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Notes app keywords
What people search for in the US App Store around “notes”, how popular each search is, and how hard it is to rank for. Measured on 24 October 2026.
Popularity ~65 of 100, difficulty 90.
Real demand (~36) with the lowest difficulty here (39).
Difficulty 90: the top 10 are big, well-rated apps.
Across the 12 searches on this page.
The searches
| Search | Popularity | Difficulty | Results | #1 right now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| notes | ~65 | 90Hard | 244 | Notes659.6K ratings |
| notes+ for iphone | ~51 | 64Medium | 248 | Notes659.6K ratings |
| notes+ for iphone free | ~42 | 58Medium | 250 | Notepad: Easy Notes & Memos28.6K ratings |
| notesnook app name | ~41 | 41Medium | 249 | Notesnook: Private notepad684 ratings |
| notes widget app name | ~39 | 73Hard | 249 | To Do List MinimaList & Widget48.6K ratings |
| noteshelf app name | ~38 | 57Medium | 248 | Noteshelf: AI Notes & PDF7.1K ratings |
| noteshelf 3 | ~36 | 39Easy | 250 | Noteshelf: AI Notes & PDF7.1K ratings |
| notesnap app name | ~35 | 37Easy | 248 | NoteSnap: Banknote Identifier20.7K ratings |
| notes teacher app name | ~33 | 41Medium | 249 | Notes Teacher10.2K ratings |
| notes for apple watch app name | ~32 | 38Easy | 247 | Notes for Apple Watch2.8K ratings |
| notes plus | ~32 | 52Medium | 245 | Notes+ : Notes for Pencil3.2K ratings |
| metanote - reading notes | ~45 | 42Medium | 249 | Granola - AI Meeting Notes14.6K ratings |
United States App Store, iPhone, 24 October 2026. Ranks move daily; these are a snapshot.
Apps that rank across these searches
The apps that appear in the top 3 most often for the searches above, led by Notes. These are the listings to study: their names, subtitles and screenshots are what the App Store is rewarding for notes.
- NotesApple Inc. · top 3 for 3 of 12 searches · 659.6K ratings
- Notepad: Easy Notes & Memos1381802 Ontario Inc. · top 3 for 3 of 12 searches · 28.6K ratings
- Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDFGoodnotes Limited · top 3 for 3 of 12 searches · 464.8K ratings
- Noteshelf: AI Notes & PDFFluid Touch Pte. Ltd. · top 3 for 2 of 12 searches · 7.1K ratings
- Notes+ : Notes for PencilSINGFISH PTE. LTD.（SG） · top 3 for 2 of 12 searches · 3.2K ratings
How to read this
- Popularity
- An estimate from 5 to 100. Apple shows its own score only inside Apple Search Ads, so Keywatch estimates it from autocomplete: the fewer letters it takes before Apple suggests a search, the more people type it.
- Difficulty
- 0 to 100, from the size and ratings of the 10 apps ranking on top. Under 40 is easy, over 70 is hard.
- Results
- How many apps the App Store returns for the search (Apple lists up to about 250).
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