Comparison

Quick block notes vs PlopNote

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

Head to head
About

Quick block notes

Capture thoughts, sketch ideas, and jot down lists with this creative notes app. Personalize your notes with various colors, fonts, and backgrounds. Easily share your creations and upgrade for an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Personalize notes with colors, fonts, and brush styles
  • Variety of background options
  • Tools for erasing, undoing, and saving
  • Add images from gallery or take photos
  • Save and share notes instantly
Features
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Bring Your Ideas to Life with Our Creative Notes App Capture your thoughts, sketch, doodle, jot down your shopping list, or write whatever comes to mind in this versatile, intuitive, and visually engaging notebook. All in one place, with a smooth and fun experience! Easily share your notes through any app installed on your phone. And if you love it, leave us a review — your feedback helps us improve! You can also upgrade to an ad-free version for the ultimate experience. Key Features: • Personalize your notes: choose colors, fonts, and brush styles. Use a pencil, marker, or paintbrush to match your vibe. • Variety of backgrounds: pick from colors, textures, music staff, grid, or lined paper. • Handy tools: erase, undo, or save your notes anytime. • Add images from your gallery, take a photo on the spot, or select a custom background. • Save your notes and come back to them later, or share them instantly.

About

PlopNote

Create customizable sticky notes for your home screen. Personalize with background colors, photos, and text. Useful for lists, reminders, or creative writing.

Highlights
  • Customizable background color
  • Add photos with adjustable transparency
  • Rich text editor with undo/redo
  • Pre-designed background templates
  • Automatic content saving
  • Font size adjustment
Features
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A sticky note widget that can be pasted on the home screen. You can change the font size using the (invisible) button at the top of the widget, making it very easy to adjust the appearance after editing the content. This app widget has a three-layered structure: background color, photo (transparency can be changed), and text, and you can change the appearance to your liking. You can also choose from the background templates included in the app. Shopping list Idea note Favorite word A saying I always want to see Dreams and Hopes etc. It will be useful in various situations. Tap the placed widget to open its note screen. The content of the note is automatically saved, so if you add it and close the screen, it will be immediately reflected in the widget. It also seems like a good idea to use it as a shortcut to continue writing novels. The in-app text editor has features for undo & redo and left/right movement of the cursor. You can also change the font size. The following features can be purchased from within the app as additional features. ・Widget text shading ・Copy widget settings from a created note Ads are displayed by default. You can also purchase to remove ads. These purchases are one-time purchases. If you reinstall, you do not need to purchase it again.

Screenshots

Quick block notes4 screens
PlopNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlopNote at 100% against Quick block notes's 22%. PlopNote also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Quick block notes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Quick block notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PlopNote sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick block notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlopNote has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of Quick block notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlopNote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick block notes ships an update every 8 months, PlopNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quick block notes versus PlopNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick block notesPlopNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntelectivatadashi atoji

Customer experience

Quick block notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative72.2%

PlopNote

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick block notes

One-time1
  • No Ads$3.99
2 purchases

PlopNote

One-time2
  • Add features$2.99
  • Remove ads$6.99

Questions

Is Quick block notes free?
Quick block notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlopNote free?
PlopNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick block notes or PlopNote?
Quick block notes is rated higher. Quick block notes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while PlopNote averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Quick block notes or PlopNote have ads?
Both Quick block notes and PlopNote show ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick block notes or PlopNote?
Quick block notes ships an update every 8 months, and PlopNote monthly. Most recently, Quick block notes was updated on October 11, 2026 and PlopNote on September 29, 2026.

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