Comparison

Sticky Notes vs The Challenge Board

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

The Challenge Board

Features
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Remember sticking 30 notes on your bedroom door and tearing one off every day? The Challenge Board brings that ritual to your iPhone. PICK A CHALLENGE 7 Days Skincare. 30 Days Fitness. 75 Days Reading. Choose a length, add what you'll do each day, and your wall goes up — one note for every day. TEAR IT OFF When the day is done, grab today's note and pull. It bends, lets go, and flies off. A small, satisfying moment you'll look forward to. COMPLETION, NOT PERFECTION Did 3 of your 4 tasks? That still counts — and it's recorded honestly. Missed a day? Nothing resets. Day 13 comes after Day 12, like in real life. A LITTLE MEMORY FOR EACH DAY Add a few words ("Almost skipped it.") or a photo. Look back on your whole journey, compare Day 1 and the last day side by side. GENTLE REMINDERS One note in the morning, one in the evening at the time you choose — and nothing once today's note is torn off. ALSO • Several challenges at once, each on its own wall • Home Screen widget with today's note • Your history stays, with every note and photo • Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver • No account, no ads. Everything stays on your iPhone. PREMIUM Your first wall and its first note are free. Premium unlocks every day and every wall, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amiirapro-ai.github.io/challengeboard-site/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
The Challenge Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Challenge Board at none against Sticky Notes's shown. Sticky Notes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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 and The Challenge Board sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, The Challenge Board every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sticky Notes versus The Challenge Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesThe Challenge Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (534 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings534 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota Yamashitaamira abbas

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

The Challenge Board

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
2 purchases

The Challenge Board

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Challenge Board free?
The Challenge Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sticky Notes or The Challenge Board have ads?
Sticky Notes shows ads; The Challenge Board does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or The Challenge Board?
Sticky Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Challenge Board every 8 days. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on November 11, 2026 and The Challenge Board on November 6, 2026.

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