Comparison

Skrive vs NotaPad

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

Head to head
About

Skrive

A straightforward and secure journaling app focused on daily writing. It offers a clean interface with no distractions, allowing users to easily record thoughts and memories. Entries are encrypted and can be exported as plain text.

Highlights
  • One entry per day
  • Plain text writing
  • Clean interface
  • Searchable history
  • Device encryption
  • Plain text export
  • Cross-device sync (Pro)
Features
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Skrive is a simple, secure journal built for daily writing. One entry per day, plain text, nothing in the way. Keeping a daily journal is one of the most rewarding habits you can build. It sharpens how you think and write, helps you process stress, and gives you a record of your life to look back on. Regular journaling has been shown to improve memory, boost mental clarity, and support mental health. Skrive exists to make that habit as easy as possible to keep. There are no tags, no folders, no formatting options. Just a clean writing surface that opens fast and gets out of the way. The focus is entirely on the words you write. Every entry is dated, and your full journal history is always at your fingertips. Scroll back through past entries or search for a specific memory, moment, or thought you wrote down months ago. Skrive is free to use with no limits on how much you write. Your entries are encrypted and stored securely on your device, and you can export everything as plain text at any time. Your journal belongs to you. Skrive Pro adds sync across all your devices. Write on your iPhone, continue on your iPad or your Mac. Everything is encrypted end to end before it ever leaves your device, and stored on servers in Europe. Only you hold the key. Only you can read what you write. Skrive is made by an independent developer who journals every day. It is a small app, built with care. Website: https://skrive.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NotaPad

Features
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NotaPad is a clean and lightweight notes app designed for iPhone and iPad with a smooth Apple-style experience. Create notes quickly, organize important notes with pinning, search instantly, and keep your data offline on your device. Features: • Create, edit, and delete notes • Pin important notes to the top • Fast search by title or content • Export notes to TXT • Full JSON backup and restore • Dark Mode and Light Mode support • Auto theme based on iOS appearance • iPad split-view layout • Offline local storage • Home Screen widget for pinned notes • Clean and simple Apple-style interface NotaPad is designed for users who want a distraction-free note-taking experience without requiring accounts or cloud subscriptions. Privacy Focused: Your notes remain stored locally on your device unless you choose to export or share them.

Screenshots

Skrive4 screens
NotaPad3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NotaPad at none against Skrive's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Skrive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. NotaPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Skrive versus NotaPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkriveNotaPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsak SolheimAhmad Zainuddin Bin Zakaria

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Skrive

Subscriptions2
  • End-to-end encrypted sync$3.991 Month
  • End-to-end encrypted sync$29.991 Year
None

NotaPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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