Comparison

Sticky Notes vs StreakSync

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 - 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/

About

StreakSync

Features
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Turn your goals into daily habits with StreakSync, the clean, powerful, and social way to track your personal challenges and stay motivated. Whether you're building a fitness routine, learning a new skill, reading more books, or cutting back on a habit, StreakSync keeps your momentum alive with a gorgeous dashboard, smart AI tracking, and live group challenges. KEY FEATURES: • AI-Powered Setup: Not sure where to start? Just type a simple prompt and let our intelligent AI backend automatically generate a fully populated challenge, complete with bespoke daily targets, duration maths, and custom iconography. • Apple Watch & Siri Integration: Log your progress directly from your wrist with the standalone Apple Watch app, or use Siri Shortcuts to set up brand-new goals entirely hands-free. • Live Group Streaks & Races: Everything is better with friends! Turn any challenge into a collaborative group goal or a high-energy competitive race. Share a secure iCloud link, set your leaderboard display name, and track everyone's progress in real time. • The Habitarium: Watch your discipline come to life. Your active streaks spawn 'Flamie' companions in a beautifully scattered, vibrant ecosystem. Keep your streak alive to watch them evolve from tiny sparks into roaring infernos! • Discover & Web Import: Start from a blank canvas, explore our curated gallery of featured templates, or use the smart web scraper to instantly import challenge details and images directly from your favourite online articles. • Trophies & Certificates: Celebrate your success! Unlock custom interactive 3D trophy badges for your Hall of Fame and export gamified achievement certificates—complete with 1st Place badges for race winners—when you cross the finish line. • Consistency Heatmaps: Visualise your journey with dynamic, growing calendar heatmaps that beautifully map out your daily progress at a glance. • Home & Lock Screen Widgets: Keep your goals front and centre with premium interactive Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets. • Smart & Custom Reminders: Set customisable global daily alerts, or assign specific, high-frequency reminders to individual micro-habits so you never miss a beat. • Intelligent Logging & Photos: Log progress instantly with a custom keypad and a smart slider that dynamically scales its quick-add steps to perfectly match your target. Attach progress photos to visually capture your journey. • Flexible Goal Modes: Track challenges by daily targets, total cumulative counts, or specific targets tailored to your lifestyle. • Smart Rest Days: Life happens. Use allowed rest days to keep your active streaks safe when you need a well-earned break, which automatically protect your Flamie if you miss a day. • Private, Secure & Protected: Your personal data stays yours. Solo challenges and photos are stored securely on your device and sync privately through your personal iCloud, whilst group challenges use Apple's native, secure iCloud sharing ecosystem. Download StreakSync today and start your streak!

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
StreakSync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StreakSync at none against Sticky Notes's 7. StreakSync also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sticky Notes's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support 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

Both are free to download. Sticky Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. StreakSync asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update weekly, StreakSync every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sticky Notes versus StreakSync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesStreakSync
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (527 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings527 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota YamashitaMARK WILLIAM DUFF

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

StreakSync

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

StreakSync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StreakSync free?
StreakSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sticky Notes or StreakSync have ads?
Sticky Notes shows ads; StreakSync does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or StreakSync?
Sticky Notes ships an update weekly, and StreakSync every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and StreakSync on October 29, 2026.

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