Comparison

NoteBox vs MyNotebook

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

Head to head
About

NoteBox

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience with quick input, powerful text editing, and seamless syncing across devices. Easily organize, search, and share your notes with extensive integration options.

Highlights
  • Quick note input from various sources
  • Disturbance-free text editing with advanced formatting
  • Fast iCloud syncing across iOS devices
  • Extensive sharing options to numerous apps
  • In-note text search and Google/Wikipedia integration
  • Support for external keyboards and VoiceOver
Features
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NoteBox is a superb productivity-boosting tool with compact design, fast input, smooth experience, ease to share, fast syncing, and excellent extensions and widgets with full support for VoiceOver. You will definitely love this note-taking app. Download now! NoteBox can help you: Quick Input - Type immediately after starting the app to jot down your inspirations -Quickly add new notes with handy drop-down feature or universal “+”button - Swiftly save notes from Notification Center or Share Sheet - Long press on “add” button to import text files from all cloud drive storage as notes - Easy input with an external keyboard and shortcut keys Text Editing - Focused and swift note-taking with disturbance-free interface - Swipe side-to-side to move screen cursor when typing - Pinch to zoom and adjust the font size - Convert selected texts into numbered or bulleted lists - Type “-,” “+,”“*,”or numbers and “.” with space key before each line for automatic list creation of the next line - iPhone’s horizontal typing mode available - Scroll down the textbox to display character count Saving, Syncing and Searching - Virtually unlimited storage capacity for text-based notes - Quick syncing with other iOS devices through iCloud - Remember keywords you have searched for notes before - In-note text search - Google or Wikipedia searching with selected note text Easy to Share - Effortless note delivery to dozens of apps or services* - Customizable shortcuts: one touch for note delivery or double-tap for sharing of listed notes - Select multiple notes to bulk process, e.g. changing folders, merging, and exporting to Evernote - Share partially selected texts - Customize the apps of your choice to use for URLs, dates, and addresses in the notes More -Single-handed use, e.g. side-to-side swiping in the tool bar to change the folder - Managing notes with Getting Things Done (GTD) system or to-do list - Automatic switch to night mode in dim environment to reduce eye strain --- Please support indie developers and decide what you want to pay. Pay What You Want Pricing for the first time! We have spent hundreds of hours developing NoteBox, which has become an indispensable tool for many users. We believe you will also find it useful. Instead of asking for the money, we prefer letting you download and use the full version for free (with the only restriction on note-saving capacity). You can decide what you want to pay with your own judgment. --- * Apps and services NoteBox supports: - Tightly integrated with Dropbox, Evernote - Note-taking apps: 1Writer, Bear, ByWord, Day One, Drafts, Simplenote, Ulysses, UpWord, Write ... - To-do list or calendar apps: reminders, Clear, Due, Fantastical, OmniFocus, The Hit List, Things, Todoist -Social media apps: Buffer, Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Tumblr, LINE, Whatsapp, WordPress, SinaWeibo, TencentWeibo More app news and information: http://twitter.com/getnotebox If you like NoteBox, we appreciate your comments and ratings. We also welcome your feedback. Please write to: elaborapp@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter @getnotebox --- An Elaborated App, Made with Love in Taipei by Elaborapp

About

MyNotebook

This app allows users to create checklists, to-do lists, and journal entries with short sentences. It features adjustable text size, automatic font resizing, and intuitive page-turning. Users can also copy, paste, and email their notes.

Highlights
  • Checklist and to-do list creation
  • Diary and short sentence writing
  • Adjustable text size
  • Automatic font resizing
  • Page turning with swipe/tap
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Email and print options
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"My Notebook" Overview      it is suitable for creating checklists, to-do lists, and writing diaries by genre using short sentences. And you may be even trained the ability to create short sentences. Text size can be changed by simply pinching the screen. (1) Notepad function  ●  Start up ; The display will start from the last finished page and it will be possible to edit.  ●  Page structure ; Consists of one title and 32 lines body.  ●  Font resizes ; When more than limited number of text is entered, font size automatically become smaller.  ●  Page turning ; Swipe the screen left / right or tap the left / right frame to page forward.  ●  Turning speed ; If you set the "Mode" button to "5", you can send 5 pages, if you set it to "1", you can send 1 page at a time.  ●  Infinite loop; Since it uses an infinite loop type page turning, the page is turned from the page near the rear end to the page near the front end when moving forward, and in the reverse direction when reversing.  ● Character input; Tapping a position where you want to enter a character a cursor appears and a keyboard also appears at the bottom of the screen. Using the keyboard you can enter any character at the cursor position.  ●  "Done" button; Tapping the "Done" button, you can save the text you entered to your device's memory, for the next startup.   (2) "Copy" function     By tapping the "Copy" button on each page, the entered title and text will be stored in the device's memory. The text is also copied to the clipboard. (3) "Paste" function  ●  When you tap the "Paste" button on each page, a screen will pop up asking if you want to overwrite the page with the title and text saved in memory. Tap "Overwrite" on that screen to execute overwriting.  ●  You can erase all the characters at once by copying a blank page and pasting it on any page. (4) Table of contents creation function     If you press the Paste button for a few seconds, a screen will pop up asking if you want to create a table of contents. Select Create to create a table of contents. (5) "Mail" function     On any page, click the "Action" button, and a selection screen for email or print appears. Select an email and follow the instructions on the email screen. After setting and confirming the title, destination, Cc / Bcc, and sender, click the "Send" button to send, or the "Cancel" button to cancel. (6) "Print" function (v1.5)     On any page, click the "Action" button, and a selection screen for email or print appears. Select "Print" and follow the instructions on the print screen. After selecting and checking the printer selection, number of prints, and print page range, press "Print" to execute printing. If you want to cancel, press "Cancel".

Screenshots

NoteBox4 screens
MyNotebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyNotebook at none against NoteBox's 10. MyNotebook also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (43 vs 10). NoteBox's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NoteBox sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. MyNotebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyNotebook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 43 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of NoteBox's written reviews are positive against 88% of MyNotebook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NoteBox versus MyNotebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteBoxMyNotebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)4.8 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.8% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1043 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperElaborappfumio ueda

Customer experience

NoteBox

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive89.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative4.1%

MyNotebook

All ratings40 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

NoteBox

One-time10
  • Tip$0.99
  • Unlock note capacity limit$1.99
  • Tip$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Unlock note capacity limit$2.99
  • Unlock note capacity limit$3.99
  • Unlock note capacity limit$4.99
  • Tip$4.99
  • Unlock note capacity limit$5.99
  • Unlock note capacity limit$6.99
  • Unlock note capacity limit$7.99
None

MyNotebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoteBox free?
NoteBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyNotebook free?
MyNotebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NoteBox or MyNotebook?
MyNotebook is rated higher. NoteBox averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while MyNotebook averages 4.8 from 43 ratings.
Do NoteBox or MyNotebook have ads?
MyNotebook shows ads; NoteBox does not.
Which is updated more often, NoteBox or MyNotebook?
NoteBox ships an update monthly, and MyNotebook monthly. Most recently, NoteBox was updated on October 24, 2026 and MyNotebook on October 21, 2026.

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