Write notes on the screen vs Sticky Notes Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Write notes on the screen
Capture your thoughts and ideas with a digital notepad. Quickly jot down notes, create sketches, or make to-do lists using various drawing tools and backgrounds. Easily share your creations or save them for later.
- Choose color and typography
- Various background options
- Clear, undo, and save notes
- Insert images or take photos
- Share notes instantly
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Quick notepad to write all your ideas, take notes, make sketches or doodles, the shopping list and draw everything that comes to your mind in this post it notebook. Very useful, practical and easy to use. Share this app to record notes and stickies via any program you have on your phone. If you liked the app, Vote for us and help us improve. Thanks! Features: • Choose the color and typography you want. Choose from pencil, pen or brush • Different background colors: textures, staff, grid or lines • Clear, undo or save the note • Insert images from the gallery, take a photo or choose a slate background • Share the note stickers at the moment or save it and continue at another time. If you want you can buy a version without ads. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sticky Notes Widgets
Create and edit notes and drawings to display as widgets on your home and lock screens. Supports Apple Pencil, finger drawing, and typing. Customize appearance and combine text with drawings for versatile use.
- Create notes and drawings
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Pencil and finger drawing
- Text and drawing combination
- Customizable backgrounds and colors
- Zoom for detail
- Share as image or text
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Quickly create & edit notes and drawings to display as widgets on your home screen & lock screen. Draw with Apple Pencil, your finger, or use the keyboard to type. Customize backgrounds, colors, and fonts. Zoom in on drawings for finer details. Combine text and drawing on the same note. Share your notes as images or text. Import/export your notes to edit between multiple devices. Great for quick reminders, todo lists, brainstorming, sketching, home screen aesthetics or just quickly jotting anything down! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Write notes on the screen and Sticky Notes Widgets both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's written reviews are positive against 25% of Write notes on the screen's. Sticky Notes Widgets also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 27 months). Write notes on the screen's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Write notes on the screen sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Sticky Notes Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Write notes on the screen against 4.6 for Sticky Notes Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widgets has 501 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Write notes on the screen's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's.
Write notes on the screen ships an update every 27 months, Sticky Notes Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Write notes on the screen | Sticky Notes Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (27 ratings) — better | 4.6 (501 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 501 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Melero Zaballos | Neat Software Co. |
Customer experience
Write notes on the screen
Sticky Notes Widgets
Bugs and requests
Write notes on the screen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sticky Notes Widgets
Reported bugs
10 issues- Widgets not updating after note edits
- Notes randomly overwritten with duplicates of other notes
- Widget display freezing or not connecting
- Corrupted .json backup files on import
- Apple Pencil glitches during writing
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- Text disappears when switching between typing and handwriting modes
- Widgets not displaying saved notes
- App crashes on older iOS versions
- Sync between iPad and iPhone not working automatically
- Extra large widget quality degradation
Requested features
16 requests- iCloud sync across all devices
- Transparent background option
- Checkbox/bullet point lists with toggle functionality
- Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) for selected text
- Partial text size adjustment (not whole note)
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- Additional note templates and styles
- Tape stickers and decorative elements
- More widget size options
- Direct widget editing without opening app
- Lock screen widget support
- Apple Watch app
- Mac app support
- Indent functionality
- Gradient color options
- Full-screen editing mode
- Ability to mix handwriting and typing on same note
In-app purchases
Write notes on the screen
- weekly plan$7.997 Days
- Annual plan$19.991 Year
- REMOVE ADS$5.99
- Full forever purchase$34.99
Sticky Notes Widgets
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$6.99
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$9.99
Questions
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