Comparison

Password Manager vs Safe Notes

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

Head to head
About

Password Manager

Securely store login credentials, photos, videos, and notes with robust encryption. Features include automatic form filling, a password generator, and a private media vault. Protect your digital life with advanced privacy options.

Highlights
  • Secure password storage
  • Automatic form filling
  • Password generator
  • Private photo and video vault
  • Built-in secure browser
  • AES 256-bit encryption
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Password Manager Vault is a convenient, all-in-one password management and secret folder app that allows you to store login details, photos, videos and notes securely. Password Manager Vault and Secret Folder is the only app that lets you safeguard and store your data with complete privacy across all of your iOS devices. Login information is protected by AES 256-bit encryption. That means only you can access them, not your neighbor, not us, not even your best friend! Keep your files, passwords and photos safe with Secure! Password Management - Store passwords for your most frequently visited sites. Log in with a single tap, and then get back to browsing! - Automatic form filling with just one tap. Never fill in another sign-up form again! - Detects new logins and saves information so you don’t have to memorize anything. - Powerful password generator to create un-guessable passwords. - Secure protects everything with a master password that encrypts and decrypts your data on command. Secret Folder Feature - Move images and videos into the photo vault to keep them private and secure. - Hide your media from prying eyes. Only you can see your photos! Browsing - Secure web surfing with a built-in browser - Multitab browsing keeps you more productive - Connect Secure to Safari to quickly use stored passwords while you browse - Autofill passwords on iOS 12 Media Storage - Organize photos, videos and notes into albums for easy viewing. - Powerful search and sort features let you find what you're looking for in an instant. - Import and export from your camera, photo library or cloud storage service such as Dropbox or Google Drive. - Innovative filters and effects to add a personal touch to your photos. Privacy - Your data, photos and files are accessible only by you! - Change open applications by flipping the device. Instant privacy! - Dummy screen to protect your privacy even when friends use your phone. - Secure snaps photos and saves location information to log break-in attempts. - Backup and restore device data via iTunes and iCloud. - Compatible with Touch ID and Face ID. New Features - Use Picture-In-Picture to watch a video while using your iPad for other tasks. - Use Spotlight Search to find things quickly on your iOS device. Password Manager Vault and Secret Folder is built exclusively for iOS 10 and above. VIP Subscription: Password Manager Vault VIP subscription which is available on a weekly, monthly and yearly tier, auto-renewable. The yearly subscription is priced at 3.99 USD/week, 6.99 USD/month and 24.99 USD/year (or local equivalent). You will be able to use more cloud storage, photo filter effects and more for the duration of the subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Unused portions of free trials, if offered, will be forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Links to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html#terms/

About

Safe Notes

Securely store and organize your thoughts, plans, and sensitive information with a password-protected notepad. Create text notes, checklists, add images and audio, and convert content to PDF for easy sharing. Access your data offline and enjoy automatic backups.

Highlights
  • Password protection
  • Offline access
  • Convert notes to PDF
  • Add photos and audio
  • Organize with tags
  • To-do lists
  • Automatic backup
Features
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Safe Notes is a password-protected notepad that's safe, smart, easy to use and free! Safe Notes gives you a complete and simple notepad to create text notes and checklists. It saves your inspirations, plans, ideas, contacts, passwords, sensitive information, lists or anything you want to organize or remember and keep them private and yet available. You can use Safe Notes as a digital notebook or diary and add pictures, taking them with camera or your gallery. You can keep notes of lectures, business meetings and interviews or if you need quickly transfer URLs, code snippets and email addresses. It is easy to create reminders and to organize data in lists. With the checklist you can plan your day with to do list, make tasks list and tick the completed ones. Safe Notes is intuitive and versatile. You can organise notes using tags to manage your schedules and notes. You can add title to your notes, instead of just the first line of the note and convert text into a checkbox list or vice versa. Safe Notes now allows you to convert your notes and lists to PDF. You can then normally view, store, transfer or share your PDF files. Safe Notes provides safe access using a simple pin number. It stores all your data on the device instead of uploading your personal information on external database. Easy to use with a clean interface, it’s the app that you’re missing on your phone and it is free. Download Safe Notes now. Key features: * Password protection. Protect your notes and checklist with password and lock the whole notepad app with your PIN. * Offline access. Access your notes even without internet connection. * Autosave. The notepad will save your notes automatically while you edit them. * Use your Fingerprint to quickly unlock the app. * Convert your notes and images into PDF * Quickly share your PDF * Automatic Backup (NEW FEATURE) * Backup and Restore (NEW FEATURE) * Tags. Organise your notes and to do list with labels to find them easily. * Search function. Easy search notes and filter tags. * Preferred Notes. Set note importance. * ToDo lists. * Fast memo. Import text data directly from another source. Copy and paste from your phone to your note. * Simple and intuitive user experience. Create. Edit. Delete. * Photo support. Add photos and images to your secure notes. * Audio notes support. Add audio notes to your secure notes. * Text To Speech support * Colours. Use colours to categorise notes by importance, tags or subject or just make your notepad more fun. * Reminders. Set a reminder for your note or for your to do lists and you'll receive a protected local notification: For your privacy, the actual text of the reminder is visible only inside the app! * Tick the completed tasks. * Share. Send and share individual note to yourself or another contact if you need. * Unlimited text size. * Possibility to set a reminder for Notes and ToDo lists and receive a notification to help you remember things! * Multi languages. * Off-line security. You are the only one that knows your password and everything that you write and save it is stored only on your phone instead of app and database. You don't have to trust any other third-party as nobody else have access to it. Nothing is stored online where someone could potentially read it. 100% privacy protection. * Support: HELP will help you to work with notes, checklist and tags. Also you can always contact us if you have some questions. * Free (Safe Notes is a free app and ads supported).

Screenshots

Password Manager4 screens
Safe Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Safe Notes at 100% against Password Manager's 78%. Safe Notes also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Password Manager's advantage is ratings volume (754 vs 22). On price, update cadence, 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. Password Manager sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Safe Notes 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

Safe Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Password Manager has 754 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Password Manager's written reviews are positive against 100% of Safe Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Password Manager ships an update every 2 months, Safe Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Password Manager versus Safe Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPassword ManagerSafe Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (754 ratings)4.9 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings754 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB165 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCMarco Troncone

Customer experience

Password Manager

All ratings752 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.1%

Safe Notes

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Password Manager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 13 update
  • Fingerprint/Face ID not working
  • Inability to access stored data

Requested features

3 requests
  • Password reset/recovery option
  • Improved support and communication
  • Clearer pricing and feature information

Safe Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Password Manager

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly VIP Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly VIP Plus$3.997 Days
  • Monthly VIP Plus$6.991 Month
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  • Monthly VIP Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP Premium3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly VIP Plus$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$8.99
1 purchases

Safe Notes

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is Password Manager free?
Password Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Safe Notes free?
Safe Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Password Manager or Safe Notes?
Safe Notes is rated higher. Password Manager averages 4.6 out of 5 from 754 ratings, while Safe Notes averages 4.9 from 22 ratings.
Do Password Manager or Safe Notes have ads?
Both Password Manager and Safe Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Password Manager or Safe Notes?
Password Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Safe Notes monthly. Most recently, Password Manager was updated on November 5, 2026 and Safe Notes on November 3, 2026.

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