Comparison

Notepad vs Neon draw

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

This interactive notepad app allows you to quickly jot down ideas, create lists, and organize your thoughts. It offers a simple interface for writing, sketching, and managing tasks, ensuring your notes are accessible anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Write down ideas
  • Create shopping lists
  • Create to-do lists
  • Scribble or sketch drafts
  • Fifteen colors or markers
  • Three line thicknesses
  • Share notes
Features
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Use our practical and simple interactive notepad app to write down your ideas, create shopping lists or to-do lists and organize them. Take notes, scribble or sketch a draft, do the grocery list, draw or do whatever you want with this notebook! Write notes, memos, messages, sticky notes, shopping lists, check list and to-do lists. It is an easy-to-use note-taking app. This is a simple to-do list and task manager app that helps you get all your lists done. Download it and organize your quick notes in this simple notepad. It is perfect for organizing your work ideas as if it were a notebook. And you can you access your notes whenever you want. Anywhere and anytime create notes, to-do lists, shopping list, edit or save a note! Share this app via social media or any other program on your phone. If you liked the app, please rate it. It helps us improve our work. Thank you! Features: • Fifteen colors or markers • Three types of line thickness (thin, medium, thick) • White background • Erase whatever you want with the eraser • Delete the image with the undo-arrow • Share the note or save it in the images gallery https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Neon draw

Create vibrant notes and drawings with dynamic lighting and fluorescent effects. Choose from various colors and animated strokes to bring your ideas to life. Save and share your creations, perfect for reminders, lists, sketching, or artistic doodling.

Highlights
  • Lighting and fluorescent effects
  • Animated strokes (dotted, double, lightning)
  • Save and share creations
  • Useful for notes, lists, and sketching
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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• Take notes and make drawings with lighting and fluorescent effects. • You can choose from different colors and strokes (dotted line, double line or lightning) that acquire motion while you write. • Save your notes and drawings and share them with your friends! • An app very useful for tablets or mobile phones. You can use it when an idea comes to your mind to write a Post-it as a reminder, to write the grocery list, to draw, to take notes at work or to sketch or doodle something. • Kids from the age of three can also use it, preschoolers or those who attend school as well. They can make beautiful drawings with neon lights, which later can be print in order to decorate their home. It’s more than a coloring book.

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
Neon draw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Neon draw at 5.0 against Notepad's 4.2. Notepad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 47 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Neon draw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Neon draw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 4 months, Neon draw every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notepad versus Neon draw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadNeon draw
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 47 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlejandro Melero ZaballosMaria Gascon

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive11.8%
Neutral17.6%
Negative70.6%

Neon draw

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly plan3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Annual plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove ads$5.99
  • Lifetime plan$44.99
1 purchases

Neon draw

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Neon draw free?
Neon draw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notepad or Neon draw?
Neon draw is rated higher. Notepad averages 4.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Neon draw averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Notepad or Neon draw have ads?
Both Notepad and Neon draw show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or Neon draw?
Notepad ships an update every 4 months, and Neon draw every 47 months. Most recently, Notepad was updated on October 29, 2026 and Neon draw on October 21, 2026.

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