Comparison

Sticky notes + To do list vs Rotate

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

Head to head
About

Sticky notes + To do list

Organize your day by blocking out time for tasks and saving important notes. Manage projects by creating lists and outlining necessary steps for completion.

Highlights
  • Daily planning with time blocking
  • Save important notes
  • Task management
  • Project organization
  • Step-by-step outlining
Features
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Capture ideas, organize colorful notes, build checklists, and move tasks from planned to done. Keep your notes available across devices with iCloud sync. Description Organize your day with Sticky Notes + To Do List. Capture ideas in a colorful notebook, create practical checklists, and manage personal projects with task boards—all in one place. WRITE IT DOWN Save quick memos, meeting notes, plans, and ideas. Choose a note color, pin important information, and keep favorites easy to find. BUILD YOUR TO-DO LIST Turn everyday plans into checklists. Track daily priorities, shopping items, and the steps needed to finish a project. Check off tasks as you go. ORGANIZE PERSONAL PROJECTS Create separate task boards for work, home, or personal goals. Add task details and drag cards between Tasks, ToDo, Inprogress, and Done to keep track of progress. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Organize notes with folders and tags. Search your notes and tasks, add due dates, and archive items you want to keep for later. START WITH A TEMPLATE Get started with a Daily Plan, Shopping List, or Meeting Notes template—or create a blank note and make it your own. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Keep notes available across devices using the same iCloud account. Sync manually or let the app sync when it goes into the background, so you can keep writing without interruptions. MAKE IT YOURS Enjoy colorful notes, light and dark appearances, and layouts for iPhone and iPad. From a quick thought to your next personal project, keep the details together with Sticky Notes + To Do List. The app is free to use and includes ads.

About

Rotate

Personalize your home and lock screens with dynamic widgets that display reminders, lists, and quotes on a schedule you set. Organize your day with custom notes and choose from aesthetic themes to match your style.

Highlights
  • Dynamic scheduled widgets
  • Customizable aesthetic themes
  • Effortless scheduling of notes
  • Inspiring quote and routine templates
  • Multiple note formats (text, lists)
  • Flexible widget sizes
  • Unlimited widgets and notes
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Imagine a smart widget on your home or lock screen that wakes you up with a morning routine reminder, keeps you focused on your goals throughout the workday, prompts a thoughtful question for your evening reflection, and inspires you with a motivational quote before you call it a night. All this, displayed in one rotating personalized widget on a schedule you set. That’s exactly how Rotate helps you make the most of your screens. Each widget can be a home of different notes, checklists, bullet points, and lists: all of them easy to personalize with variety of aesthetic themes and sizes, and easy to schedule – any time, any day. And if you are unsure about what you want a particular widget to display, you can just dive into our extensive collections of quotes, routines, and reminders, or design your custom one. FEATURES - Dynamic Widget: Deliver the right note at the right time throughout the day with our handy, customisable widget. - Aesthetic Themes: Choose from dozens of customizable, aesthetic themes to fit your style. - Effortless Scheduling: Schedule notes to appear in the widget at any time on any day of the week. - Inspiring Templates: Browse our collections of motivating quotes and daily routines, or create your own unique note. - Custom Formats: Present your note in a format that works for you, whether plain text, checklists, bullet points, or numbered lists. - Flexible Sizes: Display your widget in any size on your home screen and lock screen. - Unlimited widgets and notes: Create as many widgets and schedule as many notes in each widget as you want. - Reminders: Get notified when a new note appears in your widget. - iCloud Sync: Your widgets sync across your devices effortlessly through iCloud. Rotate: Your life, your notes, your schedule. Your widget. GET IN TOUCH Privacy Policy: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#privacy Terms of Use: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#terms Contact us: hi@timestwelve.xyz

Screenshots

Sticky notes + To do list4 screens
Rotate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rotate at 4.9 against Sticky notes + To do list's 4.3. Rotate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rotate holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Sticky notes + To do list's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rotate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sticky notes + To do list versus Rotate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky notes + To do listRotate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (10 ratings)4.9 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1022 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB51 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTarika Sultanatimes twelve OU

Customer experience

Sticky notes + To do list

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Rotate

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sticky notes + To do list

No in-app purchases

None

Rotate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky notes + To do list free?
Sticky notes + To do list is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rotate free?
Rotate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sticky notes + To do list or Rotate?
Rotate is rated higher. Sticky notes + To do list averages 4.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Rotate averages 4.9 from 22 ratings.
Do Sticky notes + To do list or Rotate have ads?
Sticky notes + To do list shows ads; Rotate does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky notes + To do list or Rotate?
Sticky notes + To do list ships an update every 2 weeks, and Rotate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sticky notes + To do list was updated on October 19, 2026 and Rotate on October 14, 2026.

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