Comparison

Notes for iPad vs majored

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

Head to head
About

Notes for iPad

Transform your iPad into a digital notebook with a natural writing experience using Apple Pencil. Organize your life with over 60 templates, add stickers, and sync across devices. Perfect for students, professionals, and creatives.

Highlights
  • Natural handwriting with Apple Pencil
  • 60+ professionally designed templates
  • Extensive sticker library and import options
  • Unlimited notebooks with custom covers
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Export notes as PDF
Features
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Your perfect digital notebook. Notes for iPad Pencil Planner is a beautifully designed note-taking app that transforms your iPad into an endless paper canvas. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, plan your life with stunning templates, and organize everything in one place. Whether you're a student capturing lectures, a professional planning projects, or a creative sketching ideas — Notes for iPad is the essential tool to capture, organize, and bring your thoughts to life. YOUR ALL-IN-ONE DIGITAL NOTEBOOK • Write, sketch, and draw with realistic Apple Pencil support • Choose from multiple pen styles, colors, and thicknesses • Add typed text with customizable fonts and formatting • Mix handwriting with images and stickers seamlessly 60+ PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED TEMPLATES • Daily planners and to-do lists to organize your day • Weekly and monthly calendars for long-term planning • Habit trackers to build better routines • Meal planners and grocery lists for healthy eating • Workout logs and fitness trackers to reach your goals • Budget sheets and expense trackers for financial control • Meeting notes and project planning templates • And many more — new templates added regularly STICKERS & PERSONALIZATION • 1000+ beautiful stickers to decorate your notes • Categories: productivity, wellness, celebrations, seasons • Import your own photos and custom stickers • Resize, rotate, and layer elements freely STAY ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Create unlimited notebooks for different areas of life • Convenient sidebar for quick page navigation • Custom covers and colors for each notebook • Archive completed notebooks to keep things tidy SYNC & SHARE • iCloud sync keeps your notes updated across devices • Export any page or entire notebook as PDF • Share your notes via email, AirDrop, or any app DESIGNED FOR COMFORT • Beautiful dark mode for nighttime note-taking • Clean, distraction-free interface • Optimized specifically for iPad's large display • Smooth, lag-free performance Your ideas deserve a beautiful home. Notes for iPad combines the freedom of paper with the power of digital — giving you the perfect space to plan, create, and organize your life. Support: hello@britetodo.com Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ A subscription or one-time purchase is required to access premium templates and features. Weekly, Yearly, and Lifetime Access options are available.

About

majored

Organize your entire semester in one app. Track courses, assignments, and exams with smart reminders and a built-in focus timer. Stay on top of your studies with a clean, native experience across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Course organization and topic breakdown
  • Integrated class schedule and personal calendar
  • Assignment and exam deadline tracking with subtasks
  • Customizable reminders for deadlines and exams
  • Built-in Pomodoro focus timer with breaks
  • Home Screen widgets for quick access
  • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
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One app for school and college. Courses. Schedule. Deadlines. Exams. Grades. Focus. majored pulls your entire semester into one place — and then gets out of your way. majored organizes everything around your courses, so your studies stop living in a dozen scattered apps. Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. YOUR COURSES, IN ORDER Add every class, break it into topics, and watch the progress rings fill as the semester moves. A SCHEDULE THAT FITS YOUR WEEK Day, week, and month views. Your class timetable, lectures, and personal life on one calendar. NEVER MISS A DEADLINE Assignments and projects with subtasks and priorities — grouped from Overdue to Later. Exams come with their own study topics, so prep starts early. Notifications keep deadlines from sneaking up on you. GRADES AND CREDITS Add your grades to each course and see its average. Pick one of 13 grading scales, from US letter grades with GPA to percentages and pass/fail. Give your courses credits and the term average is weighted by them. REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE IN TIME A week before the exam and the day before, at the time you set. The same for every deadline. STAY FOCUSED, SEE IT ADD UP A built-in Pomodoro timer keeps your study sessions on track — start, pause, and skip phases straight from an interactive Home Screen widget. Your focus dashboard tracks sessions, streaks, and study hours for every course. BREAKS BUILT INTO THE TIMER Short and long breaks are part of the cycle, not an afterthought — with a sound and a banner the moment a block ends, so you actually stop. ON EVERY HOME SCREEN More widgets put today's plan, your next deadlines, and your focus stats one glance away. Tap a class or a deadline in a widget and majored opens it. iCloud keeps iPhone, iPad, and Mac in sync — automatically, with no extra account. MADE TO LIVE WITH Your own accent color and a design built to feel at home on Apple devices. ARCHIVE A COURSE, KEEP EVERYTHING Set up your term, from a semester to a school year. When it ends, majored helps you move into the next one: archive the courses you are done with and carry the rest over. Archived courses keep everything inside them. Nothing is ever deleted, and one tap brings them back. majored is free with up to 4 courses. Pro unlocks unlimited courses — monthly, yearly, or bought once: unlimited access that never renews and never expires. Every other feature is already free, and always will be. School and college, finally in one place. ——— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://majored.app/privacy

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Notes for iPad at 374 against majored's 1. Notes for iPad also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). majored's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Notes for iPad sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and majored sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

majored holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes for iPad has 374 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes for iPad ships an update every 2 weeks, majored weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notes for iPad versus majored: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes for iPadmajored
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (374 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings374 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrite Technologies LLCFelix Straub

Customer experience

Notes for iPad

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

majored

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

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Notes for iPad

Subscriptions5
  • Notes for iPad - weekly$5.997 Days
  • Weekly Plus$7.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$17.991 Month
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  • Notes for iPad for a year3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99
3 purchases

majored

Subscriptions2
  • Majored Pro$2.991 Month
  • Majored Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Majored Pro (Lifetime)$49.00

Questions

Is Notes for iPad free?
Notes for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is majored free?
majored is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notes for iPad or majored?
majored is rated higher. Notes for iPad averages 4.7 out of 5 from 374 ratings, while majored averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notes for iPad or majored have ads?
Neither Notes for iPad nor majored shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes for iPad or majored?
Notes for iPad ships an update every 2 weeks, and majored weekly. Most recently, Notes for iPad was updated on October 31, 2026 and majored on October 24, 2026.

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