Comparison

Colored Note vs Keyboard Skins for iPhone

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

Keyboard Skins for iPhone

Customize your iPhone keyboard with unique designs and custom fonts. Access a built-in emoji keyboard, create your own skins, and use shortcuts for faster typing. Enjoy weekly updates with new themes and personalized typing sounds.

Highlights
  • Customizable keyboard themes
  • Built-in emoji and stickers
  • Keyboard skin maker
  • Typing shortcuts
  • Personalized typing sounds
  • Multi-language support
Features
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The app installs keyboard extensions with cool, polished designs that will change the standard iOS Keyboard Colors. You can switch back to existing native keyboard anytime. Keyboard Skins has built in Emoji keyboard and our custom smile stickers. This gives you faster, more comfortable typing experience as you don't have to change keyboard language each time you need to send smiley face.:) Keyboard Skins supports English, Georgian, German, Russian and Filipino keyboards. Awesome new experience is Shortcuts function. To make life easier, you can save frequently typed info once, and use them right from the keyboard. E.g. Bank accounts, Personal ID's, Email addresses and etc. Have you ever created your own keyboard? Now it’s possible with built in Keyboard Skin maker. Just import or take picture and that’s it! Get the new keyboard designs and fancy look for your iPhone or iPad with all aforesaid features now. After adding Georgian, German, Russian and Filipino, users can switch between 2 languages by swiping on the keyboard up or to the left. Keyboard Skins is fully compatible with native messaging app and all major messaging apps including Viber, Whatsapp, Twitter, Skype as well. Even more personalization available by replacing the standard typing sound with new ones bundled inside app. The app works perfectly with all models of iOS 8 and later devices. Keyboard Skins ver. 3.0 comes with 100+ bundled themes and weekly updates. So you always have new, trendy keyboard theme all time. :) The app offers up to 150 different keyboard skins. Popular skins are free, some skins are locked and are available through in-app purchase. You can get Pro features through auto-renewing subscription and if you want to continue getting premium features, your subscription should be continued. - 3-month Pro features subscription costs $1.99 monthly after 3-day free trial. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change with notice. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription. Your account will be charged for a renewed subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of current subscription. You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your account settings after purchase. You cannot cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period. Any unused part or time-span of a free trial period will be forfeited, as soon as you purchase a subscription. PRO features can be purchased through one time in-app purchase or through auto-renewable monthly subscription. First month of subscription is free and can be cancelled any time. After trial period, the paid subscription starts, which renews automatically unless cancelled 24 hours before the end of current period. more information can be found on the following link: https://www.lemondo.com/KeyboardSkinsTerms.html privacy link: http://lemondo.com/privacy We want to hear your suggestions, likes, complains.. Please leave your feedback, rate us on the AppStore or use the contact link to stay in touch. Thanks, Lemondo Team

Screenshots

Colored Note3 screens
Keyboard Skins for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colored Note at none against Keyboard Skins for iPhone's 4. Colored Note also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Keyboard Skins for iPhone's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume 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. Keyboard Skins for iPhone sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. 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 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5K and 12K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Colored Note's written reviews are positive against 72% of Keyboard Skins for iPhone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colored Note ships an update weekly, Keyboard Skins for iPhone every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Colored Note versus Keyboard Skins for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColored NoteKeyboard Skins for iPhone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5K ratings) — better4.4 (12K ratings)
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5K12K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeniamin GribkovLemondo Apps LLc

Customer experience

Colored Note

All ratings5,007 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews439 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative36.2%

Keyboard Skins for iPhone

All ratings12,165 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews1,137 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral10.6%
Negative17.4%

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

Keyboard Skins for iPhone

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Unique keyboard customization
  • 🎨 Ability to create custom skins
  • 💡 Variety of free keyboard options
  • 🎨 Cool keyboard designs and fonts

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Keyboard glitches and bugs
  • 🔑 Requires full device access
  • 🔍 Limited free customization options

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

Keyboard Skins for iPhone

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard layout issues on iPads
  • Keyboard disappearing or not working
  • Stretched or distorted custom keyboard designs

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free keyboard designs and fonts
  • Improved keyboard responsiveness
  • Better auto-correct and auto-capitalization
  • Ability to edit and save custom keyboards

In-app purchases

None

Colored Note

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Keyboard Skins for iPhone

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock All1 Month trial$1.491 Month
  • Unlock Pro Features3 Days trial$7.993 Months
One-time2
  • Unlock GIFs$0.99
  • Unlock All including updates$19.99

Questions

Is Colored Note free?
Colored Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keyboard Skins for iPhone free?
Keyboard Skins for iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colored Note or Keyboard Skins for iPhone?
Colored Note is rated higher. Colored Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5K ratings, while Keyboard Skins for iPhone averages 4.4 from 12K ratings.
Do Colored Note or Keyboard Skins for iPhone have ads?
Keyboard Skins for iPhone shows ads; Colored Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Colored Note or Keyboard Skins for iPhone?
Colored Note ships an update weekly, and Keyboard Skins for iPhone every 4 months. Most recently, Colored Note was updated on October 13, 2026 and Keyboard Skins for iPhone on October 14, 2026.

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