Comparison

Papertone vs Type Notes

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

Head to head
About

Papertone

This app offers a nostalgic note-taking experience with a retro iOS aesthetic. It features skeuomorphic textures and physical notebook elements for a charming interface. Easily create, search, and manage your notes with a focus on simplicity and elegance.

Highlights
  • Skeuomorphic textures
  • Lined paper backgrounds
  • Retro Apple-style interface
  • Hidden settings shortcut
  • Note import/export
  • Time format options
Features
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Papertone is a simple, elegant note-taking app inspired by the golden era of iOS — complete with skeuomorphic textures, lined paper backgrounds, and nostalgic charm. Everything is built to feel like a physical notebook — soft shadows, realistic textures, and a retro Apple-style interface. Here's what you need to know: • Tap the + button in the top-right corner to create a new note. • Need to find something? Pull down on your notes list to reveal the search bar. • Tap to edit button to make changes on the note. • Don't forget, first line of the note will be the title. • Want to access settings? Tap the "Notes" header 5 times — it's a hidden shortcut to keep the interface clean. From the settings menu, you can: • Switch between 12-hour and 24-hour time formats • Import or export your notes • Delete all notes (careful, this can't be undone) Just open and start writing — no distractions, no complexity. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Type Notes

Features
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A real typewriter for your notes. Every key clacks. The carriage glides across the page, the bell rings at the end of the line, and a warm desk lamp lights your words late at night. Type Notes turns your iPhone, iPad and Mac into a beautiful vintage typewriter, made for journaling, letters, poems and everyday notes. FEEL EVERY KEYSTROKE • Real typewriter sounds and crisp haptics on every key • The carriage moves, the typebars strike, the bell rings at the margin • Roll the paper up and down by hand and hear the platen click • Rip a page out with a quick swipe to send it to the Trash • The light on your desk follows the time of day, and the lamp switches on at nightfall 12 TYPEWRITERS, 16 PAPERS Pick your mood: cream, onionskin, kraft, notebook, legal pad, graph, airmail, love letter, recipe card, midnight, washi, blueprint and more, plus seasonal stationery for autumn and Christmas. Then pick the machine: Classic, Rossa, Mint, Noir, Gold, Turquoise… SEAL IT WITH WAX Share any page as a typed sheet, an envelope closed with a red wax seal, or a postcard with its own stamp. Send it as an image, a PDF, a video or a GIF. BEAUTIFULLY FILED • A classic archive with folders, #tags and recent pages • Rubber stamps: Urgent, Confidential, Draft, Sent, Done, Idea • Search across all your pages • Version history and daily backups, so nothing is ever lost BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU • Import from Apple Notes, text and Markdown files • Export to Markdown, or share pages with other Type Notes users • Save to Type Notes from any app with the share extension • Add pages with Siri and Shortcuts PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your pages stay on your devices and sync through your own private iCloud, with your text encrypted. FREE TO WRITE Type Notes is free, with three classic typewriters, six papers and three envelopes to try. Type Notes+ unlocks every typewriter, every paper and unlimited envelopes, with one payment. Yours forever. No subscription. Family Sharing included. Slow down. Hear the keys. Write something today.

Screenshots

Papertone4 screens
Type Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Type Notes at Free against Papertone's $1.99. Type Notes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Papertone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, 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

Type Notes is free to download; Papertone costs $1.99 up front. Type Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Papertone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Papertone against 5.0 for Type Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Papertone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Type Notes's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Papertone versus Type Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPapertoneType Notes
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUSUF SAHAN TARHANJesus manuel Curreri

Customer experience

Papertone

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Type Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Papertone

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Type Notes

One-time1
  • Type Notes+$1.99

Questions

Is Papertone free?
Papertone costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Type Notes free?
Type Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Papertone or Type Notes?
Papertone and Type Notes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Papertone or Type Notes have ads?
Neither Papertone nor Type Notes shows ads.

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