Comparison

Notepad vs TaskKast

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and organize ideas with a versatile digital notebook. Supports handwriting, text notes, and secure cloud syncing. Personalize your experience with custom themes and icons.

Highlights
  • Create to-do lists with checkboxes
  • Unlimited text notes
  • Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
  • Organize notes into folders
  • Pin and sort notes
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Advanced search functionality
Features
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Jot down notes and organize your ideas with Notepad—the classic notepad writing app designed for keeping track of everything that matters. [ TO-DO LISTS ] • Create beautiful task lists with interactive checkboxes to track your daily tasks and goals. • Drag and drop to reorder items—organize your to-dos exactly how you want them. • Enjoy the satisfying experience of checking off completed tasks as you get things done. • Perfect for shopping lists, daily chores, project tasks, and everything in between. [ NOTES ] • Create unlimited text notes with rich formatting—quickly and easily. • Tap anywhere to start typing—it's simple, fast, and always saved automatically. • Works perfectly in both light and dark mode. [ RICH TEXT FORMATTING ] • Style your notes with bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough. • Choose from 7 text colors and 7 highlight colors to make important details stand out. • Pick from 18 handpicked font families—each with proper bold and italic variants. • A convenient formatting toolbar sits right above the keyboard for fast access. • Switch fonts anytime—your existing formatting is preserved. [ HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH APPLE PENCIL ] • Capture your thoughts naturally with fluid, responsive handwriting that feels like pen on paper. • Create beautiful handwritten notes, diagrams, and drawings with realistic ink flow and pressure sensitivity. • Choose from fountain pens, pencils, and highlighters with customizable colors for a personalized writing experience. • Enjoy our adaptive paper grid that works perfectly in any orientation or device. [ FOLDERS - ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES ] • Organize notes into folders and subfolders with a clean, nested structure. • Assign a unique color to each folder, making it simple to categorize and find notes at a glance. • Drag-and-drop to reorder, and move multiple notes easily. [ PIN & SORT NOTES ] • Pin important notes to the top and sort by date, custom order, or alphabetical order. [ BACKUP WITH ICLOUD ] • Keep notes safe with automatic backups and iCloud sync across your devices. [ PERSONALIZE YOUR NOTEPAD ] • Give your notepad a personal touch with unique app icons, custom colors, stylish fonts, and a sleek dark mode for night owls. [ FIND NOTES FAST ] • Use advanced search tools and text highlighting to track down exactly what you're looking for. [ KEEP YOUR NOTES SAFE ] • Lock your notes with FaceID or TouchID for extra privacy. [ SHARE & PRINT ] • Send your notes to other apps like Mail or WhatsApp, or print them directly from Notepad. [ PREMIUM FEATURES FOR POWER USERS ] • Go ad-free, unlock exclusive themes, and get advanced sorting options with Premium. Notepad combines the nostalgic feel of a simple notebook with the functionality of today's tech. Use Notepad for everything from brainstorming ideas and setting personal reminders to creating shopping lists, to-do lists, grocery lists, chores lists, appointment notes, class notes, daily goals, password hints, birthday reminders, packing lists, travel itineraries, and more. Write, organize, and stay on top of everything that matters—download Notepad now and stay productive your way! Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.oldnotepad.com/terms.

About

TaskKast

Features
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Simple view. Smartly connected. TaskKast brings your tasks, events, notes, and projects all into one place. Connects to the tools you already use, so you stop hopping between apps to find what's next. CONNECTED TO YOUR TOOLS • ClickUp — two-way sync for the Lists you choose, including subtasks, status, and due dates • Google Calendar — two-way sync, with guest invites sent from your own account • Zoom — create a meeting from an event and keep the join link attached • iPhone Calendars — see and add to the calendars already on your device TASKS Stay on top of every moving piece. Create tasks, group them by project, add subtasks, notes and priorities, and set reminders that arrive when you need them. Build repeat schedules that match how you actually work: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly, on chosen weekdays, or on patterns like "the third Tuesday of the month." Weekend rules can automatically shift a task to the Friday before or the Monday after. CALENDARS Plan your day without the clutter. Move between Day, Week, and Calendar views, jump to any date, and see everything together or filtered down to a single project. All-day events, start and end times, and locations with map links are all built in. NOTES AND COUNTDOWNS Capture details your way. Write notes with simple formatting, or dictate them with talk-to-text. Set a countdown to the moments that matter and watch them tick down. Everything stays attached to the project, task or day it belongs to. PROJECTS Give every client, area, or workflow its own project. Filter any view down to a single project, set a default calendar and its own notification sound for each one, and keep business and personal life cleanly separated. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Your data lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud account. Lock the app behind Face ID, export a full backup or a CSV whenever you want, and disconnect any integration at any time. You can request deletion of your server records from inside the app. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WAY Dark mode, adjustable text size, your choice of accent color, 12 or 24-hour time, and your preferred first day of the week. SUBSCRIPTION TaskKast Annual is a yearly auto-renewing subscription that includes every feature and all integrations. The price for your region is shown in the app before you purchase. New subscribers may be offered a 7-day free trial; if one applies to you, its terms are shown before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm, or at the end of your free trial. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://taskkast.kindkine.com/terms-use/ Privacy Policy: https://taskkast.kindkine.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
TaskKast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TaskKast at none against Notepad's shown. TaskKast also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Notepad sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and TaskKast sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 8 days, TaskKast every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Notepad versus TaskKast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadTaskKast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1381802 Ontario Inc.Kind Kine LLC

Bugs and requests

Notepad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing
  • Ads covering up the note-taking area

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add drawing/highlighting tools
  • Integrate with calendar and contacts
  • Ability to sort and organize notes
  • Option to password protect specific notes

TaskKast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Premium Membership$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly Premium Subscription$17.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$19.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$39.99
1 purchases

TaskKast

Subscriptions1
  • TaskKast Annual$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TaskKast free?
TaskKast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notepad or TaskKast have ads?
Notepad shows ads; TaskKast does not.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or TaskKast?
Notepad ships an update every 8 days, and TaskKast every 2 days. Most recently, Notepad was updated on October 13, 2026 and TaskKast on October 5, 2026.

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