Notoriety vs Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notoriety
This app offers a streamlined and customizable note-taking experience with a minimalist interface. Organize your thoughts efficiently using tags and personalize your workspace with various themes and display options. Capture ideas on the go with its convenient app extension.
- Modern minimalist interface
- Tag-based organizing
- Customizable themes
- Customizable note list display
- App extension for note-taking from other apps
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Power your productivity with Notoriety, a highly customizable and easy to use note-taking app. Featuring: - A Modern, minimalist interface that let's you focus on your notes - Tag-based organizing for easy sorting and storing - Themes to suit your style and needs - A customizable note list display - An app extension that allows you to take notes from other apps ...and more! Take notes faster and get more organized with Notoriety.
Notepad
A straightforward writing application that allows for easy note-taking and sentence composition. It offers robust editing tools like undo/redo and a keyboard toolbar for efficient text manipulation. The app is designed for one-handed operation and includes features for organizing notes with folders and backups.
- Note and folder management
- Undo/Redo editing
- Keyboard toolbar for text manipulation
- One-handed operation design
- Startup lock with iOS authentication
- Dark mode support
- iCloud backup
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This is a simple notepad app that has useful features not only to take notes but also to write sentences. Mistakes of editing can be fixed easily by undo/redo feature. If you want to restore a note to previous content, you will be able to restore from update history. On keyboard toolbar, There is convenient features such as moving cursor up/down/left/right and select/copy/cut/paste. In addition, This app is made to make it easy to operate with one hand. ------ This is a notepad app that implements convenient features while being careful not to impair the simple operation feeling. The features of this app is below. Notes management features: - Manage notes by folders - Sort notes and folders freely - Manage update and delete history of notes Notes editing features: - Store a note at real time - Change font size while viewing a note - Show character, word, line count - Link text to other app such as Email and SNS - keyboard toolbar --> Select/Copy/Cut/Paste --> Move cursor up/down/left/right by one character --> Move cursor to start or end of note --> Move cursor to start or end of line --> Undo and Redo of editing Other features: - Startup lock - Use iOS authentication (Face ID, Touch ID, Passcode) - Mini note - Ancillary note when creating notes - Change color setting to dark mode - Export and Import backup files - iCloud backup
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notepad at 4.8 against Notoriety's 3.6. Notepad also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Notoriety's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and device support 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
Both are free to download. Notoriety sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notepad holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Notoriety's written reviews are positive against 79% of Notepad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Notoriety ships an update every 6 months, Notepad monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notoriety | Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wander Bit LLC - Photo & Video Editor Apps and More | Makoto Yamabayashi |
Customer experience
Notoriety
Notepad
In-app purchases
Notoriety
- Midnight Theme$0.99
- B/W Theme$0.99
- Ruby Theme$0.99
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- Unlimited Tags$1.99
- Unlock Everything$2.99
Notepad
No in-app purchases








