Comparison

NotePad vs Patio 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

Patio Calculator Plus

Estimate materials for various patio projects like concrete, pavers, or gravel. Input dimensions in multiple units and receive results in US customary or metric measurements. This tool helps you accurately calculate the quantities needed for your landscaping endeavors.

Highlights
  • Concrete slab calculator
  • Paver calculator
  • Paver base calculator
  • Polymeric sand calculator
  • Sand and gravel calculator
  • Area calculator
  • Volume calculator
Features
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7 patio estimation calculators to estimate the material needed to build a paver, concrete, or gravel patio. 7 Free Calculators: - Concrete slab - Pavers - Paver Base - Polymeric Sand - Sand & Gravel - Area - Volume 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
Patio Calculator Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Patio Calculator Plus at Free against NotePad's $2.99. Patio Calculator Plus also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (212 vs 1). NotePad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On 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

Patio 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

Patio Calculator Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patio Calculator Plus has 212 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotePad ships an update every 3 months, Patio Calculator Plus every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NotePad versus Patio Calculator Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotePadPatio Calculator Plus
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (212 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 11 months
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%

Patio Calculator Plus

All ratings212 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.9%

In-app purchases

None

NotePad

No in-app purchases

None

Patio Calculator Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NotePad free?
NotePad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patio Calculator Plus free?
Patio Calculator Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NotePad or Patio Calculator Plus?
Patio Calculator Plus is rated higher. NotePad averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Patio Calculator Plus averages 4.8 from 212 ratings.
Do NotePad or Patio Calculator Plus have ads?
Patio Calculator Plus shows ads; NotePad does not.
Which is updated more often, NotePad or Patio Calculator Plus?
NotePad ships an update every 3 months, and Patio Calculator Plus every 11 months. Most recently, NotePad was updated on October 13, 2026 and Patio Calculator Plus on October 8, 2026.

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