Comparison

Colored Notes Simple vs Stickers

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Colored Notes Simple

Organize your thoughts and reminders with a vibrant and intuitive note-taking experience. Customize your notes with colors and set timely notifications to never miss an appointment or task. Enjoy a simple yet engaging way to manage your daily information.

Highlights
  • Colorful note customization
  • Appointment and meeting tracking
  • Customizable notification reminders
  • Checklist functionality
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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Colorful notes, shopping lists and reminders in one simple, fast app. Color Notes makes writing things down a pleasure: every note has its own color, you spot it at a glance in the grid, and reminders make sure you never forget anything. - Colors: give each note a color - groceries, work, ideas, home. - Checklists: turn a note into a list with one tap and tick off what is done. - Reminders: pick a date and time and get a notification at the right moment. - Pinned notes: keep the important ones always at the top. - Search: find any word in an instant. - 14 themes: gradients that change the look of the whole app. - Widget: your notes on the Home Screen, with a plus button to start a new one. - Text size: small, medium or large. - Sharing: send a note or a list with one tap. - Privacy: everything stays on your iPhone and iPad, no account needed. Remembering things has never been so much fun. Color Notes is free to download and use. Some extra features are available through an optional one-time in-app purchase: pay once and keep it forever, with no subscription and nothing that renews. Purchases are handled by the App Store and can be restored on any device signed in with the same Apple ID. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/site/termofuseapp/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stickers

Quickly capture thoughts, reminders, and ideas with this simple note-taking application. Organize your memos using color-coding and access them instantly on your iPhone. Features like iCloud sync and Touch ID unlock enhance productivity.

Highlights
  • Quick memo creation
  • Color-coded notes
  • Touch ID unlock
  • iCloud sync
  • Auto-lock memos
  • Export notes
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Stickers is the fastest way to jot something down and keep it in sight — a colourful sticky note that lives on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. WRITE, DON'T FIDDLE Tap +, type, done. Every note is plain Markdown: headings, lists, checkboxes, bold and italic light up as you type. Paste a photo straight into a note. SEE EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE Your notes sit on a board of coloured cards. Pin the important ones, filter by colour, lock private notes behind a password, and drag cards to reorder them. MAKE IT YOURS Five colours, three fonts (System, Chalkboard, Menlo), text size that follows Dynamic Type, and a Dark Mode that looks as good as the light one. Designed for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass. ALWAYS AT HAND • Home Screen widget with your latest notes • Live Activity: keep a note on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Handoff: start on iPhone, continue on iPad or Mac • iCloud sync across all your devices • On iPad, open notes in separate windows side by side Stickers for Mac puts the same notes on your desktop as floating sticky windows, with a Notification Center widget. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Colored Notes Simple4 screens
Stickers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stickers at 4.1 against Colored Notes Simple's 2.4. Stickers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Colored Notes Simple's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stickers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Colored Notes Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stickers holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stickers has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Colored Notes Simple's written reviews are positive against 8% of Stickers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, Stickers every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Colored Notes Simple versus Stickers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColored Notes SimpleStickers
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (5 ratings)4.1 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews7.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings531 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerluca calcianoHurryApp LTD

Customer experience

Colored Notes Simple

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

Stickers

All ratings31 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive7.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative90.0%

In-app purchases

None

Colored Notes Simple

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Stickers

Subscriptions3
  • Color Widget Monthly3 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Color Widget Pro$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Colored Notes Simple free?
Colored Notes Simple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stickers free?
Stickers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colored Notes Simple or Stickers?
Stickers is rated higher. Colored Notes Simple averages 2.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Stickers averages 4.1 from 31 ratings.
Do Colored Notes Simple or Stickers have ads?
Colored Notes Simple shows ads; Stickers does not.
Which is updated more often, Colored Notes Simple or Stickers?
Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, and Stickers every 2 months. Most recently, Colored Notes Simple was updated on October 6, 2026 and Stickers on October 11, 2026.

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