Comparison

Yellow Note vs Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

Yellow Note

Instantly capture and synchronize your thoughts, tasks, and reminders across all your Apple devices. This powerful yet simple note-taking app helps you organize ideas, manage projects, and never forget a fleeting thought.

Highlights
  • Universal capture on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
  • Instant iCloud synchronization across devices
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Organize notes by project or theme
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Apple Watch companion for quick notes
Features
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Capture Your Ideas Instantly, Across All Your Apple Devices Yellow Note - Ultimate Note-Taking is the powerful and beautifully simple app designed to boost your productivity and never let a great idea slip away. Jot down thoughts, tasks, memos, and reminders on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch and experience seamless, instant synchronization across your entire ecosystem. Key Features for Maximum Productivity: Universal Capture: Create sticky notes anywhere, anytime. Use your iPhone on the go, your iPad for sketching, your Mac for deep work, or just raise your wrist and dictate a quick reminder to your Apple Watch. Your digital notepad is always within reach. Blazing Fast Sync: Your notes are instantly available on all devices. Start a note on your iPhone and it’s already waiting for you on your Mac. iCloud ensures your data is always up to date and secure. Simple & Intuitive Interface: Designed with a clean, focus-driven interface. No clutter, no learning curve. Just open the app and start typing. It’s the fastest way to capture a thought before you forget it. Organize Your Thoughts: Keep your memory sharp and your projects on track. Group notes by project, theme, or priority. Find any note in seconds with powerful search functionality. For Your Wrist: The ultimate Apple Watch companion for notes. Perfect for quickly adding grocery items to a list, capturing a brilliant idea on a walk, or setting a quick reminder without taking your phone out. Perfect for: Quick Notes & Memos: Replace paper sticky notes with a powerful digital alternative. Task Management & To-Do Lists: Keep your daily tasks and reminders in check. Project Planning & Brainstorming: Organize ideas and concepts for work or personal projects. Shopping Lists & Grocery Lists: Dictate your list to your Watch and check items off at the store. Memory Aid: Never forget a name, number, or fleeting thought again. Download Now and Transform Your Productivity! YellowNote is more than just a notepad; it's an extension of your memory. Optimize your workflow, declutter your mind, and ensure your best ideas are always saved and synced across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

About

Text Editor

A fast and simple editor for plain text, notes, and Markdown. Highlight Markdown as you type and switch to a preview mode. Your files are saved locally, offering full control and ownership of your writing.

Highlights
  • Live Markdown highlighting
  • Preview mode
  • Local file saving
  • Multiple themes
  • Find & Replace
  • Export options
Features
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A simple, fast editor for Markdown, notes, and code. Open it and start typing. There's no account to make and nothing to set up. Your Markdown is highlighted as you write — headings, bold, links, lists, code blocks — and when you want to see how it'll look, switch to Preview. Everything saves as a normal file in the Files app and iCloud Drive, so your writing stays yours: open it anywhere, move it, or back it up however you like. It's free to use, with what you need for everyday writing: • Live Markdown highlighting and a clean Preview • Four themes: System, Light, Dark, and Sepia • Find, a heading outline, and a live word count • A Markdown cheat sheet for when the syntax slips your mind • Your choice of font, size, and line spacing • Share or export as Markdown Text Editor Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: • Syntax highlighting in code blocks for Swift, Python, JavaScript, JSON, and more • Five more themes: Paper, Solarized Light, Solarized Dark, Nord, and Dracula • Focus and Typewriter modes for heads-down writing • Split View on iPad, so you can edit and preview at once • Line numbers • Find & Replace, with regular expressions • Writing stats: daily goals, streaks, and an all-time word count • Export to HTML and Rich Text It's made for iPhone and iPad, works with a hardware keyboard, supports dark mode, and fits into iPad multitasking. There are no ads and no tracking, and the app doesn't collect anything about you.

Screenshots

Yellow Note4 screens
Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Text Editor at free with in-app purchases against Yellow Note's paid. Yellow Note's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Yellow Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yellow Note against 5.0 for Text Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Yellow Note versus Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYellow NoteText Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTime LordJohn Haas

Customer experience

Yellow Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Text Editor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Yellow Note

One-time3
  • Home Pack$1.99
  • Work Pack$3.99
  • Project Pack$5.99
1 purchases

Text Editor

One-time1
  • Text Editor Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Yellow Note free?
Yellow Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yellow Note or Text Editor?
Yellow Note and Text Editor are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Yellow Note or Text Editor have ads?
Neither Yellow Note nor Text Editor shows ads.

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