Nimbus Note vs Inkpad Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nimbus Note
This app helps you gather and organize all your information in one place. Create text notes, scan documents, and manage to-do lists. Synchronize your data across devices for easy access and editing.
- Create formatted text notes
- Attach various file types
- Scan and digitize documents with OCR
- Organize with workspaces, folders, and tags
- Collaborate on notes with others
- Create to-do lists with reminders
- Cross-device synchronization
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Powerful notes app and organizer that helps you gather and organize your information — all in one place. There’s no need to spend time searching for your notes anymore. Create text notes, scan documents and make to-do lists. Synchronize it all with Nimbus Note for future viewing and editing on other devices. Conveniently manage your notes - Create notes in the editor with formatting support — bold, strike, underline, etc. - Add pictures, audio, video, documents, and other types of files. - Scan and digitise any paper documents and pictures using the camera device. The text recognition feature will let you work with scanned files as well as regular notes. Organize your notes - Workspaces - separate personal information from the work-related kind. Create separate databases of notes (with own folders and tags) for different purposes within a single account; - Create folders and subfolders; - Add context to notes using tags; - Use special color labels to make most relevant notes and folders stand out from the list; - Add most important notes to Favorites; Group collaboration on notes - Invite other people to collaborate on notes; - Assign editing rights to each participant (admin, can edit, or reading only); Get complete control over your workflow and daily errands - Add to-do lists to your notes; - Set time reminders for your tasks; Your notes available anywhere, anytime - All of your notes are available on any of your devices — anytime, anywhere; - Create a note on your iPhone, add to that note on your Mac, and finish it later in a browser; - Offline access to your notes. Document scanner in your phone - Scan documents, pictures, handwritten notes; - Auto-define document borders; - Special filters allow making the document black and white or enhance the colors; Security - Nimbus Note is optionally protected with an additional passcode; Powerful search - Nimbus Note can search through not only text but also images; - Search for text in docs/xls/html/ppt and pdf files; - The unique search snippets will let you see the required text fragment without opening the note itself; - You can find entire words as well as word fragments (for example, the search will find "conscious" in "consciousness"); Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Also Available Nimbus Pro: - 1 GB of new uploads each month; - Large attached files; - Premium support; - More information in every note; - Searching for text in images; - More workspaces; - Advanced encryption; - OCR - getting text from images; - Search in images and documents; $3.99 monthly, $39.99 annually Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy - https://nimbus.everhelper.me/privacy.php Terms and Conditions - https://nimbus.everhelper.me/terms-and-conditions.php
Inkpad Notepad
Effortlessly capture thoughts, to-do lists, and shopping lists with this intuitive note-taking app. Sync your notes online for access from any device, and easily search, share, or delete them. It's the digital notepad you'll always have with you.
- Create notes and lists
- Auto-save functionality
- Online syncing and web access
- Search notes and lists
- Share notes via email/SMS
- Delete notes easily
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InkPad Notepad is the simple, elegant, easy way to keep notes on your phone, or on the web. Once upon a time, you had to write down notes in a paper notepad and carry it around with you. If you wrote a shopping list or to do list, you might go to the store and discover you had forgotten your notepad. But how often do you forget to bring your mobile phone with you? Introducing InkPad, the notepad you’ll only forget as often as your phone! Inkpad Notepad let's you access your notes online on our website. You can create or edit notes from the convenience of your computer's web browser, and always have access to your notes from your phone when you're offline too. CREATE NOTES InkPad is designed to look like a paper notepad, and is just as simple to use. When you open InkPad, you’ll see a list of all notes you’ve created. To add a new note, tap on the “+” button at the bottom of the screen. CREATE TO DO LIST Create a note as usual, then select the "to do list" button at the top of the note screen. CREATE SHOPPING LIST Create a note as usual, then select the "shopping list" button at the top of the note. EDIT NOTE OR TO DO LIST Now you can write your note. Just like a paper notepad, you don’t have to do anything special to save your notes, they are auto-saved for you. SAVE As mentioned above, notes are auto-saved. You don’t have to do anything special to save them. SYNC NOTES ONLINE Inkpad Notepad lets you sync/backup notes online. You can access your online notes on our website by signing in with the same account you selected in the mobile app. SEARCH YOUR NOTES OR TO DO LISTS Inkpad Notepad now gives you an option to search your notes or to do lists. From the home screen, tap on the search icon, then begin writing. As you write, the list of notes will be filtered to only display notes containing the search keyword. Press the "X" button to clear the note search, and view all notes as usual. SHARE NOTES At the bottom of each note is a “share” button. Tapping it brings up all the ways to share. Typical ways include email, SMS, etc. CHANGE NOTE’S TITLE To change a notes title, tap on the title area at the top of that note. DELETE NOTE If you don’t want a note any longer, you can delete it in several ways: 1) Open the note, tap the “delete” button at the bottom of the page. 2) From the main notes screen, swipe-left the title of a note, then tap on “delete”. BACKUP NOTES To backup a note, press the share button and email to yourself the note you want to backup. TYPICAL USES Write To do lists, shopping lists, addresses, email, SMS, Twitter updates*, write lyrics, poems, or even a novel if you feel like it! The uses are limited only by your imagination. Follow @InkpadNotes on twitter and facebook to receive updates about InkPad Note pad. *Assumes separate Twitter client is installed, Twitter cannot post note pad content longer than 140 characters. Privacy Policy: https://www.inkpadnotepad.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.inkpadnotepad.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nimbus Note at none against Inkpad Notepad's shown. Inkpad Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (8.5K vs 400). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Nimbus Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Inkpad Notepad sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Nimbus Note against 4.6 for Inkpad Notepad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inkpad Notepad has 8.5K ratings behind it against 400, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Nimbus Note's written reviews are positive against 80% of Inkpad Notepad's.
Nimbus Note ships an update fortnightly, Inkpad Notepad every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nimbus Note | Inkpad Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (400 ratings) | 4.6 (8.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better | 79.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 400 | 8.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nimbus Web Inc | Workpail, LLC |
Customer experience
Nimbus Note
Inkpad Notepad
User reviews
Nimbus Note
From 400 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great for notes and screenshots
- 🚀 Better than Evernote
- 👍 Better folder structure and AI search
- 👍 Reliable and constantly improving
- 👍 Useful, beautiful and free
Room to improve
- 🐛 Misleading, just a version of Notes app
- 🐛 Lacks feature parity with web and desktop
- 🐛 Unreliable, lost notes and pictures
- 🐛 Slow and unreliable
- 🐛 Crashes on opening on iPad
Inkpad Notepad
From 8.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Convenient cross-device sync
- 👍 Reliable note-taking
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 👍 Helpful for organizing notes and lists
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional note loss or sync issues
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 💰 Paid premium version required for some features
- 🔍 Inconsistent user interface changes
- 🔍 Ads can be intrusive
Bugs and requests
Nimbus Note
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sync issues, different device counts
- Notes disappearing or getting corrupted
- Crashes when editing notes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Crashes on opening the app
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to scribble/write using pen
- Offline access
- Fujitsu scanner integration
- Ability to change default font colors
- Search in current folder
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- Search folders instead of notes
- Sort option per folder
- Pin note
- Search preset or smart folders
- Centralized note with block alias from other notes
Inkpad Notepad
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes sometimes disappear after updates
- Cursor positioning issues when editing
- Syncing problems leading to data loss
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to password protect notes
- Improve note editing functionality
- Provide more font and formatting options
- Implement a multi-select/delete feature for notes
- Add reminders and alarm functionality
In-app purchases
Nimbus Note
- Nimbus Pro$7.991 Month
- Nimbus Pro$71.991 Year
Inkpad Notepad
- Inkpad Basic Monthly$1.991 Month
- Inkpad Lite Monthly$5.991 Month
- Inkpad Standard Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Inkpad Basic Yearly$19.991 Year
- Inkpad Plus Monthly$24.991 Month
- Inkpad Lite Yearly$59.991 Year
- Inkpad Standard Yearly$149.991 Year
- Inkpad Plus Yearly$239.991 Year
Questions
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