Notopia Notes vs Smolpad

Give your thoughts a place to grow. Notopia brings notes, daily planning and an AI companion into one personal workspace. CAPTURE THE THOUGHT Write a quick note, keep a journal or clear your head with Brain Dump. Add photos, files and voice notes alongside your writing. MAKE THE PAGE YOURS Start with a simple writing space or use Pro editor mode for more structure. Build pages with checklists, tables, callouts, goals and other blocks. Use templates for meetings, projects, study and reflection. Simple and Pro are editor modes, not subscription names. GIVE YOUR IDEAS A ROOM Organize notes into folders and explore them in Mind Palace, a visual home for your workspace. Open a room, return to a project and find notes with search, tags and favorites. BUILD A DAILY RHYTHM Use calendar notes, rituals and reminders to plan your day. Track your writing streak and return to what matters. THINK WITH ARES Ask questions about your notes and use AI tools to summarize, organize or develop your writing. AI features require an internet connection and are subject to usage limits. KEEP WRITING ON THE GO Work with notes stored on your device and sync with your account when connected. Continue in the Notopia web app using the same account. An account is required for your synced workspace. Photo, microphone and notification access are requested when needed for the features you choose to use. Support: https://notopia.co/support Privacy: https://notopia.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://notopia.co/terms

Smolpad is a smol Markdown editor with respect for your files. Every note is a plain .md file you can open with any app, on any device, forever. Your files are your own. No database. No lock-in. No bloat. Just a tiny, fast home for your notes on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. WRITE IN MARKDOWN, BEAUTIFULLY • Syntax dims as you type, or hides away entirely with one tap • Task lists become real checkboxes. Checkboxes that check. • Headings, bold, italic, code, quotes, and tables, styled as you write • A formatting bar for common touches, plus full keyboard shortcuts • Pictures too: drag or paste one in, resize it by its corner, and it lives as a plain file beside the note YOUR FILES, ANYWHERE • Notes sync through your own iCloud Drive, included free • Open your notes folder in Finder or Files any time • Organize with folders, pins, and instant search • A Trash for deleted notes, and a history of every note's earlier versions • Find notes in Spotlight, and open them with Siri or Shortcuts • Your notes never leave your devices except to your own cloud SMOL ON PURPOSE • On the Mac, Smolpad lives in your menu bar, one hotkey away • Tear off a note into its own window when you want to stay a while • On iPhone and iPad, it opens fast and stays out of your way • Eight hand-picked fonts and a clean, quiet interface MAKE IT YOURS WITH SMOLPAD PRO • Unlimited notes (the free tier includes ten) • Dropbox, pCloud, or Google Drive sync, in a folder that belongs to you • Notepads: open any folder of Markdown files as its own notepad, an Obsidian vault or a Bear export among them • Export to PDF, HTML, or rich text, and print • Widgets on the Mac, iPhone and iPad, Lock Screen widgets on iPhone, and Smolpad on Apple Watch • Twenty-nine editor themes, from Tokyo Night to Catppuccin • Seventeen app icons and the full menu bar icon set Smolpad Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The free tier is a real notes app, not a trial. Made by a smol team that believes plain text outlives everything. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smolpad.com/privacy