Plain Note vs Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
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
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
Create and display customizable sticky notes directly on your home screen using a variety of widgets. Personalize backgrounds, fonts, and colors for each note. Easily manage, edit, and reorder your memos, with iCloud backup for cross-device syncing.
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable backgrounds
- Handwritten-style fonts
- Adjustable text color and size
- Drag-and-drop reordering
- iCloud data backup and sync
- Supports iOS 18 control widgets
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Sticky Note Widget is a memo app built for widgets. Write a note, then put it straight onto your Home Screen. UNLIMITED WIDGETS Turn as many notes as you like into widgets. A shopping list, something you need to remember, today's plan — just glance at your Home Screen. LOCK SCREEN TOO Supports Lock Screen widgets (inline and rectangular), plus an iOS 18 Control Center control to open the app instantly. STYLE EVERY NOTE • Free choice of background, text and side-stripe colors • Gradient backgrounds • Text size 10 to 50, plus bold • 5 fonts, including a handwriting style • 20 icons • Use your own photo as the background HANDY EXTRAS • Capture text with your camera and drop it into a note • Summarize or bullet-point a note with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 on supported devices) • Back up and restore via iCloud • Drag and drop to reorder, swipe to delete GETTING STARTED 1. Tap + to create a note 2. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, and choose Sticky Note Widget 3. Long-press the widget and choose Edit Widget to pick which note it shows If a widget doesn't refresh, use "Update widgets" in Settings. Free to use, supported by ads. A monthly plan removes all ads. Terms of Use (EULA): 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 Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's shown. Plain Note also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 275). Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Plain Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 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 4.7 for Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 275 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Plain Note's written reviews are positive against 57% of Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's.
Plain Note ships an update every 9 days, Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Note | Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 4.7 (275 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 275 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monelyze Inc. | kazuhiro aonuma |
Customer experience
Plain Note
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
User reviews
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
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
From 275 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for memory issues
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 👍 Customizable note colors
- 👍 Notes on Home Screen
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notes get cut off
- 🐛 Font size too small
- 🐛 Notes don't update automatically
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Notes content duplicates
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
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
Reported bugs
10 issues- App freezes and won't open after iOS update
- App crashes when trying to delete notes
- Text becomes garbled in widgets
- Notes content duplicates across widgets
- Cannot specify cursor position for editing
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- Add button obscured by Google search bar
- App crashes after a single note
- Line breaks occur prematurely in small widgets
- App crashes when creating a new page
- Notes disappear after touching them
Requested features
11 requests- Increase font size
- Add larger font size option
- Allow checking off completed items
- Allow image attachments
- Enable iCloud synchronization
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- Enable iPad and iPhone synchronization
- Allow more freedom in moving notes
- Improve widget update process
- Allow editing directly from widget
- Increase widget size to two icon widths
- Improve note ordering functionality
In-app purchases
Plain Note
- Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium - Lifetime$29.99
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
- Premium Plan$0.991 Month
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