Comparison

My Notes Pro vs dinky notebook

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

Head to head
About

My Notes Pro

Features
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My Notes Pro is a simple and secure notebook, notepad, and note-taking app built for both iPhone and iPad. Whether you need a quick notepad, a daily planner, a diary, a journal, or a simple memo pad, My Notes Pro brings everything together in one clean, easy-to-use app to help you stay organized every day. Writing a new note is quick and effortless. The clean note editor gives you a distraction-free space to write without any clutter. When you are done, save your note with a single tap, and it stays organized exactly where you need it. Stay in control of your notes with smart organization. View All Notes in one place, switch to Recent Notes to find what you wrote last, or open your Saved and Pinned Notes to access your most important notes instantly. No folders, no confusion, just clean and simple note-taking that works like a checklist, journal, or to-do list app. The built-in Calendar makes My Notes Pro more than just a notepad. Attach notes to specific dates, plan your week, and use the calendar as your personal daily planner and diary. Students can manage study schedules, professionals can track work tasks and meeting notes, and anyone can use it as a simple to-do list, reminder app, or memo pad for everyday life. Finding any note is quick and effortless with built-in smart search. Whether you have ten notes or a thousand, the right note is always just a search away. My Notes Pro works beautifully on both iPhone and iPad, with a clean, modern design and smooth navigation that feels natural every single day. If you are looking for a clean, reliable, and secure notebook, organizer, planner, diary, journal, checklist, or memo app, My Notes Pro is the only note-taking app you will ever need. Download it today and experience a better way to write and organize your notes.

About

dinky notebook

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dinky notebook is a bright, private notes app built like a pile of paper cards. Write a thought and it lands on the stack with a satisfying thump. Your notes live on your phone and nowhere else. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no cloud sync • No analytics and no ads • Works fully offline. The only network call checks your purchase with the App Store. A PILE, NOT FOLDERS • Every note is a card in one chronological pile • Add #hashtags and related cards gather into their own piles • Search any word, then turn it into a pile with one tap FEELS LIKE PAPER • Vivid card stocks, letterpress type and paper textures • Weighted motion and haptics as cards land and stack • Long-press a card and drag it to the fire to burn it, with undo COLORS FROM THE SKY • dinky's colors follow the sun through your day: warm at dawn, bright at midday, cool in the blue hour, deep at night • Sunrise and sunset shift with the seasons, worked out on your phone from the date, the time and your time zone, with no location access • At night the moon's phase tints the pile, and solstices, equinoxes, full moons and meteor showers each get a quiet touch of their own YOURS TO KEEP • Export every note as a Markdown archive at any time, free PRICING Your first 10 cards are free, with every feature. Burn a card to make room, or unlock dinky once for unlimited cards. One-time purchase, no subscription. Questions or ideas: brendan@madewithbestpractice.com

Screenshots

My Notes Pro4 screens
dinky notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Notes Pro at none against dinky notebook's 1. dinky notebook's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. dinky notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Notes Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
My Notes Pro versus dinky notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Notes Prodinky notebook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAman KumarMADE WITH BEST PRACTICE LLC

In-app purchases

None

My Notes Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

dinky notebook

One-time1
  • Dinky Forever$4.99

Questions

Is My Notes Pro free?
My Notes Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is dinky notebook free?
dinky notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Notes Pro or dinky notebook have ads?
My Notes Pro shows ads; dinky notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, My Notes Pro or dinky notebook?
My Notes Pro ships an update every 9 days, and dinky notebook every 9 days. Most recently, My Notes Pro was updated on November 5, 2026 and dinky notebook on November 5, 2026.

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