noglow vs NanoPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
noglow
This app offers a minimalist scratchpad experience for quick note-taking on iPhone and Mac. It features eight distinct color-coded slots that clear after use, with finished notes archived and searchable. Optional cloud sync is available for free.
- Titleless scratchpad
- Eight color slots
- Searchable archive
- Cross-device sync
- Plain text notes
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noglow is a titleless scratchpad for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No titles to invent, no folders, no tags, no markdown. Just a blank line and eight slots that never move. Whatever you left in slot 2 is still in slot 2. When a note is done, peel it away. It goes into a searchable archive that never fills up, and the slot is clear for what you are working on now. - Eight slots, one tap or one keystroke apart - Peel finished notes into a permanent, searchable archive - On iPad: a full-screen layout, the archive side by side, keyboard shortcuts - Works across your devices - Optional cloud sync. Free, no account needed to start. - Plain text only. No formatting to fuss with. Free, and that includes sync.
NanoPad
Capture thoughts, tasks, and links in a distraction-free environment. Organize your ideas with Markdown formatting and easily access them later. Syncs via iCloud and offers export options.
- Markdown and rich text formatting
- Task and link management
- iCloud sync
- Export to Markdown, plain text, PDF
- Search across notes
- Share from other apps
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NanoPad is a quiet place to catch a thought, keep a checklist, and save a useful link. Notes, tasks, and URLs stay connected: write in a note, then find the task or link in its own view. WRITE YOUR WAY Use Markdown or the formatting toolbar for headings, lists, checkboxes, tables, links, and images. Search across your notes, return to recently opened work, and export your writing as Markdown, plain text, or PDF. KEEP YOUR NOTES TOGETHER Your notes are stored on your device and sync through your personal iCloud account when available. Share text or a web page to NanoPad from other apps. START FREE, UNLOCK WHEN YOU NEED MORE Free includes five fully editable personal notes, plus iCloud sync and export. If you have more than five notes after a trial or purchase ends, every note stays visible, searchable, copyable, and exportable; the first five remain editable. NanoPad Lifetime is one in-app purchase for unlimited editable notes and every available theme, font, and paper style. You can choose a free 7-day trial of the full app first. It requires no payment and does not renew automatically. When the trial ends, paid features lock unless you buy Lifetime; your writing stays yours. On Mac, the same App Store purchase also unlocks sticky note windows, Focus Writing, and linked Markdown folders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: noglow at none against NanoPad's 2. noglow also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). NanoPad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. NanoPad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. noglow asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for noglow against 5.0 for NanoPad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
noglow ships an update every 5 days, NanoPad every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | noglow | NanoPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GRABA | Digital Toys LLC |
Customer experience
noglow
NanoPad
In-app purchases
noglow
No in-app purchases
NanoPad
- NanoPad 7-day TrialFree
- NanoPad Lifetime$6.99









