Comparison

NotePad vs Block Calculator Plus

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

Head to head
About

NotePad

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a versatile note-taking app. Create typed or handwritten notes, manage them within categories, and share them via email, SMS, or PDF. Includes options for reminders and visual customization.

Highlights
  • Typed and handwritten notes
  • Category management
  • Photo integration
  • Print and email notes
  • Set reminders
  • Customizable fonts and colors
  • Handwritten drawing tools
Features
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NotePad Pro was created to help you manage and create notepads in both typed format and handwritten format. Notepads are great for keeping notes, reminders, used as a shopping list, homework notes, meeting notes, lecture notes, etc. You have the option to create a book of all notepads, selected categories or selected notepads. They can be printed, emailed, send reminders or sms (sms typed text only). There are two functions available: NotePad Categories - Create, edit or delete the categories for each notepad with the option to select a photo from your photo album or take a new photo. If you delete a Category, all notepads under that category will be deleted as well. To search for a category, simply enter the Category Name. You can change the photo or re-take another one. Notepads - Create, edit or delete the notepad for each category. You also have the option to delete all Checked notepads or one at a time. For each notepad, you enter the title, photo, notes (typed and/or written) and completion (checked/unchecked). You can select the photo from your photo album or take a new photo. The category, creation time and creation date will be automatically displayed. You can change the date and time. You have the option to change fonts, font size and font colour when entering the typed notes. To search for a notepad, simply enter the Notepad Title and the details will be displayed. For the handwritten notes, you can change the colour and width of the text or shapes. You can also select solid lines or dashed lines. Shapes included are arc, line, rectangle, rectangle fill, square, square fill, diamond, diamond fill, circle, circle fill, semicircle, semicirclefill, ellipse, ellipse fill, triangle and triangle fill. Stickers or Emoticons can be added to the page. Option to pick a photo from photo album or take a new one to use as background. You can also save the handwritten notes to your photo album. You have the option to email, display the pdf file, print, delete, set a reminder or SMS the notepad. The email will include the notepad in the email body and a pdf file as an attachment.

About

Block Calculator Plus

This app provides nine specialized calculators to accurately estimate masonry materials for various construction projects. It helps calculate blocks, bricks, mortar, concrete, and gravel needed for walls and other structures, supporting multiple units of measurement.

Highlights
  • 9 concrete block estimation calculators
  • Estimate blocks, bricks, mortar, and fill
  • Supports US customary and metric units
  • Calculate for walls, concrete, and gravel
  • Area and volume calculation tools
Features
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9 concrete block estimation calculators to estimate masonry material for block and brickwork projects. Estimate blocks or bricks needed for a wall, mortar, concrete fill, concrete, or gravel. 9 Free Calculators: - block calculator - brick calculator - mortar calculator - block fill calculator - concrete calculator - gravel/sand calculator - retaining wall calculator - area calculator - volume calculator Enter dimensions in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, or meters. Get results in US customary or metric measurements. Based on the calculators on Inch Calculator(www.inchcalculator.com) that are trusted by millions of people world-wide for material estimation.

Screenshots

NotePad4 screens
Block Calculator Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Block Calculator Plus at 100% against NotePad's 0%. Block Calculator Plus also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.9 vs 1.0). NotePad's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Block Calculator Plus is free to download; NotePad costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Calculator Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Calculator Plus has 845 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of NotePad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Block Calculator Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotePad ships an update every 3 months, Block Calculator Plus every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NotePad versus Block Calculator Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotePadBlock Calculator Plus
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (845 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1845 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica TunnicliffeCalc Hub, LLC

Customer experience

NotePad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Block Calculator Plus

All ratings845 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NotePad

No in-app purchases

None

Block Calculator Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NotePad free?
NotePad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Block Calculator Plus free?
Block Calculator Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NotePad or Block Calculator Plus?
Block Calculator Plus is rated higher. NotePad averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Block Calculator Plus averages 4.9 from 845 ratings.
Do NotePad or Block Calculator Plus have ads?
Block Calculator Plus shows ads; NotePad does not.
Which is updated more often, NotePad or Block Calculator Plus?
NotePad ships an update every 3 months, and Block Calculator Plus every 2 months. Most recently, NotePad was updated on October 13, 2026 and Block Calculator Plus on October 13, 2026.

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