Comparison

Notes vs OffMemory

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

Head to head
About

Notes

This app helps you quickly jot down ideas, manage daily tasks, and stay organized with colorful notes and customizable notebooks. Easily sort, tag, and find important information, and share your notes in various formats.

Highlights
  • Quick note creation
  • Color-coded notes
  • Notebook organization
  • Note reminders
  • Note formatting
  • Export and share notes
Features
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Looking for a simple and fast notes app to write down ideas, manage daily notes, and stay organized anytime? Note pad app helps save ideas quickly and keep everything in one place. It works as a smart notepad and notebook for personal, work, and study use. Create quick notes, use color notes, and keep important ideas easy to find. Daily planning and important notes stay simple and clear with an app designed for fast note-taking. Why Choose Notepad App? Quick Notes > With note taking app, create notes instantly with a single tap > Notebooks app gives a clear and focused writing experience. > Write short reminders or long notes. > Notesapp automatically saves all your notes. > Easily find any note by using the search. Organize Notes Easily > Easy notes app lets you create notebooks for better organization. > Sort notes by date, title, or color in the note pad app. > Use tags and labels with write notes app to filter notes. > Pin important notes at the top using the color notes app. > Archive old notes safely. Colorful Notes & Notebooks > Add colors to your notes with daily notes app. > Use color notes to separate work, personal, and daily notes. > Customize backgrounds and text colors. > Visual organization becomes easier with note book app. > Quickly recognize notes by color using the sticky notes app. Daily Notes & Reminders > Create daily notes easily. > Set reminders so you never forget important tasks > Plan your day better using the Notepad. > Track goals and to-do lists with the notebooks app > Stay productive every day using the color note app Customize Your Notes > Format notes with bold, italic, and underline in the daily notes app > Create bullet points and numbered lists. > Highlight important text using the sticky notes app > Add emojis and symbols to your notes > Edit, copy, and paste content smoothly in the note pad app Share Your Notes > Export notes as text, PDF, or image in the color note app. > Share notes via email, messaging, or social media. > Copy notes to the clipboard quickly using the Notepad app. > Easily share notes with friends or teammates. > Backup notes securely with the notebook app We value feedback! Suggestions help make the app better. Share thoughts and reviews to improve it. Thanks for the support! Privacy Policy: https://extramartllc.blogspot.com/2026/01/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://extramartllc.blogspot.com/2026/01/terms-of-use.html

About

OffMemory

This encrypted diary keeps your thoughts private on your device. Features include password protection, writing prompts, and visual insights into your writing habits. Securely back up and restore your entries.

Highlights
  • AES-256 encrypted notes
  • Password and Face ID protection
  • Writing prompts
  • Yearly writing heat map
  • Home-screen widget
  • Markdown toolbar and organization
  • Encrypted backup and restore
Features
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OffMemory is a fully encrypted diary — your words stay on this device. Every note, title, photo and drawing is locked with AES-256, and the password is derived with Argon2id, so guessing it offline is expensive. No cloud, no servers, no ads. FOUR APPS, ONE DIARY — MOVE NOTES WHEN YOU WANT Native on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, and one purchase covers all four. Each app keeps its own encrypted library on that device, and there is no automatic sync. To move notes, bring two devices close, pair once with a 6-digit code and tick what to send — straight over your own Wi-Fi, with no server and no internet connection needed. Anything captured on the watch waits in a sync queue and reaches the iPhone even when you are offline. It opens and you write Layered materials, a restrained type scale, a hairline border instead of shadows, and light or dark following the system. Every touch target was audited for size and contrast — a journal that does not compete for attention: writing first, features second. Three things worth calling out 1. Second Vault: set a second, decoy password. Unlocking with it opens a separate space where your real journal is not visible — separate database, separate keys, separate media folders, not merely a hidden entrance. 2. Apple Watch: capture from your wrist, entries wait in a sync queue so nothing is lost offline, and you can lock the phone from your wrist. No new permissions, and the watch never keeps note text. 3. On-device summaries on Apple Intelligence devices: summarise, suggest a title or reflect. Nothing leaves the device. Key features 1. Password protection with Face ID; the app locks itself when it leaves the foreground 2. Recovery code: write it down once and your notes stay readable even if you forget the password 3. Per-note lock: one entry behind its own Face ID check, separate from the app lock 4. Time Capsule: a letter to your future self, sealed until the day you choose 5. Full Markdown toolbar with inline sizes and colours, folders, tags, favourites, moods and a writing calendar 6. Event date: date an entry by when it happened, separately from when you wrote it 7. Insights: a year of writing as a heat map, with streaks, active days and average length 8. Year in Review: a year on one page; the optional share card carries statistics only, never note text 9. Optional Spotlight index — titles only, off by default, never locked notes, never note bodies 10. Home-screen widget and Lock Screen control (iOS 18+) 11. Export to PDF, Obsidian-ready Markdown or mood CSV; an encrypted backup restores on a new iPhone 12. Transfer between devices: bring two devices close, pair once with a 6-digit code, tick the notes to send — over your own local network, with no server in between Download free — your first three entries are free to write; a one-time purchase then unlocks unlimited writing, forever. iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, 15 languages.

Screenshots

Notes4 screens
OffMemory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OffMemory at every 4 days against Notes's monthly. OffMemory also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (5 vs 3). Notes's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year and OffMemory 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

OffMemory holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes ships an update monthly, OffMemory every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Notes versus OffMemory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotesOffMemory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEXTRA MART LLC良 史

Customer experience

Notes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

OffMemory

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

OffMemory

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited Notes$6.99

Questions

Is Notes free?
Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OffMemory free?
OffMemory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notes or OffMemory?
OffMemory is rated higher. Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while OffMemory averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notes or OffMemory have ads?
Neither Notes nor OffMemory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes or OffMemory?
Notes ships an update monthly, and OffMemory every 4 days. Most recently, Notes was updated on November 9, 2026 and OffMemory on November 6, 2026.

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