Notepad Tool vs Color Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad Tool
Create, share, and manage your notes with this straightforward application. It offers a simple and quick way to jot down thoughts on your iPhone and iPad.
- Quick note taking
- Create notes
- Share notes
- Manage notes
- iPhone and iPad support
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Perfect app for simple and quick note taking on your iPhone and iPad. Notepad is the one place to create, share and manage your notes.
Color Notes
This app helps you quickly create and organize notes, to-do lists, and shopping lists using customizable colors and labels. It offers offline functionality, privacy features like PIN lock, and the ability to attach images. Personalize your notes with various fonts, themes, and reminder options.
- Create color notes and to-do lists
- Organize with labels and colors
- Attach photos and images
- Pin important notes
- Customize with fonts and themes
- Set reminders
- Offline functionality
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# Easy to Use Notebook for Note Taking. Color Note is a simple and awesome note taking app. You can create color notes, to do lists, shopping lists quickly. Users love Color Note® as their life organizer, work planner, or study note app. Note taking with Color Note® is easier than any other notepad app. Color Note® is a privacy-focused notepad. Color Note® can work offline perfectly, even without an Internet connection. No login is required. Lock app via PIN, biometric authentication to protect confidential information. # Features * Create color notes and todo list * Organize memo using label & color * Labels designed as list * Attach photos and images into notebook * Pin important notes to the top. You will not miss out on any important thing * Customize notes via various fonts, viewing modes, sorting modes * More different app color themes to make notebook looks great * Unlimited notes color choices * Reminders memo and calendar * Search notes instantly # Color Notes This notebook can categorize notes into different colors. Manage notes with 13 pre-defined beautiful colors. Color Note® also provides an unlimited favorite color. # Notes Category Color Note® allows you to categorize notes by creating labels. Labels can display as List.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Notes at 5.0 against Notepad Tool's 2.7. Notepad Tool's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Color Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively.
Notepad Tool ships an update every 2 months, Color Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad Tool | Color Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | margaret kovatch | DUC QUAN PHAM |
Customer experience
Notepad Tool
Color Notes
In-app purchases
Notepad Tool
No in-app purchases
Color Notes
No in-app purchases
