Smart Note Notepad vs Plane Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Note Notepad
Create visually appealing notes and memos using professionally designed coloring paper styles. This app offers a simple gallery interface for easy management and editing of your digital creations.
- Gallery interface
- Customizable paper styles
- Pinch to zoom
- Edit cells
- Draw memos
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with simple and awesome gallery interface. make beautiful notes and memos with professionally designed coloring paper styles. thank you for your support ! relax and wonderful digital experience on iPhone and iPad ! How to use. pinch And stretch fingers to zoom, press hold or swipe to edit cells in collection, The Creativity Never Ends ! appreciate your encouragement with good comments.
Plane Notes
An intuitive notebook app featuring an infinite canvas for note-taking and idea organization. It allows for seamless creation and management of notes without page limitations.
- Infinite canvas
- Intuitive interface
- Note organization
- Idea management
- Seamless note creation
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This is an intuitive infinite canvas notebook app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plane Notes at 4.6 against Smart Note Notepad's 1.0. Plane Notes also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 10%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). Smart Note Notepad's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Smart Note Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Plane Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plane Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plane Notes has 93 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Smart Note Notepad's written reviews are positive against 43% of Plane Notes's.
Smart Note Notepad ships an update every 5 months, Plane Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Note Notepad | Plane Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (93 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews | 43.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JIN HWAN KIM | Jumpei Adachi |
Customer experience
Smart Note Notepad
Plane Notes
In-app purchases
Smart Note Notepad
- upgrade to pro$3.99
Plane Notes
- Paid Version$5.99
Questions
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