Comparison

Notex vs Notepad

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

Head to head
About

Notex

Organize your thoughts and memories with a versatile note-taking app. Create rich text notes, add photos, and manage everything with folders and color-coding. Secure your sensitive information with strong encryption.

Highlights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Photo insertion
  • Folder organization
  • Color-coding
  • Secure encryption
  • Fast search
  • Batch manipulation
Features
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- NOTES - PHOTOS - FOLDERS - COLORS - IMPORTANTS - ENCRYPTION - SEARCH All this things in app “Top Notes”. * Create as many notes and photos as you need. * Format your notes with bold, italic and many other text formatting functions. * Create bullet and number lists inside your notes. * Insert pictures into your notes. * Drag items inside folder as you need. * Take pictures from you camera inside app and store it in folders, or import existing pictures from you photo albums. * Search easy and fast - just start enter search words and see results at once. * Use colors - it is help you visually divide you memos on colored subject groups. * Mark important notes - they are always will be at your eyes (even on app icon). * Folders - familiar way to organize your notes. * Use named secure keys for encryption, if you want to protect your data from others. Encrypt notes, photos and even whole folders. We use strong AES-256 encryption method to protect your data. * Walk through notes and photos with swipes left and right – it is familiar. * You can forget “Back” button, which is always far from your finger – just swipe note/photo up or down, when you want return to folder. Similar with folders – swipe current folder up or down to navigate parent folder. * Manipulate multiple notes/photos at once with special mode – mark multiple items and move all of them in other folder, or encrypt it, or delete all marked items in one tap. * Incredible simplicity and usability. Working with serious tasks must be easy and funny. Try out “The Notes”! We tried to make it simple and comfortable to use. Good luck!

About

Notepad

Securely store and organize your thoughts with advanced features like PIN/biometric locking and an anti-theft system. Convert images to text, sync across devices, and customize your notes with rich formatting and tags. Share, backup, and easily retrieve your important information.

Highlights
  • PIN/Biometric note locking
  • Anti-theft system with photo capture
  • OCR for image to text conversion
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Rich text formatting and styling
  • Tagging and color-coding for organization
  • Text, photo, and drawing note types
Features
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Keep important notes safely with Anti Theft System! • Lock Notes with PIN / Biometric authentication (Fingerprint / Face detection) • Anti Theft System (Capture face photo silently who entered wrong PIN) • OCR Notes - Capture image and convert readable characters into notes! (Helpful to save ID card / Bill details) • Signup account and sync notes across the devices with same email (Backup / Restore notes to cloud) • Style your note (e.g Bold / Italic / Underline / Heading / Bullets / Alignments / Undo / Redo etc) • Note Backup / Restore via Email and Document Files and Notepad cloud account • Manage unlimited Notes • Make Text / Photo / Drawing / Sketch Notes • Tag Notes for quick search • Color notes accordingly • Share notes with friends via various apps • Trash - Recover notes from here • Bookmark - Make Note Important to fetch easily • Backup PIN - Backup PIN via email for recovery • Quick Search via title / body / tags • Save note from other app support - Select text and share it via this notepad app to store note quickly without opening this app • Available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Greek, Arabic languages. Privacy Policy: https://parthmpandya.github.io/Privacy-Policy-Documents/iOS_Notepad_Privacy_Policy.html Terms Of Use: https://parthmpandya.github.io/Privacy-Policy-Documents/iOS_Notepad_Terms_and_Conditions.html This app will capture image from front camera without displaying prior view(Theft Report feature). If anyone have any query regarding this app or have any suggestion to improve app performance. Let me know on my email id: droidoworld@gmail.com

Screenshots

Notex4 screens
Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notex at 72% against Notepad's 33%. Notex also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Notepad's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepad sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepad holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 64 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Notex's written reviews are positive against 33% of Notepad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notex ships an update every 3 weeks, Notepad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notex versus Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotexNotepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (66 ratings)4.3 (64 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings66 — better64
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer40 BYTE YAZILIM BILISIM REKLAM E-TICARET LIMITED SIRKETIParth Pandya

Customer experience

Notex

All ratings66 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative20.0%

Notepad

All ratings64 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

Bugs and requests

Notex

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Long lists not displaying or scrolling
  • Some fonts not supported
  • Cursor jumps when editing text
  • Keyboard covers last paragraph
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  • Notes disappearing or becoming blank
  • Copy-paste functionality issues
  • Text automatically changes to uppercase
  • Notes deleted without warning or recovery
  • App freezes when adding photos
  • Inability to edit or paste text
  • Cursor jumps when adding paragraphs
  • App not loading or crashing on startup
  • Highlighting not working
  • Password entry screen issues
  • Font resets to default after pressing enter twice
  • Blurry photos in notes until zoomed

Requested features

19 requests
  • Picture sizing and enlargement in notes
  • Synchronization with other Apple devices (iCloud, etc.)
  • Trash/Recycle bin for deleted files
  • Ability to attach webpages to folders
  • Option to reset default font
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  • More font variety and customization
  • Cloud syncing (iCloud, Dropbox)
  • Automatic folder sorting (alphabetical)
  • Select all items with a single tap
  • Add inception dates back to notes
  • Ability to change folder colors
  • Touch ID and performance updates for iOS 10
  • Ability to embed videos in folders
  • Manual sorting of notes/folders
  • More color palette options for notes
  • Ability to title locked notes
  • Beginner mode with more help
  • Individual font selection for notes
  • More colors for notes and folders

Notepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notex

One-time1
  • No Limits, No Ads$1.99
5 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month License For Notes App$1.491 Month
  • 1 Year License For Notes App$11.991 Year
One-time3
  • Ad Free Notes$1.99
  • 1 Month License$1.99
  • 1 Year License$9.99

Questions

Is Notex free?
Notex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notex or Notepad?
Notepad is rated higher. Notex averages 4.1 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Notepad averages 4.3 from 64 ratings.
Do Notex or Notepad have ads?
Both Notex and Notepad show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notex or Notepad?
Notex ships an update every 3 weeks, and Notepad every 3 months. Most recently, Notex was updated on October 23, 2026 and Notepad on October 24, 2026.

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