Pro Note vs Sticky Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pro Note
Capture thoughts, organize ideas, and stay focused with an AI-powered note-taking app. Enjoy a distraction-free writing space, categorize notes, add images, and utilize AI to summarize and refine your content. It adapts to your workflow for clear and organized thinking.
- Distraction-free writing environment
- Organize notes into files and categories
- Add images to notes
- Drag and arrange notes
- Version rollback
- AI summarization and refinement
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Pro Note is your AI-powered companion for capturing thoughts, organizing ideas, and staying focused. Designed to be simple yet powerful, it gives you an endless space to write, plan, and remember what matters most. With Pro Note you can: • Write freely in an uncluttered, distraction-free environment • Organize notes into files and categories for clarity • Add images to enrich your ideas • Drag and arrange your notes exactly how you want • Roll back to previous versions and never lose your progress • Unlock AI assistance to summarize, refine, and expand your writing Whether you’re journaling, brainstorming, or managing projects, Pro Note adapts to your flow and helps you keep your mind clear and organized. Subscription or a lifetime purchase is required to use the app. Subscription Options: Weekly: Full access to all premium features, billed weekly. Ideal if you want flexibility. Lifetime: A one-time purchase that unlocks Pro Note forever, no recurring payments. Perfect if you never want to worry about renewals. Subscription Information & Terms: Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The weekly subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://hiappsco.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/pro-note-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://hiappsco.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/pro-note-terms-of-use/
Sticky Notes
Pin notes and to-do lists directly to your Home and Lock Screens for quick access. Organize tasks, customize backgrounds with colors or photos, and choose from various fonts. Ideal for reminders, class notes, and visualizing goals.
- Pin notes to Home and Lock Screens
- Organize tasks by category
- Customize backgrounds with photos
- Cute font options
- Character count display
- Undo/Redo functionality
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Sticky Notes is a notepad app you can use just like sticky notes. Pin your memos to the Home Screen so you can see them anytime and edit with a single tap. Now with checklists, bullet lists, numbered lists, and headings — organize shopping lists, to-do lists, tasks, and schedules all in one app. We hope you'll give it a try. ■ App highlights - Pin memos to your Home Screen or Lock Screen for instant access anytime - Show a note on the Lock Screen without placing a widget - Manage shopping and packing lists with checklists — tick items right from the widget - Sort memos by purpose to manage to-dos for work or school - Customize the background with colors or photos to make a notepad that's truly yours - Choose cute fonts and freely adjust the text size ■ Organize with lists and headings Keep shopping lists, to-do lists, and packing lists as checklists. Checked items get a strikethrough, so you can see what's left at a glance. - Checklists — tap to tick off, right from your Home Screen widget - Bullet and dash lists — line up tasks and things to buy - Numbered lists — for steps, recipes, anything where order matters - Headings — use Title, Heading, and Subheading to break up longer notes - Everything looks the same on iPhone, iPad, widgets, and Apple Watch ■ Powerful customization - Background of your choice (color, notebook (grid, lined), photo, or pattern) - Switch fonts (handwriting-style and cute fonts available) - Adjust text size, line height, and letter spacing - Change text color - Set your own photo as the background ■ Suggested uses - Keep your schedule, to-dos, and tasks in plain sight on the Home Screen - Build a shopping list as a checklist and tick items off at the store - Pack for a trip with a checklist you tick as you go - Lay out steps or recipes as a numbered list - Break long notes into sections with headings ■ Handy memo features - Character count helps you gauge length for social posts or assists with writing - Undo or redo your latest input with a single tap - Copy the memo's contents with one tap - Share memos to other apps or run various actions from the share sheet ■ Show a Note Large on Your Lock Screen Notes you only need to check for a while — like a shopping list or a packing list — are handy to show on the Lock Screen. Just glance at the screen; there’s no need to unlock. Unlike a widget, you don’t have to set aside space in advance. Show the note from the menu when you need it, and end it once you’re done. - Switch by situation: a shopping list while you shop, a packing list while you travel - You can show several notes at the same time - When you edit the note, the Lock Screen updates too - For notes you want to keep visible all the time, a Lock Screen widget is a better fit ■ Fully optimized for iPad - The note screen is optimized for the iPad's larger display - Full support for window resizing. Side by side with another app or scaled down, the layout adapts to the width automatically - Works with Split View, Slide Over, Stage Manager, and windowed apps - Use the whole screen in portrait or landscape - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets work on iPad too - Keep a note open next to whatever you're reading or looking up ■ Widget types - Memo widget - Memo list widget - Lock Screen-only widget - Apple Watch widget ■ Get more with Premium Upgrade to Premium to keep the simple feel and unlock even handier extras. Benefit 1. All ads removed Benefit 2. Set your own photos as memo backgrounds (use wallpapers from your favorite anime or manga, family photos, anything you love) Benefit 3. The memo list widget becomes available *The one-time Pro plan supports Family Sharing, so when one family member buys it, everyone in the family can use Premium features. ■ Subscription Please review the following for subscription terms: - Privacy Policy: https://rands-app.com/privacy-policy-en/ - Terms of Use: https://rands-app.com/terms-en/
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Verdict
Pro Note and Sticky Notes both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pro Note's written reviews are positive against 61% of Sticky Notes's. Pro Note also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sticky Notes's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (518 vs 15). 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. Pro Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Sticky Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 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 — 4.5 for Pro Note against 4.6 for Sticky Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes has 518 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pro Note's written reviews are positive against 61% of Sticky Notes's.
Pro Note ships an update monthly, Sticky Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pro Note | Sticky Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (518 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 518 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 261 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaan Yildiz | Shota Yamashita |
Customer experience
Pro Note
Sticky Notes
Bugs and requests
Pro Note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sticky Notes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Newly created notes not showing up on home screen
- Duplicated notes with same content
- Inability to change default font and background settings
- Disappearing notes after app updates
Requested features
5 requests- Allow text formatting (bold, italic, underline)
- Add checklist/to-do list functionality
- Implement iCloud sync and cross-device support
- Provide option to remove app branding from widget
- Add ability to set reminders/alarms for notes
In-app purchases
Pro Note
- ProNote Weekly$2.997 Days
- Unlock All Features$29.99
Sticky Notes
- Monthly Plan$2.491 Month
- Ad Hiding$4.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$14.991 Year
- Tip$1.00
- Generous Tip$5.00
- Greatest Tip$10.00
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- Lifetime Plan$39.99
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