Comparison

Colored Note vs Notepad Notebook Onenote plus

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

Head to head
About

Colored Note

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and experiences with a versatile diary and notepad. Add photos, color-code entries, and organize with tags for easy retrieval. Share your notes with friends or keep them private with passcode protection.

Highlights
  • Add photos to notes
  • Color-code notes for organization
  • Assign tags for searching
  • Sort notes as desired
  • Share notes with friends
  • Secure notes with a passcode
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Color Note is a diary and notepad just for everyone! Record interesting thoughts, inspires ideas, inspirational quotes, recent experience, write notes about life, share your thoughts and mood with your friends. Or just write memos. PHOTOS You can add some images to your note. COLORS You can mark your note with a color. The color can be used for searching. TAGS You can assign one or more tags to a note. The tags can be used for searching. ORGANIZE Sort your note as you want. SHARE YOUR NOTE WITH YOUR FRIENDS Send it to your friends or publish in social networks! SAFETY You can restrict access to your notes with a passcode. AND You can delete a note by swiping it to the left.

About

Notepad Notebook Onenote plus

Capture, organize, and share your ideas with a versatile digital notebook. Create searchable notes, checklists, and to-do lists in various formats, including text, sketches, and photos. Collaborate with others by sharing and annotating content.

Highlights
  • Create searchable notes
  • Support for text, sketches, photos
  • Digital notepad and word processor
  • Share and collaborate with others
  • Annotate images and documents
  • Personal and business checklists
  • Set reminders for activities
Features
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GET ORGANIZED Notepad plus gives you the tools you need to keep your work effortlessly organized: • Write, collect, and capture ideas as searchable notes, notebooks, checklists, and to-do lists • Create notes in a variety of formats, including: text, sketches, photos, screenshots, image files and more • Use Notepad plus as a digital notepad and easy-to-format word processor for all your thoughts as they come SHARE YOUR IDEAS Notepad plus gives you the tools to share, discuss, and collaborate productively with others: • Create, share, and discuss with the people who help get your work done, all in one app • Search within pictures and annotate images to give quick feedback Notepad plus IN EVERYDAY LIFE • Make personal checklists to keep your thoughts organized • Set reminders to keep on top of activities and write to-do lists • Gather, capture, and store every thought you need to stay productive Notepad plus IN BUSINESS • Create agendas, write memos, and craft presentations • Annotate documents with comments and thoughts during team meetings, then share with colleagues • Get your projects underway faster and maximize productivity by letting multiple participants access and work on different aspects alongside each other Notepad plus IN EDUCATION • Keep up with lecture notes so you don’t miss a vital thought • Clip and highlight articles from the web for academic research • Plan and collaborate for better academic group work

Screenshots

Colored Note3 screens
Notepad Notebook Onenote plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Colored Note at 4.7 against Notepad Notebook Onenote plus's 4.2. Colored Note also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (54% vs 31%). Notepad Notebook Onenote plus's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Notepad Notebook Onenote plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Colored Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colored Note holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colored Note has 5K ratings behind it against 229, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Colored Note's written reviews are positive against 31% of Notepad Notebook Onenote plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colored Note ships an update weekly, Notepad Notebook Onenote plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Colored Note versus Notepad Notebook Onenote plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColored NoteNotepad Notebook Onenote plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5K ratings) — better4.2 (229 ratings)
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews — better31.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5K — better229
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeniamin GribkovTuyen Bui

Customer experience

Colored Note

All ratings5,007 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews438 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative36.1%

Notepad Notebook Onenote plus

All ratings229 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative65.5%

User reviews

Colored Note

From 5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of colors and fonts
  • 📝 Helpful for note-taking
  • 🌟 Great app overall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or data loss
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding or organizing notes
  • 🔒 Lack of security features (e.g., password protection)
  • 🔧 Issues with recent updates

Notepad Notebook Onenote plus

From 229 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Practical and easy to use
  • 👍 Good for staying organized
  • 👍 Useful for daily checklists
  • 👍 Nice and attractive interface
  • 👍 Useful scheduling function

Room to improve

  • 😠 Too many ads
  • 😠 Ads are disturbing and frequent
  • 😠 App is unusable due to ads
  • 😠 Ads interrupt concentration
  • 😠 Ads make the app borderline unusable

Bugs and requests

Colored Note

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes disappearing or not saving properly
  • Cursor jumping or text selection issues
  • Glitches with recent app updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add checklist/to-do list functionality
  • Improve note sorting and search options
  • Implement password protection or biometric security
  • Provide more font and customization options

Notepad Notebook Onenote plus

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App failed to record notes
  • Cannot insert images
  • Cannot enlarge font size
  • Lost unsaved notes upon exiting
  • Some ads cannot be closed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to move/prioritize items
  • Option to change font and font size
  • Ability to move checked items to the bottom of a list
  • Vietnamese language version

In-app purchases

None

Colored Note

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Notepad Notebook Onenote plus

One-time1
  • Notes without Ads$8.99

Questions

Is Colored Note free?
Colored Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notepad Notebook Onenote plus free?
Notepad Notebook Onenote plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colored Note or Notepad Notebook Onenote plus?
Colored Note is rated higher. Colored Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5K ratings, while Notepad Notebook Onenote plus averages 4.2 from 229 ratings.
Do Colored Note or Notepad Notebook Onenote plus have ads?
Neither Colored Note nor Notepad Notebook Onenote plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colored Note or Notepad Notebook Onenote plus?
Colored Note ships an update weekly, and Notepad Notebook Onenote plus monthly. Most recently, Colored Note was updated on October 9, 2026 and Notepad Notebook Onenote plus on October 12, 2026.

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