Comparison

Sticky Notes vs Photo Memo

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes

Organize your life with customizable notes pinned to your home and lock screens. Create checklists, to-do lists, and schedules with various list formats and headings. Personalize your notes with custom backgrounds, fonts, and text sizes for quick access and easy management.

Highlights
  • Pin notes to Home and Lock Screens
  • Checklists for shopping and packing
  • Organize with lists and headings
  • Customizable backgrounds and fonts
  • Sort memos into folders
  • Search all memos
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

Photo Memo

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Photo Memo helps you quickly find and open photos you want to check again later. Save timetables, collection schedules, Wi-Fi settings, parking rates, appliance instructions, notices, and other useful information as photo memos so you do not have to search through your photo library every time. Add a title, note, and recall words to each photo. You can also search by voice or keyword to quickly find the information you need. Main features: • Create and manage photo memos • Voice search • Keyword search • Favorites • Photo zoom • Edit titles, notes, and recall words • Japanese and English support Premium: Premium is a one-time purchase. • Unlimited photo memos • Replace saved photos • Restore recently deleted items for up to 30 days • OCR • Search text found inside images • Automatic OCR • No ads Photo Memo data is primarily stored on your device. Make “I’ll check it later” easier. Spend less time searching for photos and get the information you need right away.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
Photo Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Photo Memo at 15.5 against Sticky Notes's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Sticky Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Photo Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sticky Notes versus Photo Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesPhoto Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (534 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings534 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota YamashitaSHACHIHOKO LLC

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

Photo Memo

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
1 purchases

Photo Memo

One-time1
  • Photo Memo Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Memo free?
Photo Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sticky Notes or Photo Memo have ads?
Both Sticky Notes and Photo Memo show ads.

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