Sticky Notes + Widget Memo vs Plain Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo
Organize your thoughts with customizable stickies and widgets. Create typed or handwritten notes, organize them with colored folders, and set reminders. Sync across devices and protect your data with password locks.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Colored folders and sub-folders
- Handwritten and typed notes
- Note sharing
- Password protection
- iCloud sync and backup
- Customizable backgrounds and icons
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Boost your productivity with these simple and fun colored notes reminders. Customize your home screen with colorful stickies and folders widgets. Take manual backups to keep your note safe just in case. Organize notes with colored folders and sub-folders to efficiently classify your information. Take hand written notes and doodle along with typed once. Share notes as text or a drawing to other supporting apps. Manage deleted items and restore notes you thought you will not need again. Protect and lock your notes and folders with a password. Search for notes and folders if they are out of your sight. Pop your notes with custom backgrounds, or mark the notes with an icon to specify an importance, to classify the information in it, or just for fun. Sort your notes and folders automatically by various criteria, or move them around manually. Type your notes with custom fonts. Schedule reminders notifications in your notes to be reminded of important events. Sync and backup your notes in your iCloud account, so you will be able to access your notes across your iCloud enabled devices. Enjoy the app with no ads and no subscriptions. Sticky Notes is available to you for free for a trial period of 7 days. Mac floating notes version of the app is sold separately.
Plain Note
This app allows you to create and organize notes with customizable tags and icons. It offers lock screen and home screen widgets for quick access and supports character/line counting. Personalize your experience with themes, app icons, and fonts.
- Organize notes with tags
- Customizable tag icons and colors
- Character and line counting
- Lock screen and home screen widgets
- Customizable themes, app icons, and fonts
- Archive and organize notes
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"Plain Note" is a simple notes app. You can organize your notes by adding tags, and it supports lock screen and home screen widgets. It can be used on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Features • You can categorize your notes with tags. • Customize tag icons and colors. • You can count the number of characters and lines. • Archive and organize your notes. • Widgets can be added to the lock screen and home screen. • Customize themes, App icons, and fonts. (Some features are available for a fee.) Premium (in-app purchase) • Sync data with iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud. This can also be used as a backup. • All themes and App icons are available. • All tag icons are available. • All font customizations are available. *Prices may vary by country or region. Please check in the app. *Some features may not be available in all languages or regions. Terms of Use: https://monelyze.app/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://monelyze.app/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plain Note at 4.6 against Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's 2.9. Plain Note also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 69) and review sentiment (62% vs 48%). Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Sticky Notes + Widget Memo sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Plain Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plain Note holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Note has 1.1K ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's written reviews are positive against 62% of Plain Note's.
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo ships an update every 3 weeks, Plain Note every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sticky Notes + Widget Memo | Plain Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (69 ratings) | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alina Vetrov | Monelyze Inc. |
Customer experience
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo
Plain Note
User reviews
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo
From 69 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for organization
- 🚀 Convenient widget
- 🚀 Variety of note styles
- 👍 Simple and intuitive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sync issues
- 💰 Paid features required
- 🐛 Handwriting recognition problems
- 🐛 Notes disappearing
- 🐛 Laggy performance
Plain Note
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and clean design
- 💡 One-time payment model
- 🚀 Beautifully designed notes app
- 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
- 👍 Customizable tags and icons
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notes sometimes don't save properly
- 🐛 Slow and unreliable synchronization
- ❌ No text formatting options (bold, italics, etc.)
- ❌ No ability to insert photos or videos
- ❌ No option to export notes
Bugs and requests
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widgets not loading properly
- Handwriting not registering correctly
- Notes not saving or syncing
- Overlapping text and drawings
Requested features
5 requests- Add reminders and calendar integration
- Allow more customization of notes (fonts, colors, layouts)
- Improve widget functionality and customization
- Add ability to insert images and files
- Implement better organization tools (folders, tags, etc.)
Plain Note
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notes sometimes get deleted after updates
- Widget not working as expected, showing wrong note
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to swipe widget to display another note
- Subfolders for better organization
- Export function to backup notes
- Option to change app colors
- Support for multiple notes in one widget
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- Text formatting options (bold, italics, headings)
- Ability to insert photos and videos
In-app purchases
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo
- School Theme Pack$0.99
- Outdoors Theme Pack$0.99
- Pen Tool Extension$0.99
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- Fonts Pack$0.99
- Creepy Theme Pack$0.99
- iCloud Sync$2.99
- Sticky Notes Pro$8.99
Plain Note
- Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium - Lifetime$29.99
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