Comparison

Ideas vs Sticky Notes & Color Widget

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

Head to head
About

Ideas

Easily create notes with text, photos, and drawings. Customize text with various fonts and effects, and arrange images freely. Save and share your creations directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Create notes with text, photos, and drawings
  • Customize text with over 50 fonts and effects
  • Add and manipulate multiple images
  • Save work to continue later
  • Share creations to social networks
  • Free and easy to use interface
Features
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HOW TO USE: • Create a new note or edit an existing note. • You can draw, add text or add photos. • Select any font text, and move, rotate or scale the text. You can change the text color, add border, brightness, etc. • Move, rotate or scale the added images. • Save your ideas or creations. • You can save and share photos with your mobile's social networking apps. FEATURES: • Free and easy to use. • Friendly interface. • More than 50 fonts. • Several effects to apply to the text. • You can add several texts in the same picture. • Painting. • Add photos to your notes. • You can save your work to continue later.

About

Sticky Notes & Color Widget

Capture quick memos, ideas, and to-dos with customizable sticky notes. Organize them by color or pictures, and create them by typing or voice. Add notes as widgets to your homescreen for easy access and sync them with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Creating memos
  • Creating checklists
  • Creating reminders
  • Customizing notes with colors and pictures
  • Adding notes as home screen widgets
  • Syncing notes with iCloud
  • Locking the app for privacy
Features
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Stick it, pin it, organize it! Our Sticky notes are great for quick memos, ideas, to-dos and all other brainstorming ideas you can think of. Organize your ideas by color, pictures, create notes by typing or by using your voice, inside the app or more conveniently as a widget. Features: - Creating memos - Creating checklists - Creating reminders - Customizing your notes - Add note as a widget to homescreen - Sync notes with iCloud You can sync your notes with iCloud and access it anytime, anywhere or lock the app and prevent any unauthorized access. Personalize your ideas and notes in a way it wasn't possible before. Our amazing sticky planner is always prominent and guarantees that you will never forget any chores and will be able to keep up with your fast ideas and thoughts. Our Sticky Notes offer a subscription plan with a 1-week free trial so you can get a glimpse at all the pro features which are at your fingertips. ------------ Pro Pack Subscription Conditions: - Your subscription lasts 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year, depending on the subscription level chosen at the time of purchase. - You will be charged $2.99 for 1 month (includes free trial for 7 days), $11.99 for 6 months (includes free trial for 7 days), $19.99 for 1 year (includes free trial for 7 days), depending on the subscription level chosen at the time of purchase. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription. - Your account will be charged for a renewed subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of current subscription. You will be charged $2.99 for 1 month, $11.99 for 6 months, or $19.99 for 1 year, depending on your subscription level. - You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your account settings after purchase. - You cannot cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period. - Any unused part or time-span of a free trial period will be forfeited, as soon as you purchase a subscription. - You can view our Privacy Policy here: https://www.hive5.studio/privacy-policy/ - You can view our Terms of Use here: https://www.hive5.studio/terms-and-conditions/

Screenshots

Ideas4 screens
Sticky Notes & Color Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ideas at 100% against Sticky Notes & Color Widget's 41%. Ideas also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 19) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Sticky Notes & Color Widget's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (6.6K vs 14). On price, ads 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. Sticky Notes & Color Widget sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ideas holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes & Color Widget has 6.6K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ideas's written reviews are positive against 41% of Sticky Notes & Color Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideas ships an update every 7 months, Sticky Notes & Color Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ideas versus Sticky Notes & Color Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeasSticky Notes & Color Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better4.6 (6.6K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better41.2% of reviews
Number of ratings146.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMireia Lluch OrtolaHive 5 Studio DOO

Customer experience

Ideas

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sticky Notes & Color Widget

All ratings6,632 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews398 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative49.7%

Bugs and requests

Ideas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sticky Notes & Color Widget

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes disappearing or not displaying properly
  • Inability to edit or delete notes
  • Crashes and black screens
  • Widget not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add search functionality
  • Improve note organization (e.g. grouping, tagging)
  • Allow custom backgrounds and fonts
  • Sync notes across devices
  • Improve widget customization and reliability

In-app purchases

None

Ideas

No in-app purchases

19 purchases

Sticky Notes & Color Widget

Subscriptions19
  • 1-Month Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Sticky Notes Pro$2.991 Month
  • Sticky Notes Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • 1-Month Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • 1-Month Subscription$3.991 Month
  • 1-Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • 1-Month Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 1-Month Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Sticky Notes Pro7 Days trial$9.996 Months
  • Sticky Notes Pro$9.996 Months
  • 6-Month Subscription1 Month trial$11.996 Months
  • 6-Month Subscription7 Days trial$11.996 Months
  • 6-Month Subscription$11.996 Months
  • Sticky Notes Pro$14.991 Year
  • Sticky Notes Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Notes Plus7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • 1-Year Subscription$19.991 Year
  • 1-Year Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • 1-Year Subscription$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Ideas free?
Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sticky Notes & Color Widget free?
Sticky Notes & Color Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ideas or Sticky Notes & Color Widget?
Ideas is rated higher. Ideas averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Sticky Notes & Color Widget averages 4.6 from 6.6K ratings.
Do Ideas or Sticky Notes & Color Widget have ads?
Both Ideas and Sticky Notes & Color Widget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ideas or Sticky Notes & Color Widget?
Ideas ships an update every 7 months, and Sticky Notes & Color Widget fortnightly. Most recently, Ideas was updated on October 8, 2026 and Sticky Notes & Color Widget on October 14, 2026.

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