Comparison

Notepad vs Panoo

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

Capture ideas, tasks, and memories with a beautifully designed note-taking app. It offers rich text editing, to-do lists, reminders, and password protection for your private notes. Organize everything effortlessly with categories and fast search.

Highlights
  • Quick notes and rich text editing
  • Daily journal and diary
  • To-do lists and checklists
  • Reminders for tasks and dates
  • Password protection for private notes
  • Organize notes with categories
  • Handwritten notes and sketches
Features
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Capture ideas, tasks, and memories effortlessly. Notepad is beautifully designed for daily writing, planning, and staying organized. Features Quick notes and rich text editing Daily journal and diary To-do lists and checklists Reminders for important tasks and dates Beautiful themes with Light & Dark Mode Fast search across all your notes Password protection for private notes Custom fonts and font sizes Handwritten notes and sketches Organize notes with categories Whether it's a quick thought, shopping list, meeting note, or detailed plan, Notepad keeps everything organized in one place. Premium Subscription Weekly Premium – $5.99/week Monthly Premium – $19.99/month Yearly Premium – $149.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime from your Apple Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://altranotes.blogspot.com/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Panoo

Features
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Panoo turns your notes into something you actually want to look at: colorful paper notes, pinned to a warm cork board. Write a note, choose its paper, its pattern and its pin, then drag it anywhere on the board. It looks like the board above your desk, and that is exactly the point. Notes you can see are notes you remember. A REAL WIDGET, NOT A SCREENSHOT You choose which note goes on your Home Screen. Add several widgets and give each one a different note. Edit the note and the widget updates itself. Small, medium and large on iPhone, plus an extra large size on iPad. IT SYNCS BETWEEN YOUR DEVICES Turn on iCloud sync and your notes and boards move between iPhone and iPad on their own. There is no server of ours in between: the data sits in your own iCloud storage. Leave it off and Panoo keeps working completely offline. YOU BUILD THE BOARD • 7 frame designs: plain wood, classic moulding, rope, aluminium, carved and more • 16 frame colors and two corner shapes, so hundreds of combinations • 15 paper patterns: plain, lined, grid, stripes, zigzag, hearts, stars • 12 pins: classic thumbtacks, glass beads, flowers, stars, even a little cat • 9 color palettes for your paper • 4 fonts, including handwriting • Light and dark theme, both free MORE THAN A PRETTY BOARD • Checklists: ticked items get a line through them, visible right on the board • Mark a finished note as done and spot it on the board at a glance • Reminders: a notification at the exact time you choose • Several boards: keep work, home and shopping apart • Pinch a note to resize it, twist it to any angle • Share any note as an image • Landscape on iPhone, and the whole app rotates on iPad BUILT FOR • Anyone who keeps paper sticky notes on a desk • People who live off shopping lists and to-do lists • Students and workers who want class, meeting and idea notes in plain sight • Anyone who wants a Home Screen worth looking at YOUR NOTES STAY YOURS No account. No sign-up. No ads, not one, in any form. Panoo never sends your notes to a server of ours. With iCloud sync on, the data only goes to the iCloud storage of your own Apple Account. FREE AND PREMIUM Panoo is free to use, and the free version is not crippled: unlimited notes, unlimited boards, unlimited reminders, iCloud sync, light and dark theme, 5 paper patterns, 3 pins, 3 frame designs, 4 frame colors, 2 palettes, 2 fonts and one widget note. Panoo Premium unlocks the rest: every pattern, pin, frame design and frame color, every palette and font, and as many widget notes as you want. Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Pay once and it stays yours; restore it any time on any device signed in to the same Apple Account. SUPPORT Questions and ideas: info@koalstudios.com Privacy Policy: https://koalstudios.com/en/panoo/privacy Terms of Use: https://koalstudios.com/en/panoo/terms

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
Panoo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Panoo at none against Notepad's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notepad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Panoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 2 weeks, Panoo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Notepad versus Panoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadPanoo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB60 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHevin Technoweb LLPKORAY ALAGOZ

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro Access3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Access3 Days trial$20.991 Month
  • yearly Pro Access3 Days trial$149.991 Year
1 purchases

Panoo

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Panoo free?
Panoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notepad or Panoo have ads?
Notepad shows ads; Panoo does not.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or Panoo?
Notepad ships an update every 2 weeks, and Panoo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Notepad was updated on October 31, 2026 and Panoo on November 5, 2026.

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