Comparison

Memo Sticky vs 纸笺

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

纸笺

Features
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Paper is a quiet, paper-textured, local-first personal timeline. It doesn't chase features. It only hopes you'll write down a little bit of what you're thinking—every day. A year from now, look back, and you'll have written your own book. · Why Paper · Paper-Textured Design Warm paper tones and ink-inspired typography. Nothing flashy, nothing loud. Just a calm space for words. Light & dark mode, Dynamic Type, and 10+ alternate app icons. Local-First, Privacy Above All Your notes live on your device by default. No account, no sign-in required. Optional iCloud sync — you stay in control. Automatic Hashtags Type #anywhere and your notes are auto-categorized. Merge, rename, or bulk-manage tags whenever you like. · Features · 【Capture】 • Text, photos, voice recordings, and locations — all in one note • Automatic OCR on images, so even screenshots become searchable • Share Extension: save from Safari, messaging apps, anywhere • Siri Shortcuts & App Intents: create a note by voice 【Organize】 • Timeline feed sortable by date, characters, or tag count • Full-text search + Spotlight indexing • Pin important notes, set a default tag as a fallback 【Reflect】 • Calendar heatmap — see the shape of your practice • "Daily Review": rediscover past notes at random • "On This Day": revisit yourself from a year ago • Stats: total words, streaks, tag distribution, daily goal progress 【Share】 • Beautiful share cards — custom fonts, colors, alignment, solid or gradient backgrounds • Export active notes as Markdown • JSON backup with scheduled auto-backup to Files 【Secure】 • Face ID / Touch ID app lock with configurable grace period • Archive + Trash with 30-90 day auto-purge • Fully offline capable 【Widgets】 • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets for today's characters and streak • Multiple sizes to keep the rhythm in view · Made For · · Journal writers building a daily habit · Anyone wanting a quiet, distraction-free space for ideas · Privacy-conscious users who prefer local storage · Lovers of minimal, paper-inspired design · Power users who live in Siri, widgets, and Shortcuts MADE WITH PAPER · INK · INTENTION. Questions or feedback? Settings → About.

Screenshots

Memo Sticky4 screens
纸笺3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Memo Sticky at 4 against 纸笺's 2. Memo Sticky also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memo Sticky ships an update every 4 weeks, 纸笺 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Memo Sticky versus 纸笺: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemo Sticky纸笺
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongjie ZhangBulb Network Technology Co., Limited

In-app purchases

None

Memo Sticky

No in-app purchases

None

纸笺

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memo Sticky free?
Memo Sticky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 纸笺 free?
纸笺 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Memo Sticky or 纸笺 have ads?
Neither Memo Sticky nor 纸笺 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memo Sticky or 纸笺?
Memo Sticky ships an update every 4 weeks, and 纸笺 every 2 months. Most recently, Memo Sticky was updated on November 4, 2026 and 纸笺 on October 31, 2026.

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