WordPress plugin comparison

Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator vs Dashboard Notepad

Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator

by cloudknight

Fewer than 10 installs

Dashboard Notepad

by Stephanie Leary

10K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Dashboard Notepad has more active installs: 10K+, against fewer than 10 for Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator.
On a typical day, Dashboard Notepad is downloaded about 23 times, Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator about 2.
Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator has no reviews yet.
Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator was updated more recently: Mar 7, 2026, against Jul 30, 2017 for Dashboard Notepad.
Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.1.42 for Dashboard Notepad.
Dashboard Notepad has been around longer: since 2009, against 2026 for Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Colorful Notes TinyGlow Annotator	Dashboard Notepad
Popular rank	#61,497	#2,102
Active installs	Fewer than 10	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	43	583
Rating	No ratings	4.6(12)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	4.1.42
Search multiplier	×0.04	×0.00
Last release	8 months ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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