Color Notes vs Note Widget +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Notes
Capture thoughts and tasks with a digital notebook. Create, edit, and organize notes with customizable colors. Sync across devices to keep your ideas accessible anywhere, eliminating the need for physical notepads.
- Create, delete, and edit notes
- Organize with customizable colors
- Virtual online notebook
- To-do list functionality
- Cloud synchronization
- Multiple device support
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Color Notes is great for those quick notes! Just add a note to your online notebook and start saving your notes virtually. Truly a great tool for making to-do lists while on the go without using a notepad pen or paper. A US-based simple sticky notebook with a clean interface that's powerful enough to replace overly complicated, bloated note-taking apps, color note allows you to create, delete and edit notes with a variety of options and colors just like a traditional notepad or text notebook. Keep your sticky notes handy in the cloud with multiple device support. Term of use https://onlinenotebook.net/about-us.php Privacy Policy https://onlinenotebook.net/privacy.php
Note Widget +
Create handwritten notes, dictate voice memos, and write over images. Transform speech into text and schedule reminders. Secure your notes with biometric locks and display them directly on your widget screen.
- Handwritten and text notes
- Write over images
- Dictate notes and record speech
- Transform voice to text
- Schedule reminders
- Password/biometric protection
- Display notes on widget
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HANDWRITTEN AND TEXT NOTES. WRITE OVER AN IMAGE. WRITE WITH YOUR FINGER IN THE MESSENGER. DICTATE NOTES, RECORD SPEECH. TRANSFORM VOICE RECORDINGS INTO PLAIN TEXT. SCHEDULE REMINDERS PROTECT NOTES WITH A PASSWORD, FACE ID, OR TOUCH ID. SHOW NOTES ON THE WIDGET SCREEN. Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Widget + at 78% against Color Notes's 23%. Note Widget + also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Color Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Color Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Note Widget + sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Note Widget + holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 640 and 438 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Color Notes's written reviews are positive against 78% of Note Widget +'s.
Color Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, Note Widget + monthly. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Color Notes | Note Widget + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (640 ratings) | 4.4 (438 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 640 — better | 438 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 15.8 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hagens Media, LLC. | Yuri Nesh |
Customer experience
Color Notes
Note Widget +
User reviews
Color Notes
From 640 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and fast
- 📝 Great note-taking app
- 🎨 Useful color-coding
- 👍 Versatile and useful
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lost all notes after update
- 🐛 Syncing issues
- 🔍 Difficult to find old notes
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🔒 Unable to access account on new device
Note Widget +
From 438 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy and fast to use
- 👍 Great for various lists
- 👍 Good for note-taking
- 👍 Syncs across devices
- 👍 No distracting ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Cannot delete notes
- 🐛 Subscription not reloading
- 🐛 App won't stay open
- 🐛 Blank yellow page issue
- 🐛 Paper too small for notes
Bugs and requests
Color Notes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Losing all notes after updates
- Inability to access old notes
- Saving and syncing issues
Requested features
3 requests- Reminders feature
- Ability to print notes
- Better syncing across devices
Note Widget +
Reported bugs
5 issues- App won't let me delete a note
- App will not reload subscription
- App won't stay open
- Blank yellow page issue
- Scrolls back to the top of a note
Requested features
5 requests- Add folder organization
- More than nine categories
- Ability to add tags
- Password protection for notes
- Show full widgets on home screen
In-app purchases
Color Notes
- Remove Ads$7.991 Month
Note Widget +
- Happy Club, monthly$2.991 Month
- Happy Club, 6 month$14.996 Months
- Happy Club, Yearly$24.991 Year
Questions
Is Color Notes free?
Is Note Widget + free?
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Do Color Notes or Note Widget + have ads?
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