Comparison

Colored Note vs Pink Note

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

Pink Note

Features
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Pink Note is your year as 365 morning briefings. Each morning, make a briefing from your calendar and the weather and hear it read aloud, on any iPhone with iOS 26. Briefings written for you need Apple Intelligence: an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, with Apple Intelligence turned on. WHAT IT DOES - Tap New briefing and it reads today's events from your calendar and the day's weather - With Apple Intelligence, writes a short, personalized briefing about what your day looks like - Reads it aloud and saves the recording - Tap play to listen while you make coffee or commute - Year end: 365 audio briefings you can scroll and replay - A Lock Screen widget that opens Pink Note - Your briefings stay on your device APPLE INTELLIGENCE - Written briefings need iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 or newer, with iOS 26 or later - Apple Intelligence must be turned on in Settings - On other iPhones, Pink Note reads out your calendar and the weather instead WITHOUT PRO Everything is unlocked for your first 3 days. After that, up to 3 briefings in total, and every briefing you made stays to replay. PRO ($2 monthly / $13 annual / $29 lifetime) - Unlimited briefings Subscription Details - Pro Monthly: $2 / month - Pro Annual: $13 / year - Lifetime: $29 one-time Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://danielius.studio/pink-note/terms Privacy Policy: https://danielius.studio/pink-note/privacy

Screenshots

Colored Note3 screens
Pink Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colored Note at none against Pink Note's 3. Colored Note also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Pink Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Colored Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colored Note ships an update weekly, Pink Note every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Colored Note versus Pink Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColored NotePink Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeniamin GribkovDanielius Chalikovas

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

Pink Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Colored Note

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pink Note

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly14 Days trial$2.001 Month
  • Pro Annual$13.001 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.00

Questions

Is Colored Note free?
Colored Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pink Note free?
Pink Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Colored Note or Pink Note have ads?
Neither Colored Note nor Pink Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colored Note or Pink Note?
Colored Note ships an update weekly, and Pink Note every 10 days. Most recently, Colored Note was updated on October 15, 2026 and Pink Note on October 3, 2026.

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