Colored Note vs Writing Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Writing Board
This app provides a simple and intuitive digital whiteboard for quick notes, drawings, and sketches. It offers a variety of pen options, editing tools, and the ability to save and share your creations.
- Instant writing upon opening
- Smooth writing experience
- Redo/Undo functionality
- One-tap clear all
- Customizable pen types, thickness, and colors
- Eraser and ruler tools
- Save and share as image
- Dark mode support
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It's a simple and easy-to-use writing board app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Write as soon as you open the app - Smooth writing - Redo/Undo support - Delete all with one tap - Pen type/thickness/color can be freely selected - Abundant functions such as eraser/ruler - Share/save your writing as an image - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: writingboard://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Colored Note at none against Writing Board's shown. Colored Note also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5K vs 59). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Colored Note against 4.6 for Writing Board. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colored Note has 5K ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Colored Note's written reviews are positive against 33% of Writing Board's.
Colored Note ships an update weekly, Writing Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Note | Writing Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better | 4.6 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Veniamin Gribkov | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Colored Note
Writing Board
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
Writing Board
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Colored Note
No in-app purchases
Writing Board
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Colored Note free?
Is Writing Board free?
Which has better reviews, Colored Note or Writing Board?
Do Colored Note or Writing Board have ads?
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