Qingji vs Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qingji
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An ordinary day can still be worth keeping. Your favorite coffee. A conversation that made you smile. A little feeling you don't want to forget. Save it in Qingji, one note at a time. You don't need a perfect diary entry to begin. LEAVE YOURSELF A LITTLE NOTE Pin thoughts, feelings and small plans to your board. Tap the voice button to turn speech into text, or hold it to record a voice note you can play back later. Keep up to 10 photos together in one photo note and swipe through them whenever you like. MAKE A PAGE THAT FEELS LIKE YOU Add tape to a photo, a cat beside a sentence, or a few lines of your own. Move and rotate words, photos, stickers and doodles on the canvas. Go full screen for more room to create. Journal editing is included with membership. LET BUDDY HELP WITH THE LAYOUT Members can choose the day's notes and photos, share a mood, and pick a style. Try a simple or complex layout, then keep editing every element yourself. Make another version or undo to return to the previous page. You can leave the editor while a layout is being generated and check its status in your journal list. FIND YOUR KIND OF CUTE Cats, flowers, food, travel treasures, paper scraps, tickets and tape. Explore animated stickers and English text designs, and collect the little details that make a page yours. All materials are included with membership. LOOK BACK AND SHARE Find notes and journals by date. With the same account, sync between iPhone and iPad when connected. Choose a frame, export your finished page as an image, and send a little piece of your day to someone you love. Some days are bright. Some are a little messy. They're all yours to keep. MEMBERSHIP AND STORAGE Monthly membership includes journal editing, automatic layouts, all materials, 1 GB of cloud storage, unlimited sharing, watermark removal and member-only sharing frames. An extra 1 GB of storage is available as a separate monthly subscription. Without membership, each journal can be shared once; canceled shares don't count. GETTING STARTED Your first visit requires an internet connection and sign-in with Apple, Google or email. The preview before sign-in is a demo and doesn't save real entries. Creating journals and using in-app subscriptions, renewals or offer codes requires Sign in with Apple. Journal editing and automatic layouts require an active membership. Accounts signed in with Google or email have 10 MB of cloud storage. SAVING AND PROCESSING Entries save to your device first and sync when connected. Keep the original device's data until syncing finishes. Speech-to-text doesn't save the original audio. Voice notes you choose to save are backed up and count toward cloud storage. Automatic layouts process selected text and compressed photos in the cloud; complex layouts also use a page preview. See the privacy policy for details. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Notes
Capture thoughts, reminders, and ideas in a secure, private space. Notes save automatically as you type, with fast search and optional biometric locking for your peace of mind. Organize with color-coding and choose from classic or modern themes.
- Automatic saving as you type
- Biometric note locking (Face ID/fingerprint)
- Fast search across all notes
- Color-coded organization
- Lined paper mode
- Modern and classic themes
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Stop losing your notes. Simple Notepad gives you a reliable place to write thoughts, reminders, and ideas that save automatically and stay completely private. • One-tap note creation - Open the app and start typing immediately • Auto-save as you type - Never lose a single word, even if your phone dies • Fast search across all notes - Find anything by typing a few words • Lock notes with Face ID or fingerprint - Keep private thoughts secure • Color-coded organization - Pick from 12 colors to sort your notes • Lined paper mode - Write on ruled lines with a classic red margin Perfect for busy parents tracking kids' schedules, students organizing study notes, or anyone who needs to capture thoughts quickly. Whether you're jotting down a grocery list during lunch or writing meeting notes between calls, this notepad works the way paper should work - except you can search it later. Choose between Modern theme for a clean look or Classic theme for a warm, paper-like feel. View notes as colorful cards or a simple list. Drag to reorder, long-press to delete, or share text through your phone's built-in share menu. Your notes live only on your device. No accounts, no syncing, no cloud storage. Just a simple, private notebook that saves everything automatically and finds it instantly when you need it. The app gets out of your way so you can focus on what matters - getting thoughts out of your head and onto the page. No complicated features, no learning curve, no subscription fees. Download Simple Notepad and start writing notes that actually stick around. Your thoughts deserve a safe place to live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notes at none against Qingji's 2. Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Qingji's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Qingji sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qingji | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuanyu Weilai (shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. | Stijn Aa |
In-app purchases
Qingji
- 1 GB Monthly Storage Upgrade$0.991 Month
- Standard Monthly Membership1 Month trial$2.991 Month
Notes
No in-app purchases









