Alternatives to default Notes app on iPhone part 2

Still trying to find a palatable alternative to Notes on the iPhone. With a galaxy of choices, it is hard to narrow the focus. My needs are:

-- One that can sort by first line alphabetically so that my dated lists don't get rearranged every time I edit one
-- Something that's not a nightmare of bells and whistles. Not even sure if I want note categorization.

Part of the problem has now been solved by finding a list application that will work for keeping some of my lists, which is primarily what I've been using Notes for. That application is List! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/list!/id377625479?mt=8). This is not one of the big name list apps, but it also is sufficiently simple that it is exactly what I want. Some links for list applications:

http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/productivity-roundups/25-fantastic-to-do-list-apps-for-iphone/

http://ipod.about.com/od/bestiphoneapps/tp/Top-To-Do-List-Apps-For-The-Iphone.htm

http://lifehacker.com/the-best-to-do-app-for-iphone-5851313

List! just makes lists, allows for priority levels to be defined, can do plain text import or export, that's it. No skeumorphism, no fancy iOS7 crap, no attachments, no calendar syncing, no mining my contacts (I hope). It doesn't talk to the cloud, so after the Singularity this app won't be one of the ones trying to hunt me down and kill me.

iPhone sort notes alphabetically

The short answer is no, this is not an option, get a third party app.

This forum thread has a comitragic interplay between nice people and assholes, but an interesting idea (which seems to be to "touch" all the files although it is unclear if this is meant to be done on the host computer between synching) and some recommendations.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2696709?start=0&tstart=0

The recommendations are for NoteMaster and Evernotes. There's some question about whether Evernotes charges a monthly fee or not.