Plain Note vs Text Widget Noti
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Text Widget Noti
This app allows you to create and display sticky notes directly on your homescreen. Quickly jot down memos, snippets, or reminders and access them instantly without opening another application. Premium features include customizable text size and iCloud synchronization.
- Write, update, and delete short notes
- View notes in home screen widgets
- Customizable text size (Premium)
- iCloud Sync (Premium)
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An easy to view memo/sticky notes app. Need to keep a memo, note or snippet of text handy? Are you tired of having to open an app just to view your notes? There is a solution: Noti! Noti is a simple memopad app that also allows you to view your notes in a widget on your homescreen - or wherever you decide to put it. Features: - Quickly and easily write, update and delete short notes. - View them in widgets. - Change the text size of the text shown in the widget(Premium) - iCloud Sync(Premium) Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/noti-app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Plain Note at none against Text Widget Noti's shown. Plain Note also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 39%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Text Widget Noti's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. Plain Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Text Widget Noti sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Plain Note against 4.5 for Text Widget Noti. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Note has 1.1K ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Plain Note's written reviews are positive against 39% of Text Widget Noti's.
Plain Note ships an update every 9 days, Text Widget Noti monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Note | Text Widget Noti |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.5 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 39.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monelyze Inc. | Jordan Holland |
Customer experience
Plain Note
Text Widget Noti
Bugs and requests
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
Text Widget Noti
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plain Note
- Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium - Lifetime$29.99
Text Widget Noti
- Noti Premium$1.991 Month
- Noti Premium3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Noti Premium$29.99
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