Comparison

Sticky Notes Widget+ vs Sticky Notes Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes Widget+

Organize your life with customizable sticky notes displayed directly on your home screen. Quickly create and access important tasks, lists, and information with various widget sizes and color options.

Highlights
  • Create personalized sticky notes
  • Display notes on home screen widgets
  • Multiple widget sizes (small, big, rectangle)
  • Customizable note colors
  • Format notes for quick access
Features
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Create personalized Sticky Notes to organize your life and make the most out of Widgets by displaying them on your home screen! Sticky Notes Widget helps you create and organize Sticky Notes + Widget to keep important tasks in mind and display them on your home screen for quick access. Create stickies instantly! - Three widget sizes: Small square, Big square, Rectangle. - Bring important information and lists to your home screen via Widgets. - Customization: format a sticky note and pick through different note colors. Premium Subscriptions and purchases: - Subscribed users have unlimited use of the App and access to all of its Premium features without ads. - Non-subscribed users can use each Premium feature for a limited time. - Users can subscribe to three different plans: weekly, monthly, and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. - Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: http://vulcanlabs.co/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://vulcanlabs.co/privacy-policy/ Any questions? Contact us: support@vulcanlabs.co

About

Sticky Notes Widgets

Create and edit notes and drawings to display as widgets on your home and lock screens. Supports Apple Pencil, finger drawing, and typing. Customize appearance and combine text with drawings for versatile use.

Highlights
  • Create notes and drawings
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Apple Pencil and finger drawing
  • Text and drawing combination
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Zoom for detail
  • Share as image or text
Features
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Quickly create & edit notes and drawings to display as widgets on your home screen & lock screen. Draw with Apple Pencil, your finger, or use the keyboard to type. Customize backgrounds, colors, and fonts. Zoom in on drawings for finer details. Combine text and drawing on the same note. Share your notes as images or text. Import/export your notes to edit between multiple devices. Great for quick reminders, todo lists, brainstorming, sketching, home screen aesthetics or just quickly jotting anything down! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sticky Notes Widget+3 screens
Sticky Notes Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sticky Notes Widgets at 75% against Sticky Notes Widget+'s 8%. Sticky Notes Widgets also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ads (none vs shown). Sticky Notes Widget+'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Widget+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Sticky Notes Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sticky Notes Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 259 and 501 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Sticky Notes Widget+'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes Widget+ ships an update weekly, Sticky Notes Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sticky Notes Widget+ versus Sticky Notes Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Notes Widget+Sticky Notes Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (259 ratings)4.6 (501 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.7% of reviews74.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings259501 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSMART WIDGET LABS COMPANY LIMITEDNeat Software Co.

Customer experience

Sticky Notes Widget+

All ratings259 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative84.6%

Sticky Notes Widgets

All ratings501 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral12.7%
Negative12.7%

User reviews

Sticky Notes Widget+

From 259 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great idea for a tool
  • 👍 Versatile for various uses
  • 👍 Good tutorials available
  • 👍 Offers text formatting options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Notes randomly delete
  • 🐛 Notes disappear when editing
  • 🐛 Widget display issues
  • 🐛 Lifetime purchase re-prompted
  • 🐛 Intrusive and frequent ads

Sticky Notes Widgets

From 501 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Extensive customization options (colors, fonts, sizes)
  • ✏️ Supports both handwriting and typing
  • 📱 Widget functionality displays notes on home screen
  • 🖍️ Excellent Apple Pencil support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Widget sync issues and inconsistent updates
  • 🐛 Data corruption and note deletion bugs
  • ❌ No cross-device synchronization
  • 📝 Text alignment difficult to center manually
  • 🔒 Pro features locked behind paywall

Bugs and requests

Sticky Notes Widget+

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Notes delete when opened for edit
  • All notes randomly deleted
  • List not displaying in widget view
  • Notes disappear while working on them
  • Oldest note deleted when creating new one (free version)
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  • App randomly goes blank
  • To-do list erased
  • No option to add widget after ads
  • Fonts change in widget
  • App asks to pay again after lifetime purchase
  • Widget border color issue
  • Notes turn into serif font on widget
  • Changes to notes don't show in widget
  • Sticky notes not showing under installable widgets

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improve widget appearance
  • Fix font and color issues in widget
  • Ensure notes are recoverable
  • Restore lifetime purchase functionality
  • Reduce ad frequency
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  • Offer more background color options
  • Clarify premium features
  • Improve app site design

Sticky Notes Widgets

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Widgets not updating after note edits
  • Notes randomly overwritten with duplicates of other notes
  • Widget display freezing or not connecting
  • Corrupted .json backup files on import
  • Apple Pencil glitches during writing
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  • Text disappears when switching between typing and handwriting modes
  • Widgets not displaying saved notes
  • App crashes on older iOS versions
  • Sync between iPad and iPhone not working automatically
  • Extra large widget quality degradation

Requested features

16 requests
  • iCloud sync across all devices
  • Transparent background option
  • Checkbox/bullet point lists with toggle functionality
  • Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) for selected text
  • Partial text size adjustment (not whole note)
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  • Additional note templates and styles
  • Tape stickers and decorative elements
  • More widget size options
  • Direct widget editing without opening app
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Apple Watch app
  • Mac app support
  • Indent functionality
  • Gradient color options
  • Full-screen editing mode
  • Ability to mix handwriting and typing on same note

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sticky Notes Widget+

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
2 purchases

Sticky Notes Widgets

One-time2
  • Jot Pro: Lifetime$6.99
  • Jot Pro: Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes Widget+ free?
Sticky Notes Widget+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sticky Notes Widgets free?
Sticky Notes Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes Widget+ or Sticky Notes Widgets?
Sticky Notes Widgets is rated higher. Sticky Notes Widget+ averages 4.1 out of 5 from 259 ratings, while Sticky Notes Widgets averages 4.6 from 501 ratings.
Do Sticky Notes Widget+ or Sticky Notes Widgets have ads?
Sticky Notes Widget+ shows ads; Sticky Notes Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes Widget+ or Sticky Notes Widgets?
Sticky Notes Widget+ ships an update weekly, and Sticky Notes Widgets every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Notes Widget+ was updated on September 23, 2026 and Sticky Notes Widgets on September 22, 2026.

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