Nested Notes vs Itsypad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nested Notes
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Never lose your best ideas in flat lists again. Discover the clarity of nested organization — a structure that grows with you. Nest notes inside notes to build naturally structured ideas Save your notes securely in the cloud and access them from any device Drag and drop to easily organize and reorganize your notes Seamlessly navigate between notes and subnotes Format your notes with simple text styles like bold, italics, and more Share individual notes or entire chains of nested content We’re constantly improving the app to make your experience even better. Have suggestions? Contact us at: contact@nestedn.com
Itsypad
A fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for iPhone and iPad. It offers iCloud sync, auto-save, multi-tab functionality, and syntax highlighting for numerous languages. Manage your clipboard history, search entries, and sync notes seamlessly with its Mac counterpart.
- iCloud sync across devices
- Auto-save for continuous work
- Multi-tab note-taking
- Syntax highlighting for 185+ languages
- Markdown-compatible lists and checklists
- Clipboard history management
- Searchable clipboard history
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Itsypad is a tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for iPhone and iPad. SCRATCHPAD, ALWAYS IN YOUR POCKET - iCloud sync - scratch tabs sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Auto-save - content is continuously saved, never lose your work - Multi-tab - work on multiple notes and files at once - Syntax highlighting for 185+ languages with automatic language detection - Lists and checklists - markdown-compatible bullets, numbered lists, and checkboxes with toggle and strikethrough - Themes - multiple syntax highlighting themes included - Localized in 12 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and more CLIPBOARD MANAGER - Your full clipboard history from Mac, synced to your pocket via iCloud - Browse, search, and copy any entry right from your iPhone or iPad - Copy and paste inside the app to add new entries to your history - Searchable - filter history with highlighted matches WORKS WITH ITSYPAD FOR MAC Itsypad syncs your scratch tabs via iCloud. Start a note on your Mac, pick it up on your iPhone. Everything stays in sync automatically. --- The app is open source: https://github.com/nickustinov/itsypad-ios
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nested Notes at Free against Itsypad's $5.99. Nested Notes also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Itsypad's advantage is chart position (#70 vs unranked). On 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
Nested Notes is free to download; Itsypad costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nested Notes ships an update every 5 days, Itsypad monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nested Notes | Itsypad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #70 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brasilia Tec | Nikolajs Ustinovs |
In-app purchases
Nested Notes
No in-app purchases
Itsypad
No in-app purchases
