Comparison

Ideas vs Sticky Widgets

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 Widgets

Easily add customizable sticky notes to your home screen and lock screen. Sync notes across devices with iCloud and integrate with Siri and Shortcuts for quick access and updates. Personalize your notes with various fonts, colors, and styles.

Highlights
  • Home screen sticky notes
  • Lock screen pinning (premium)
  • iCloud sync
  • Customizable appearance (color, font, size)
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Multiple widget sizes
Features
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"It's perfect, honestly." - Myke Hurley, Connected "What makes Sticky Widgets great is the simplicity of the experience." - Ryan Christoffel, MacStories "This is a great concept." - Dave Mark, The Loop Welcome to Sticky Widgets, the absolute easiest way to put a sticky note on your home screen and edit it quickly. Add as many Sticky Widgets as you'd like, in every widget size. It's simple! It works on iPad! You can even pin notes to your Lock Screen with a premium subscription so they're visible even when your phone is locked! 1. Add a Sticky Widget to your home screen 2. Tap on the widget to edit it 3. That's about it! But that's not all. Once you have a widget in place, you can customize it: change color, background, font, alignment, size, even rotation! And your widgets now sync to your iCloud account, meaning you can put a note on multiple devices logged into the same Apple ID and they'll stay in sync. Sticky Widgets supports deep system integration with Siri, Shortcuts, the Dynamic Island, and more so there are even more ways to view and update your notes and lists. Sticky Widgets is free to download and use. You get unlimited widgets, three classic background colors, three fonts, iCloud sync, Siri and Shortcuts integration, and full control over alignment, size, and rotation: all without paying a thing. An optional upgrade unlocks everything else: the full color picker with any color you want, gradients and mesh gradients, hundreds of additional fonts, custom text colors, Lock Screen pinning, separate styling for light and dark mode, saved presets, the ability to restore archived notes, scheduled reminders, and no ads. Premium features can be accessed with a monthly, quarterly, or annual subscription, or with a one-time purchase. The Sticky Widgets Terms of Use and Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.tylerhillsman.com/privacy-sw/. The Apple EULA can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ideas4 screens
Sticky Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ideas at 100% against Sticky Widgets's 40%. Ideas also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Sticky Widgets's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price 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 Widgets sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 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 Widgets has 30K 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 40% of Sticky Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideas ships an update every 7 months, Sticky Widgets every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Ideas versus Sticky Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeasSticky Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better4.6 (30K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1430K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMireia Lluch Ortola1881 Digital, LLC

Customer experience

Ideas

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

Sticky Widgets

All ratings29,582 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews931 reviews
Positive40.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative48.8%

Bugs and requests

Ideas

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sticky Widgets

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing
  • Editing issues where changes don't save
  • Widgets not updating properly
  • Crashes and freezes after recent updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add checklist functionality
  • Improve syncing across devices
  • Allow rearranging of notes
  • Provide better note organization options
  • Add support for more languages

In-app purchases

None

Ideas

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Sticky Widgets

Subscriptions3
  • Upgrade - Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Upgrade - Quarterly7 Days trial$2.993 Months
  • Upgrade - Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Classic$2.99
  • Upgrade - One-Time Option$19.99

Questions

Is Ideas free?
Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sticky Widgets free?
Sticky Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ideas or Sticky Widgets?
Ideas is rated higher. Ideas averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Sticky Widgets averages 4.6 from 30K ratings.
Do Ideas or Sticky Widgets have ads?
Ideas shows ads; Sticky Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Ideas or Sticky Widgets?
Ideas ships an update every 7 months, and Sticky Widgets every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ideas was updated on October 8, 2026 and Sticky Widgets on October 13, 2026.

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