Comparison

Secure Notepad vs NeuralNotepad

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

Head to head
About

Secure Notepad

Securely store personal notes, contacts, and passwords with password protection. Features a simple interface, biometric unlock options, and password recovery. Keep your sensitive information private and organized.

Highlights
  • Password protection for all notes
  • Biometric unlock (Face ID/Touch ID)
  • Sort notes by date or alphabetically
  • Automatic app lock
  • Password recovery via security question
  • Recover recently deleted notes
Features
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This app will let you save personal notes, contacts, and passwords as well as any other personal or secret information which will be hidden from strangers' eyes and securely protected by a password. The free version has no ads! Another great feature of Secure Notepad is its simplicity and ease of use. The app has a clean and user-friendly interface, allowing you to quickly and easily create and edit notes. If you have forgotten your password for entering the app, it can be easily restored by answering the security question. Key features: • Very easy to use. • All of your notes are securely protected and accessible only to you. • Use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock the app. • Sort your notes by date or alphabetically. • Automatic lock (you have 30 seconds to return to the app without entering the password). • Restore password by answering the security question. • Ability to recover recently deleted notes. Whether you're taking notes in class, brainstorming ideas for a project, or just jotting down your thoughts, Secure Notepad is a great choice for keeping your information secure and organized. With its strong password protection and advanced security features, you can be sure that your notes will always be safe and secure.

About

NeuralNotepad

This app transforms your scattered thoughts into coherent journal entries using on-device AI. It automatically identifies patterns, tracks your mood, and creates summaries, all while keeping your data private. Capture ideas effortlessly through typing or voice.

Highlights
  • AI-generated daily journal entries
  • Automatic mood tracking from notes
  • Echo feature for connecting past notes
  • On-device AI processing for privacy
  • Voice capture with on-device transcription
  • Smart reminders for dates mentioned in notes
Features
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NeuralNotepad is a journal that writes itself. Jot down whatever's on your mind — a thought, a worry, something funny your kid said — and keep moving. No prompts, no forms, no friction. NeuralNotepad quietly does the rest: Echo recognizes when something you're writing connects to a note from days or weeks ago, and surfaces it right in the moment — so patterns in your thinking become visible instead of buried in a list. AI Journal clusters your day's scattered notes into a coherent end-of-day entry, written in your own words, so you get the reflective habit of journaling without the blank-page effort. Mood tracking turns your notes into a heatmap of how you've been feeling over time, with zero extra logging — it's inferred from what you already wrote. Voice capture lets you talk instead of type, with on-device transcription. Smart reminders notice when a note mentions a date — "dentist next Tuesday," "call Mom this weekend" — and offer to turn it into a Reminder, with one tap. Everything — the embeddings, the sentiment analysis, the journal generation, the entity extraction — runs locally using on-device intelligence. Your notes aren't sent to a server to make any of this work. NeuralNotepad Free includes unlimited note-taking, Echo recall, and mood tracking, plus one AI Journal generation per day. NeuralNotepad Pro ($4.99/month or $39.99/year) unlocks unlimited AI Journal generations and Reminders integration. NeuralNotepad is for anyone who has something to say but doesn't have time to sit down and "journal properly." Say it once. Let NeuralNotepad do the rest. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mkamai.github.io/neuralnotepad-support/privacy

Screenshots

Secure Notepad4 screens
NeuralNotepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NeuralNotepad at none against Secure Notepad's 1. NeuralNotepad also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Secure Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Secure Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NeuralNotepad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NeuralNotepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secure Notepad has 13K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Secure Notepad's written reviews are positive against 100% of NeuralNotepad's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Secure Notepad versus NeuralNotepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure NotepadNeuralNotepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro VynokurovMaruti Kampli

Customer experience

Secure Notepad

All ratings13,196 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews558 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral9.3%
Negative20.8%

NeuralNotepad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Secure Notepad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Inability to restore deleted notes
  • Sync issues between iOS devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to change app icon
  • Syncing notes across devices
  • More formatting options (bold, italic, etc.)
  • Ability to organize notes into folders
  • Dark mode option

NeuralNotepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Secure Notepad

One-time1
  • Unlimited Notes$9.99
None

NeuralNotepad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secure Notepad free?
Secure Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NeuralNotepad free?
NeuralNotepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Secure Notepad or NeuralNotepad?
NeuralNotepad is rated higher. Secure Notepad averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while NeuralNotepad averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Secure Notepad or NeuralNotepad have ads?
Neither Secure Notepad nor NeuralNotepad shows ads.

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