Notepad vs Colored Notes Simple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notepad
Capture your thoughts, to-do lists, and commitments with this intuitive note-taking app. Save all your important information on a single screen for quick access. Features include multiple drawing brushes, various backgrounds, and checklist functionality.
- Multiple drawing brushes
- Variety of backgrounds
- Checklist functionality
- Undo/Redo actions
- Save notes on one screen
- Share and save note images
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Write down all your ideas, messages, commitments or shopping lists with this intuitive application to create notes. You will have all your notes saved on the same screen! So you can check with a simple glance all those things that you have wanted to sign up and are important to you. What does our app have? • Multiple brushes to scribble with your finger: charcoal, spray, decorative... • Lots of backgrounds to write on: notebook, worn, notes... even some already! They include a checklist so that you can only fill it in with your tasks! • Of course, you can undo or redo your actions • Possibility of saving all your notes on the same screen • Share the image of the note and save it on your device The development team hopes you have a good experience with our app and that your comments help us improve. Thank you very much!
Colored Notes Simple
Organize your thoughts and reminders with a vibrant and intuitive note-taking experience. Customize your notes with colors and set timely notifications to never miss an appointment or task. Enjoy a simple yet engaging way to manage your daily information.
- Colorful note customization
- Appointment and meeting tracking
- Customizable notification reminders
- Checklist functionality
- Intuitive user interface
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Colorful notes, shopping lists and reminders in one simple, fast app. Color Notes makes writing things down a pleasure: every note has its own color, you spot it at a glance in the grid, and reminders make sure you never forget anything. - Colors: give each note a color - groceries, work, ideas, home. - Checklists: turn a note into a list with one tap and tick off what is done. - Reminders: pick a date and time and get a notification at the right moment. - Pinned notes: keep the important ones always at the top. - Search: find any word in an instant. - 14 themes: gradients that change the look of the whole app. - Widget: your notes on the Home Screen, with a plus button to start a new one. - Text size: small, medium or large. - Sharing: send a note or a list with one tap. - Privacy: everything stays on your iPhone and iPad, no account needed. Remembering things has never been so much fun. Color Notes is free to download and use. Some extra features are available through an optional one-time in-app purchase: pay once and keep it forever, with no subscription and nothing that renews. Purchases are handled by the App Store and can be restored on any device signed in with the same Apple ID. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/site/termofuseapp/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Colored Notes Simple at 2.4 against Notepad's 1.0. Colored Notes Simple also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Notepad's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Notepad sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Colored Notes Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.
Colored Notes Simple holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 0% of Colored Notes Simple's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Notepad ships an update every 3 months, Colored Notes Simple every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notepad | Colored Notes Simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 2.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tramboliko Games | luca calciano |
Customer experience
Notepad
Colored Notes Simple
In-app purchases
Notepad
- Free Ressorces$0.99
- Unlock brushes Editor$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- FullPack$2.99
Colored Notes Simple
No in-app purchases
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