Comparison

Office Pad vs Kobako

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

Head to head
About

Office Pad

Features
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Office Pad is a daily notebook for work, built for iPad and Apple Pencil. Every day gets its own page. Line up your tasks, record your wins, and capture whatever else the day brings β€” typed notes, handwriting, sketches, photos, and structured templates β€” all in one calm, focused place. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ Start each day on a clean page with your tasks and achievements β€’ Write and draw naturally with Apple Pencil; type with your finger β€’ Add structured entries β€” Meeting notes, Brainstorm, and Client Call β€” and copy any of them as clean text for email or Slack β€’ Give tasks due dates and project tags; drag to reorder; check them off β€’ Pin important days and color-code them β€’ See everything at a glance on Home: open tasks across all days, wins this week, and your pinned days β€’ Search across typed notes AND your handwriting β€” recognition runs on-device β€’ Flip between days with a date roller, or jump with the calendar β€’ Make it yours: paper color, line style, and a choice of calming backgrounds PRIVATE BY DESIGN Office Pad has no account and no tracking. Everything you write stays on your iPad. Export your notes as Markdown any time. Designed for iPad. Apple Pencil recommended for writing and drawing.

About

Kobako

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Kobako β€” Japanese for β€œsmall box” β€” is a quick place to put an idea down before it slips away. Kapi, a capybara, lives there and looks after whatever you leave. CATCH IT IN A SECOND β€’ Tap the bulb and type or dictate β€” the idea is saved before the thought is gone β€’ Capture straight from a Home Screen widget or a Control Center button β€’ Kapi notices a new idea and cheers you on EVERYTHING IN ONE FEED β€’ New ideas land in Inbox and lie as cards right on the app’s Home β€’ A row of folders sits above the feed: tap one to see only its ideas β€’ Sort by newest, oldest, priority or due date β€’ An idea that grows gets a fresh page laid over it β€” up to five, with the earlier thinking still readable underneath β€’ Search finds any idea or folder in a few letters CLOSE IT, KEEP IT Tick a card when an idea is done, and it flies into Closed. Nothing disappears: finished ideas rest there, and any of them can be reopened. A QUIET FRIEND Kapi putters about his window library and naps while you are away; a tap wakes him. Once a day, around eight in the evening, he knocks to ask how the day went β€” and skips it if the app was already opened that evening. AT HOME ON EVERY SCREEN β€’ iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo β€” two panes side by side on iPad in landscape and on the open Duo β€’ Dark theme throughout; Reduce Motion honoured everywhere Kapi moves β€’ 10 languages YOURS ALONE No account and no sign-in. Your ideas stay on your device. Questions or a hello: hello@kobako.app Terms of Use: https://kobako.app/terms

Screenshots

Office Pad3 screens
Kobako4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Office Pad at none against Kobako's 4. Office Pad also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Kobako sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Office Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Office Pad ships an update weekly, Kobako every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Office Pad versus Kobako: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffice PadKobako
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManrai SinghAleksandr Gaidash

In-app purchases

None

Office Pad

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Kobako

Subscriptions2
  • Kobako Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Kobako Plus Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Supporter Pack$2.99
  • Rich Capybara$9.99

Questions

Is Office Pad free?
Office Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kobako free?
Kobako is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Office Pad or Kobako have ads?
Neither Office Pad nor Kobako shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Office Pad or Kobako?
Office Pad ships an update weekly, and Kobako every 5 weeks. Most recently, Office Pad was updated on October 28, 2026 and Kobako on October 29, 2026.

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