Days
  • Zynotes Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zynotes Lifetime Access$39.99
1 purchases

PrivateText

One-time1
  • Premium level$0.49

Questions

Is ZyNotes free?
ZyNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrivateText free?
PrivateText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ZyNotes or PrivateText have ads?
Neither ZyNotes nor PrivateText shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZyNotes or PrivateText?
ZyNotes ships an update fortnightly, and PrivateText every 6 weeks. Most recently, ZyNotes was updated on October 12, 2026 and PrivateText on September 13, 2026.

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