Comparison

Memo Sticky vs Chapters

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

Head to head
About

Memo Sticky

This digital notepad allows for effortless thought capture and organization. It offers voice-to-text, document scanning, and secure authentication for a seamless note-taking experience.

Highlights
  • Digital sticky notes
  • Voice-to-text note creation
  • Document scanning
  • Face ID/Touch ID authentication
  • iOS Widget support
  • Colorful designs
Features
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Keep quick thoughts, everyday lists, and useful reminders on a familiar corkboard. Memo Sticky makes text notes easy to capture, browse, and find again on iPhone and iPad. CAPTURE YOUR IDEAS • Create and edit colorful sticky notes • Use speech-to-text input when you would rather speak • Scan printed text with the camera and add the recognized text to a note • Adjust text size for comfortable reading KEEP IMPORTANT NOTES IN SIGHT • Search your notes and pin the ones you need most • View notes in Home Screen widgets and supported Lock Screen widgets • A single pinned note stays selected; multiple pinned notes rotate. If nothing is pinned, widgets rotate through active notes • Share note text or a Memo Sticky link ORGANIZE AT YOUR OWN PACE • Move notes to Trash, preview them, and restore them when needed • Select multiple notes for batch actions • Add a note to Calendar using the system event editor • Set note alarms on iOS and iPadOS 26 or later • Enable App Lock with system device authentication • Choose whether to use iCloud backup, restore, and automatic sync Use Memo Sticky for shopping lists, study notes, meeting ideas, or a thought you want to revisit. English and Simplified Chinese are supported. iCloud features require an iCloud account and an internet connection. Scanning, speech recognition, and alarms depend on supported devices, system versions, and permissions. Widget refresh timing is managed by the system.

About

Chapters

A private journaling app that requires no account and keeps your entries secure. Access all your past notes anytime, synced across all your iOS devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Private journaling
  • No account required
  • iCloud syncing
  • Cross-device access
  • Secure entries
Features
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Chapters is your safe space to express yourself freely. No account is required, there are no in-app purchases, and your entries stay private – we never analyze or track what you write. Whether you're writing a personal journal or taking notes in class, you can access all your past notes at any time, like turning pages in your notebook. Moreover, all your entries are synced to iCloud, allowing you to access them from any iOS device.

Screenshots

Memo Sticky4 screens
Chapters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Memo Sticky at Free against Chapters's $2.99. Memo Sticky also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). Chapters's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

Memo Sticky is free to download; Chapters costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Memo Sticky against 4.0 for Chapters. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memo Sticky has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memo Sticky ships an update every 4 weeks, Chapters every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Memo Sticky versus Chapters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemo StickyChapters
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (9 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongjie ZhangStanislav Stasiuk

Customer experience

Memo Sticky

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Chapters

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Memo Sticky

No in-app purchases

None

Chapters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memo Sticky free?
Memo Sticky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chapters free?
Chapters costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Memo Sticky or Chapters?
Memo Sticky and Chapters are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Memo Sticky or Chapters have ads?
Neither Memo Sticky nor Chapters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memo Sticky or Chapters?
Memo Sticky ships an update every 4 weeks, and Chapters every 10 days. Most recently, Memo Sticky was updated on November 4, 2026 and Chapters on November 3, 2026.

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