Comparison

Sticky Notes vs DayAlign

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Pin notes to Home and Lock Screens
  • Organize tasks by category
  • Customize backgrounds with photos
  • Cute font options
  • Character count display
  • Undo/Redo functionality
Features
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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 ■ 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 - Sort memos into folders by purpose, each with its own color and icon (symbol or emoji) - Pin memos you check often to keep them at the top of the list - Search all your memos to find the one you need fast, or find words within a memo - 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. - 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 ■ 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. Create unlimited memos (the free version allows up to 3) Benefit 3. Set your own photos as memo backgrounds Benefit 4. The memo list widget becomes available Benefit 5. The folder 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/

About

DayAlign

Features
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DayAlign is a calendar view built for people whose day crosses time zones. Companion watch app included! Instead of making you calculate London, New York, Tokyo, San Francisco, or wherever else you work, DayAlign shows your schedule once — with every event and free slot aligned across the time zones that matter to you. See your local day, your meetings, your open windows, and the corresponding time in each selected city, all in one clean view. Whether you are scheduling with colleagues, clients, family, investors, or teams around the world, DayAlign helps you quickly answer the question: “What time is that for everyone?” Key Features * View your day in a clean calendar-style timeline * See your schedule next to multiple time zones * Compare events and free slots across selected cities * Spot early morning, late evening, and overnight times at a glance * Find better overlap windows for calls and meetings * Reduce time zone mistakes when planning across cities * Keep your day readable without duplicating your calendar * no subscriptions or in app purchases, just a one time fee DayAlign is built for remote workers, founders, consultants, travellers, global teams, investors, freelancers, and anyone who regularly works across time zones. Your day, aligned across cities.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
DayAlign4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sticky Notes at Free against DayAlign's $6.99. DayAlign's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence and device support 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

Sticky Notes is free to download; DayAlign costs $6.99 up front. Sticky Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. DayAlign asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, DayAlign every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sticky Notes versus DayAlign: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesDayAlign
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.6 (531 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings531 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota YamashitaPronti AI Inc.

Bugs and 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

DayAlign

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Sticky Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Plan$2.491 Month
  • Ad Hiding$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Tip$1.00
  • Generous Tip$5.00
  • Greatest Tip$10.00
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  • Lifetime Plan$39.99
None

DayAlign

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayAlign free?
DayAlign costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sticky Notes or DayAlign have ads?
Sticky Notes shows ads; DayAlign does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or DayAlign?
Sticky Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, and DayAlign every 9 days. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on November 3, 2026 and DayAlign on October 28, 2026.

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