Cheetah Note vs a Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cheetah Note
A straightforward yet capable application for capturing and organizing your thoughts. It offers features like note archiving, editing history, and seamless cloud synchronization. Access your notes across multiple Apple devices and integrate with system-wide search and shortcuts.
- Note archiving
- Editing history
- iCloud sync
- Backup functionality
- Widget support
- Apple Watch app
- Shortcuts integration
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Cheetah Note is a simple yet powerful note app. - Archive notes - Editing history - iCloud sync - Backup - Widget - Apple Watch app - iMessage app - Actions for Shortcuts - Spotlight search - Custom keyboard
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cheetah Note at fortnightly against a Notepad's every 3 months. Cheetah Note also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 49%). a Notepad's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Cheetah Note against 4.4 for a Notepad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 38 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Cheetah Note's written reviews are positive against 49% of a Notepad's.
Cheetah Note ships an update fortnightly, a Notepad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cheetah Note | a Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better | 4.4 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better | 48.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seokhyeon Nam | Jia Qing Song |
Customer experience
Cheetah Note
a Notepad
In-app purchases
Cheetah Note
No in-app purchases
a Notepad
No in-app purchases
