Colored Notes Simple vs Sticky Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Colorful note customization
- Appointment and meeting tracking
- Customizable notification reminders
- Checklist functionality
- Intuitive user interface
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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/
Sticky Notes
Easily create customizable sticky note reminders for your home screen. Arrange thoughts with various sizes, colors, and fonts. This powerful tool acts as a reliable assistant for life scheduling and to-do lists.
- Create home screen widgets
- Customize note size, color, and font
- Multiple templates available
- Dark mode support
- Edit notes directly for widget updates
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Create a sticky note for your home screen with one tap. It's easy to use, super simple, but powerful reminder of your life scheduling and to-do-list. It can be your reliable assistant. You can edit the notes in this app and set it as your widget. Features: - Edit note and set it as widget - Markdown note - Handwriting note - Mind Map note - Dark mode ----- Sticky Notes Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.zhihuke.com/stickynotes/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.zhihuke.com/stickynotes/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sticky Notes at 100% against Colored Notes Simple's 0%. Sticky Notes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.4) and ads (none vs shown). Colored Notes Simple's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sticky Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Colored Notes Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Colored Notes Simple's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sticky Notes's.
Colored Notes Simple ships an update every 6 months, Sticky Notes every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Notes Simple | Sticky Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | luca calciano | 杏娣 吴 |
Customer experience
Colored Notes Simple
Sticky Notes
In-app purchases
Colored Notes Simple
No in-app purchases
Sticky Notes
- Sticky Notes Pro$3.491 Month
- Sticky Notes Pro7 Days trial$17.491 Year
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