Comparison

Notezilla vs Paper

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

Head to head
About

Notezilla

Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and set reminders with colorful sticky notes. Enhance your notes with images and handwritten drawings. Organize and secure your information with tags and password protection.

Highlights
  • Colorful sticky notes
  • Checklist creation
  • Reminder alarms
  • Attach pictures
  • Handwritten notes & drawings
  • Note search & tagging
  • Home screen widgets
  • Password protection
Features
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Notezilla is a product of Conceptworld Corporation. Notezilla is an elegant notes & reminder app with following benefits: 1. Quickly jot down your thoughts & to-do lists on colorful sticky notes. It is an enjoyable experience. 2. Create checklist notes to keep track of pending tasks. Motivates you to reach your goal faster. 3. Set reminder alarms to notify you automatically about your tasks. Complete important stuff on time. 4. Attach pictures to notes from camera or photo gallery. 5. Create or attach handwritten notes and drawings. 6. Search & pick the right note when it is needed the most. Helps you in your daily busy schedule. 7. Stick notes to your phone's home screen using widgets. 8. Easily set tags on your notes to group them & locate them faster. Gets you organized with least effort. 9. Star notes that are most important at the moment. Keeps you focused on your current task. 10. The notes list is simple & very intuitive. 11. Protect sensitive notes with a master password. Secure your notes. When you sync your notes with our cloud (optional), you can reap some more benefits: 1. Have your notes appear on your Windows desktop as colorful sticky notes using Notezilla app for Windows. 2. Sync & access your notes from any smartphone/tablet, Windows PC, Mac etc. 3. Backup your notes to our secured cloud so that you can restore your notes back when you switch to another phone. 4. Send notes & reminders to other Notezilla users, right to their phone or Windows desktop.

About

Paper

Capture, organize, and sync your thoughts with a smart note-taking app. Features include rich formatting, AI summarization, and secure encryption across all your devices. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone seeking enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Customizable notebooks
  • Military-grade encryption
  • Smart search
  • Rich formatting (images, sketches)
  • AI note summarization
  • Voice-to-text capture
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Paper is the simplest way to take notes, capture ideas, and stay organized. This free note taking app brings text notes, voice notes, checklists, and smart reminders together in one clean, fast and private space. TAKE NOTES YOUR WAY • Write text notes, record voice notes, and add images, drawings and math equations • Turn any note into a checklist or to-do list with deadlines and recurring reminders • Jot down memos and ideas on the go, wherever you are STAY ORGANIZED • Organize notes with notebooks, tags and pinned notes • Search everything instantly and filter by tag • Sync your notes across phone, tablet and computer • Use it as a journal, a memo pad, or your daily planner SMART AI ASSISTANT • Summarize long notes in one tap • Translate your notes into any language • Auto-tag and structure your notes automatically PRIVATE & SECURE • Notes are end-to-end encrypted • Secret Garden: a password-protected space for your most personal notes • No ads, no tracking: a private notes app you can trust SHARE EASILY • Share notes as a link, Markdown, or HTML • Collaborate on notes in real time with friends and teammates Paper Premium unlocks unlimited notebooks, automatic voice to text transcription, AI features, unlimited recurring reminders, and real-time collaboration. Download Paper now, the free notes app with AI, voice notes, checklists and full privacy. What's new: • Completely redesigned app: navigation now uses a bottom tab bar • Create notes with your voice • Notes sharing has been rebuilt and is now much more reliable • Fresh new UI across the entire app for a smoother experience • AI features have been improved and stabilized https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notezilla4 screens
Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paper at 5.0 against Notezilla's 4.4. Paper also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Notezilla's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (73 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Notezilla asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notezilla has 73 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Notezilla's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notezilla ships an update monthly, Paper fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Notezilla versus Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotezillaPaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (73 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size282 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGautam JainSteve NOSSE

Customer experience

Notezilla

All ratings71 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative15.9%

Paper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Notezilla

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Paper

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Yearly premium$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$9.99

Questions

Is Notezilla free?
Notezilla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paper free?
Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notezilla or Paper?
Paper is rated higher. Notezilla averages 4.4 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Paper averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Notezilla or Paper have ads?
Neither Notezilla nor Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notezilla or Paper?
Notezilla ships an update monthly, and Paper fortnightly. Most recently, Notezilla was updated on October 10, 2026 and Paper on October 1, 2026.

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