Whiteboard Note vs Sticky Notes Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whiteboard Note
This app provides a straightforward digital whiteboard for quick notes and sketches. Easily select colors, adjust brush size with a slider, and save your creations as images.
- Color selection
- Adjustable brush size
- Save as image
- Simple interface
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Simple whiteboard! ● Write to chose a color. ● You can change the size of the slider. ● You will be able to save the image. --- supportURL： https://www.facebook.com/apphuttt/
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
The clearest difference is rating: Sticky Notes Widgets at 4.6 against Whiteboard Note's 2.6. Sticky Notes Widgets also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 34%) and ads (none vs shown). Whiteboard Note's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Sticky Notes Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whiteboard Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Notes Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widgets has 506 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Whiteboard Note's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's.
Whiteboard Note ships an update every 5 weeks, Sticky Notes Widgets every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whiteboard Note | Sticky Notes Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (28 ratings) | 4.6 (506 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 506 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoshitaka Koike | Neat Software Co. |
Customer experience
Whiteboard Note
Sticky Notes Widgets
Bugs and requests
Whiteboard Note
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
Whiteboard Note
No in-app purchases
Sticky Notes Widgets
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$7.99
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$9.99
Questions
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