Colored Note vs SmartCal
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.
SmartCal
This AI-powered calendar app automatically schedules your tasks based on priorities and deadlines. It offers flexible rescheduling, timely alerts for various notifications, and syncs with Google Calendar and Google Classroom. An integrated AI chatbot provides personalized planning assistance.
- AI-powered magic scheduler
- Flexible rescheduling
- Timely alert system
- Google Calendar sync
- Google Classroom integration
- AI chatbot for planning
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Welcome to Smart Calendar: Your Next-Level Productivity Partner! Why Choose Smart Calendar? Magic Scheduler: Just add tasks and watch the magic happen! Our algorithm isn't just smart; it's a productivity wizard, crafting your perfect schedule based on priorities and deadlines. Flexi-Reschedule: Change is constant, and so is Smart Calendar. When life throws curveballs, we catch and rearrange them, keeping your schedule smooth and on track. Alert Central: Miss nothing! Get timely nudges for all your important stuff – emails, browser pop-ups, or even Discord DMs. Google Calendar, Now in Sync: Bring harmony to your life by merging Google Calendar with Smart Calendar. All your plans, one place. Google Classroom, Too!: Your academic to-dos directly in your calendar. And guess what? More integrations are coming! And Introducing... The AI Assistant! Chat & Plan: Say hello to your new AI buddy! Chat, plan, and get personalized scheduling tips. Organizing your life just got a whole lot more fun. Ready to Revolutionize Your Time Management? Jump into Smart Calendar Today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Colored Note at none against SmartCal's shown. Colored Note also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (5K vs 6). SmartCal's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Colored Note against 4.7 for SmartCal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colored Note has 5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Colored Note's written reviews are positive against 50% of SmartCal's.
Colored Note ships an update weekly, SmartCal every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Note | SmartCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Veniamin Gribkov | James Tsaggaris |
Customer experience
Colored Note
SmartCal
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
SmartCal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Colored Note
No in-app purchases
SmartCal
No in-app purchases
