Comparison

Memo Notepad vs a 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

a Notepad

Capture your thoughts and ideas effortlessly on the go. This app offers both offline and cloud-synced note-taking, allowing you to access your notes from any device. Share your notes as plain text or as a web page with customizable privacy settings.

Highlights
  • Standalone mode (no login)
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Cross-device access
  • Note sharing as text or web page
  • Private, public, and password-protected notes
  • Guest editing options
Features
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Take notes on the go and share notes online with aNotepad mobile app. aNotepad can be used in either Standalone mode or Connected mode. Standalone mode - No login required. Notes will only be stored on your mobile device. If you later decide to login with an anotepad.com account, your local notes will be uploaded to that account as well. Connected mode - If you login with an anotepad.com free account, notes will be synchronized with anotepad.com cloud server. You can access your notes from multiple devices. You can also access your notes at anotepad.com website with a web browser. Note Sharing Notes can be shared either as Text or as online Web page. User in standalone mode can only share notes as Text. Logged in user can get an instant note web page and share note URL with others. Note Permission When you share your note as an online web page with others. You can set note permission to control who can see your note. Private Note - Only you can read and edit Public Note - Everyone who knows the URL can read Password Protected Note - Only people with password can read If you enable Guest Editing on your note, people with note editing password can also edit your note at anotepad.com website. Contact us at support@anotepad.com if you have any additional questions or any feedback.

Screenshots

Memo Notepad4 screens
a Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: a Notepad at none against Memo Notepad's 2. a Notepad also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Memo Notepad's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 49%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. a Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Memo Notepad against 4.4 for a Notepad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 38 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Memo Notepad's written reviews are positive against 49% of a Notepad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memo Notepad ships an update every 2 months, a Notepad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Memo Notepad versus a Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemo Notepada Notepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings) — better4.4 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews — better48.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2338 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdylitica, Inc.Jia Qing Song

Customer experience

Memo Notepad

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

a Notepad

All ratings38 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative48.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memo Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Sync$0.991 Month
  • Premium Sync$4.991 Year
None

a Notepad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memo Notepad free?
Memo Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is a Notepad free?
a Notepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Memo Notepad or a Notepad?
Memo Notepad is rated higher. Memo Notepad averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while a Notepad averages 4.4 from 38 ratings.
Do Memo Notepad or a Notepad have ads?
Neither Memo Notepad nor a Notepad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memo Notepad or a Notepad?
Memo Notepad ships an update every 2 months, and a Notepad every 3 months. Most recently, Memo Notepad was updated on September 21, 2026 and a Notepad on September 22, 2026.

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