Color Notes vs Simple Note Keeper
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
Simple Note Keeper
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If you are looking for a tiny note keeper this app will like you. Nice minimalistic design, basic functionalities like record a new note with title and content, edit or delete the note. Keep unlimited notes without any kind of restriction. Please if you find this app useful leave a rating or a comment! Thank you so much!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Note Keeper at none against Color Notes's 1. Simple Note Keeper also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Color Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Color Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Simple Note Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, Simple Note Keeper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Notes | Simple Note Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (640 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 640 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hagens Media, LLC. | Ferran Espuna |
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
Simple Note Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Color Notes
- Remove Ads$7.991 Month
Simple Note Keeper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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