Comparison

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo vs Simple Widget Note

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Simple Widget Note

Features
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With Simple Widget Note you can display notes on your Home Screen or our Lock Screen, even in the Lock Screen title bar. Just add the appropriate widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen, tap on it, enter your note and press submit. You can export the contents of your widget not to other Apps with the ShareLink control. Shortcuts integration: You can append a text to your Widget Note with the Shortcuts App.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo4 screens
Simple Widget Note3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Widget Note at none against Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's 7. Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sticky Notes + Widget Memo sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Widget Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Widget Note every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo versus Simple Widget Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Notes + Widget MemoSimple Widget Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlina VetrovJENS-HILMAR WALTER BRADT

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.)

Simple Widget Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo

One-time7
  • 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
None

Simple Widget Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Notes + Widget Memo free?
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Widget Note free?
Simple Widget Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sticky Notes + Widget Memo or Simple Widget Note have ads?
Neither Sticky Notes + Widget Memo nor Simple Widget Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes + Widget Memo or Simple Widget Note?
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Simple Widget Note every 3 months. Most recently, Sticky Notes + Widget Memo was updated on September 23, 2026 and Simple Widget Note on September 30, 2026.

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