Comparison

Memo Notepad vs Color Notepad

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

Head to head
About

Memo Notepad

Capture your thoughts, drafts, and lists effortlessly. Organize notes into notepads, set reminders, and collaborate with others via email or an integrated messenger. Enjoy offline access with seamless cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Organize with multiple notepads
  • Share and collaborate on notes
  • Fast, secure cloud sync
  • 100% offline use
  • Set reminders for notes
  • Integrated messenger for shared notes
Features
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The simple and easy place for your quick thoughts Memo Notepad provides you with a totally simple way to take notes on your iPhone. Saving, cloud syncing all happens in the background. Just focus and write down what you are thinking super quickly and easily. Memo is a perfect place for your thoughts, email drafts, journals, lists, or study and meeting notes. Beyond the simplicity of standard note taking, Memo gives you the power to organize your notes into individual notepads or to set reminders if you want to come back to a note later. If you want to share your notes with your friends, you can easily send them a copy over email. You can even add a contact from your Address Book to a note to let them view and edit a note. Sharing a lot of notes? You can share an entire notebook of notes, even discuss your notes with the integrated messaging support. Everything in Memo is usable offline, all your notes are always accessible, you'll never be bothered about your connectivity. Even sharing will still work offline, when you are online later Memo will sync your changes to your contacts. You can use Memo Notepad offline or online, all your notes made offline will sync when you get back online. You can access all your notes offline. You can search through your notes, and it will find what you are looking for instantly as you type. Features: - Organize your thoughts with multiple notepads - Share and collaborate on notes with family, friends or coworkers - Super fast sync - encrypted and securely backed up in the cloud - Personalize with various font options in Writing Styles - Designed to allow 100% offline use. Never wait for "syncing" - Mark notes to be reminded later - Integrated messenger for shared notepads Tips: - If you delete a note by accident, shake to undo - If you forget your cloud sync password, try guessing a password to reveal the 'forgot password' button, it will email you a reset link Other Apps: - You can use your same sync account with our other apps: Do it (Tomorrow), Everyday Notes Premium Cloud Sync Subscription Service: - Sync with Dropbox and Google Drive as well as other bonus features is available on a subscription basis of $0.99/month or $4.99/year. (subscription uses iTunes Account at purchase, final price depends on country) - To cancel or select not to auto-renew a subscription, go to Account Settings after purchase. Subscriptions during a single period cannot be cancelled. - Premium subscriptions automatically renew, unless selected not to, or canceled. Cancellations or disabling of auto-renew must happen at least 24 hours before the end of the month or year. - Bonus features include: Note and Notepad locking with password and touch-id support, more font options, dark and sepia themes. Sync Accounts (if enabled): - Privacy policy can be found at https://account.adylitica.com/txt/privacy_policy.txt and Terms of use at: https://account.adylitica.com/txt/terms_of_use.txt Memo Notepad is a project we are working to make a great app for everyone's notes. Please email us at web-support@adylitica.com with your feedback, questions, issues, ideas, or just to say hello :)

About

Color Notepad

A clean and simple note-taking app that lets you personalize your experience with over 20 colorful themes. It offers a minimalist design for distraction-free writing, iCloud sync, and robust backup options.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • 20+ colorful themes
  • Light & Dark Mode
  • iCloud sync
  • Sort notes
  • Export notes
  • Automatic local backups
Features
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Color Notepad is a clean and simple note-taking app designed to match your personal style. Whether you’re jotting down quick thoughts, daily tasks, or important ideas, Color Notepad keeps things fast, easy, and customizable. Choose from 20+ colorful themes to match your mood — or let the app surprise you with a random one each time you open it. Key Feature: • Minimalist design for quick and distraction-free note-taking. • 20+ colorful themes to suit your mood. • Light & Dark Mode support for every theme. • iCloud sync to keep your notes up to date across devices. • Sort your notes by date or alphabetically. • Export individual notes or your entire archive for backup or sharing. • Automatic local backups with the ability to restore notes. Color Notepad is perfect for anyone looking for a lightweight, private, and beautifully customizable notes app — with no ads, no accounts, and no clutter.

Screenshots

Memo Notepad4 screens
Color Notepad3 screens

Verdict

The call

Memo Notepad and Color Notepad both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Memo Notepad's written reviews are positive against 47% of Color Notepad's. Memo Notepad also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Color Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (603 vs 23) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Memo Notepad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Color Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Memo Notepad against 4.5 for Color Notepad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Notepad has 603 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Memo Notepad's written reviews are positive against 47% of Color Notepad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memo Notepad ships an update every 2 months, Color Notepad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Memo Notepad versus Color Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemo NotepadColor Notepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings)4.5 (603 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews — better46.5% of reviews
Number of ratings23603 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdylitica, Inc.Dmytro Vynokurov

Customer experience

Memo Notepad

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.8%

Color Notepad

All ratings603 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive46.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative46.5%

Bugs and requests

Memo Notepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Color Notepad

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Notes deleted unexpectedly after saving
  • App crashes and fails to reopen
  • Text disappears or becomes invisible
  • Keyboard covers note content during editing
  • Inconsistent save functionality (8 out of 10 times fails)
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  • App unresponsive to input commands
  • Notes lost after app closure

Requested features

6 requests
  • Password protection for notes
  • Different colors for individual notes
  • Checklist functionality with reset capability
  • Note sharing capabilities
  • Multiple font options
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  • Apple Pencil support

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memo Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Sync$0.991 Month
  • Premium Sync$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Color Notepad

One-time1
  • Unlimited Storage$4.99

Questions

Is Memo Notepad free?
Memo Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Notepad free?
Color Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memo Notepad or Color Notepad?
Memo Notepad and Color Notepad are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 23 and 603 ratings respectively.
Do Memo Notepad or Color Notepad have ads?
Neither Memo Notepad nor Color Notepad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memo Notepad or Color Notepad?
Memo Notepad ships an update every 2 months, and Color Notepad every 5 months. Most recently, Memo Notepad was updated on September 21, 2026 and Color Notepad on September 23, 2026.

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