Private Notes and Secret Diary vs Note!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Notes and Secret Diary
Securely store and manage your private notes with password protection. Keep personal details safe from prying eyes on your device, even when sharing with others.
- Password protection for notes
- Secure storage of personal details
- Create simple notes
- Share device while keeping notes secure
- Prevent unauthorized access
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Free for limited time This is a best solution for your privacy ** THE BEST NOTE LOCK APP EVER **. Provides functionality for creating simple notes and keeping these notes secure by requiring a password to be entered before any note can be viewed or edited. Allows you to share your iPhone with others and still keep your notes secure. Great for storing all of your personal details, pin numbers etc on your device without the risk that someone might get access.
Note!
This app offers a minimalist approach to note-taking, focusing on speed and simplicity. It allows for quick plain text entries, organized by modification date, with options for text resizing and passcode protection for privacy.
- Quick plain text notes
- Sorted by latest modified
- Pinch to zoom text size
- Set passcode to lock notes
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Nothing more, nothing less. Designed to be as minimal as possible for quick plain text notes. + Sorted by latest modified + Pinch to zoom/change text size + Set a passcode to lock your notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Note! at 4.7 against Private Notes and Secret Diary's 3.9. Note! also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 8) and review sentiment (61% vs 38%). Private Notes and Secret Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Private Notes and Secret Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Note! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Note! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note! has 1.1K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Private Notes and Secret Diary's written reviews are positive against 61% of Note!'s.
Private Notes and Secret Diary ships an update every 10 months, Note! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Notes and Secret Diary | Note! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 61.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tigran Mkhitaryan | RIEU Limited |
Customer experience
Private Notes and Secret Diary
Note!
Bugs and requests
Private Notes and Secret Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Note!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads disrupt note-taking experience
- Inability to delete old notes
- Lack of printing functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Add iCloud sync and backup
- Implement a paid, ad-free version
- Allow for note organization and sorting
- Improve text formatting and editing capabilities
In-app purchases
Private Notes and Secret Diary
- Remove Ads$1.99
Note!
- Remove Ads$3.99
Questions
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