Comparison

Penta Notes vs LockNotes

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

Head to head
About

Penta Notes

Features
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Penta Notes is a fast, secure AI notes app, notepad, and notebook to write, organize, and protect your ideas. Create notes, checklists, and reminders β€” all in one simple and powerful notepad. Whether you’re writing quick notes, managing tasks, or organizing important information, Penta Notes makes note-taking simple, smart, and efficient. Main Features: - Quick Notes: Write notes, memos, and ideas instantly - AI Assistant: Generate titles, summarize, format, correct spelling, and translate - Checklists & Tasks: Stay organized with to-do lists - Reminders: Never miss important notes - Safe Mode: Use a decoy PIN to open a separate set of notes and protect your real data - Privacy Screen: Automatically hide content when switching apps - Secure Notes: Lock notes with a password, biometrics, and encryption - Quick Templates: Insert reusable text instantly to write faster - Custom Fonts: Personalize your notes with different fonts - Fast Search: Find any note instantly - PDF Export: Share or print notes easily - QR Code: Generate QR codes from notes or scan to add notes instantly - Backup & Sync: Keep your notes safe across devices Penta Notes is your all-in-one notepad for notes, tasks, and AI-powered productivity. If you have any issues, please contact us: Email: notepenta@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pentanote X: https://x.com/penta_notes Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pentanotes.firebaseapp.com/policy.txt

About

LockNotes

Keep important notes and to-dos visible directly on your phone's Lock Screen. Quickly check off tasks, organize projects with boards and lists, and personalize your notes with various styles and handwriting options. Collaborate with friends in real-time on shared notes.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen notes and widgets
  • Task completion without unlocking
  • Boards and lists for project organization
  • Customizable paper and ink styles
  • Handwriting and drawing tools
  • Real-time collaborative notes
  • Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
Features
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Your notes live on the Lock Screen. You see them every time you pick up your phone β€” nothing to unlock, no app to open, nothing to forget. You wrote it down and never looked at it again. LockNotes fixes that by putting the note where your eyes already go. β–  Tick off tasks without unlocking Today's to-do list, the groceries, the thing you keep forgetting. Tap it right on the Lock Screen and it's done β€” the widget updates instantly. β–  Boards and lists for the bigger stuff A trip, a move, a school project. Make a board, add lists and cards, and pin the one that matters to your Lock Screen. Use it as a planner, or as a simple checklist. β–  150 papers to pick from Paper color, ink color, grid or lines or dots. Pinch through 150 designs until one sits right on top of your wallpaper. β–  Handwrite, draw, doodle Seven pens β€” pencil, crayon, marker, fountain, watercolor and more. Scribble the way you would on a real sticky note. Drop in doodles and photos from your library as stickers. β–  34 fonts Handwritten faces that read like a real notebook, and clean ones for when you want it tidy. Latin, Japanese, Korean and more. β–  Write together, live Share a note or a board with a friend using one code. You both write on the same paper and you both watch it change β€” live, on both Lock Screens. β–  A nudge, if you want one Set a daily reminder and pick the time. Or don't β€” the note sits there patiently either way. β–  Yours by default Notes stay on your device. Only what you choose to share goes to the cloud, only after you agree, and ending a share deletes it. Also inside: a Home Screen widget, a Live Activity, a diary of everything you have written, and 50+ hand-drawn app icons to match your mood. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Penta Notes4 screens
LockNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockNotes at none against Penta Notes's 2. Penta Notes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Penta Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LockNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Penta Notes versus LockNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenta NotesLockNotes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyFortnightlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
Monetizationβ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size96 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhu NguyenHiPups inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Penta Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Penta Notes Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Penta Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Year
None

LockNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penta Notes free?
Penta Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockNotes free?
LockNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Penta Notes or LockNotes have ads?
Neither Penta Notes nor LockNotes shows ads.

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