Comparison

PenDate Notes vs CapsulePad

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

Head to head
About

PenDate Notes

Features
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PenDate Notes is a calendar-first notes and planning app for keeping your days, reminders, events, checklists, and handwritten ideas in one organized workspace. Start from the calendar when you are planning your week, open a day when you need detail, or jump into folders when a project grows. PenDate Notes supports text notes, checklist notes, canvas notes, reminders, calendar events, PDF/image export, and optional Google Drive sync. Main features: • Calendar views for year, month, week, and day planning • Text notes for quick writing and structured plans • Checklist notes with quantities and totals • Canvas notes for handwriting, sketches, and visual planning • Date-linked reminders and events • Folders and covers to keep notes easy to scan • PDF and image export for sharing or saving your work • Recycle Bin for restoring deleted notes • Optional Google Drive sync for backup and continuity PenDate Notes is built for people who think through dates: students, professionals, families, creators, and anyone who wants notes to stay connected to the day they matter. Use it offline for everyday planning, then enable reminders or sync only when you need them. Optional paid features PenDate Pro includes all 11 planner families, Signature stickers and covers, selected-page PDF export with planner layouts, and PenDate library restore. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Individual planner families and Signature packs are also available as one-time purchases. Everyday note-taking remains free. Subscription prices and billing periods are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Canceling renewal keeps access until the end of the paid period. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pendatenotes.com/privacy-policy.html

About

CapsulePad

Features
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CapsulePad is a native Mac and iPhone/iPad app for quick notes that stay out of your way until you need them. On the Mac, CapsulePad docks a thin pill of colored notes to the edge of your screen. Move your pointer close and it fans out into labeled tabs — click one to open it full-size, or drive the whole thing from the keyboard (⌄⌘N for a new note, ⌄⌘A to see every note, ⌄⌘L to archive the one in front). Reorder notes by dragging, color-code them for quick scanning, and archive or permanently delete the ones you're done with. Your notes sync automatically across every Mac and iPhone/iPad signed into the same iCloud account, so a note you jot down at your desk is already there when you pick up your phone. For anything you'd rather keep private, lock individual notes with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. A locked note's title stays visible so you can still find it, but its contents stay encrypted until you unlock it — and it asks again every time you open it. Back up everything at once as Markdown, plain text, or a full-fidelity CapsulePad archive you can import back in later, on this Mac or another. CapsulePad has no account system, no ads, and no analytics — your notes stay on your own devices and sync only through your own iCloud, the same as any other Apple app.

Screenshots

PenDate Notes4 screens
CapsulePad2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CapsulePad at every 5 days against PenDate Notes's monthly. PenDate Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PenDate Notes ships an update monthly, CapsulePad every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
PenDate Notes versus CapsulePad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenDate NotesCapsulePad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSAMUEL NANA ESHUNJonathan Wyatt

In-app purchases

None

PenDate Notes

No in-app purchases

None

CapsulePad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PenDate Notes free?
PenDate Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CapsulePad free?
CapsulePad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PenDate Notes or CapsulePad have ads?
Neither PenDate Notes nor CapsulePad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PenDate Notes or CapsulePad?
PenDate Notes ships an update monthly, and CapsulePad every 5 days. Most recently, PenDate Notes was updated on October 1, 2026 and CapsulePad on October 1, 2026.

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