Comparison

Ticky vs NoteScreen

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

Head to head
About

Ticky

Capture tasks as they arise and never miss a deadline. Organize your to-dos with color labels and sort them by date or color for efficient management.

Highlights
  • Capture to-dos instantly
  • Never forget deadlines
  • Organize with color labels
  • Sort tasks by date
  • Sort tasks by color
Features
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Ticky helps you stay organized the whole day: - Write down your To-Dos any time they pop up in your head - Never forget deadlines to stay always on schedule - Add color labels to find your To-Dos easily - Sort your tasks by date or color label

About

NoteScreen

This app displays your notes directly on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, ensuring you never miss important reminders. It offers simple scheduling and widget support for constant visibility, all while maintaining complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Scheduled note rotation
  • Always-on note mode
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each
Features
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Write a note. It lives on your Lock Screen. That's it. NoteScreen is the simplest reminder app you'll ever use. The thing you need to remember sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — front and center every time you pick up your phone. Impossible to miss. SCHEDULE YOUR DAY • Notes rotate on your schedule — "Take out the trash" 7–8 AM, "Wind down" at 9 PM. NoteScreen swaps them automatically with a silent nudge at each change. • Recurring days — set "Trash night" for every Tuesday, "Water plants" for Sundays. • Always mode pins one note up all day. GLANCEABLE EVERYWHERE • Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Home & Lock Screen widgets — your current note is wherever you look. • One-tap check-off — mark a note done right from the Lock Screen banner or a Home Screen widget, without opening the app. • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each. Short enough to read at a glance. • Made for iPhone Duo — fills the big screen in portrait or landscape, with notes on one side and quick-add starters on the other when half-folded. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no cloud. NoteScreen never touches the network — your notes live on your iPhone and nowhere else. Good to know: iOS limits Live Activities to 8 hours, so the Lock Screen banner refreshes whenever you open the app. Add the Lock Screen widget for a note that never expires.

Screenshots

Ticky4 screens
NoteScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ticky at weekly against NoteScreen's every 3 weeks. Ticky also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ticky against 5.0 for NoteScreen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ticky ships an update weekly, NoteScreen every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ticky versus NoteScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickyNoteScreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeavingStoneSameer Bhutani

Customer experience

Ticky

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NoteScreen

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ticky

No in-app purchases

None

NoteScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ticky free?
Ticky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoteScreen free?
NoteScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ticky or NoteScreen?
Ticky and NoteScreen are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Ticky or NoteScreen have ads?
Neither Ticky nor NoteScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ticky or NoteScreen?
Ticky ships an update weekly, and NoteScreen every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ticky was updated on November 3, 2026 and NoteScreen on November 6, 2026.

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