Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad vs Home screen note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
Create and display customizable sticky notes directly on your home screen using a variety of widgets. Personalize backgrounds, fonts, and colors for each note. Easily manage, edit, and reorder your memos, with iCloud backup for cross-device syncing.
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable backgrounds
- Handwritten-style fonts
- Adjustable text color and size
- Drag-and-drop reordering
- iCloud data backup and sync
- Supports iOS 18 control widgets
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Sticky Note Widget is a memo app built for widgets. Write a note, then put it straight onto your Home Screen. UNLIMITED WIDGETS Turn as many notes as you like into widgets. A shopping list, something you need to remember, today's plan — just glance at your Home Screen. LOCK SCREEN TOO Supports Lock Screen widgets (inline and rectangular), plus an iOS 18 Control Center control to open the app instantly. STYLE EVERY NOTE • Free choice of background, text and side-stripe colors • Gradient backgrounds • Text size 10 to 50, plus bold • 5 fonts, including a handwriting style • 20 icons • Use your own photo as the background HANDY EXTRAS • Capture text with your camera and drop it into a note • Summarize or bullet-point a note with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 on supported devices) • Back up and restore via iCloud • Drag and drop to reorder, swipe to delete GETTING STARTED 1. Tap + to create a note 2. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, and choose Sticky Note Widget 3. Long-press the widget and choose Edit Widget to pick which note it shows If a widget doesn't refresh, use "Update widgets" in Settings. Free to use, supported by ads. A monthly plan removes all ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Home screen note
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Home screen note : Simple and useful todolist app. ● Check todos on the home screen ・Automatically displays the last opened note. ・No more worrying about forgetting to open the app. ●Check todo status easily on home screen ・You can see what is completed visually. ・If you press the check button on the right side, the background will turn grey. ▼▼Also, very useful note app ● Change todos easily with tab ・You don’t need to go back to the category list. ・Easy to change to other todo list with tab. ●Also, as a good note app ・You can change the contents of todolist to note. ・You can change the contents of note to todolist. ●Good usability ・Automatic saving. ・Hide tabs if you want to use the screen more widely. ・Easy to sort the list with dragging. ・Easy to delete the list with a horizontal slide ・Todolist with Tab ●Usages ・ Todo list ・ Shopping list ・ Check list ・ Tab todolist ・ Quick note etc..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home screen note at none against Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's 1. Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Home screen note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad ships an update every 4 days, Home screen note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad | Home screen note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (279 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kazuhiro aonuma | Foodmenu.world Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
Reported bugs
10 issues- App freezes and won't open after iOS update
- App crashes when trying to delete notes
- Text becomes garbled in widgets
- Notes content duplicates across widgets
- Cannot specify cursor position for editing
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- Add button obscured by Google search bar
- App crashes after a single note
- Line breaks occur prematurely in small widgets
- App crashes when creating a new page
- Notes disappear after touching them
Requested features
11 requests- Increase font size
- Add larger font size option
- Allow checking off completed items
- Allow image attachments
- Enable iCloud synchronization
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- Enable iPad and iPhone synchronization
- Allow more freedom in moving notes
- Improve widget update process
- Allow editing directly from widget
- Increase widget size to two icon widths
- Improve note ordering functionality
Home screen note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
- Premium Plan$0.991 Month
Home screen note
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad free?
Is Home screen note free?
Do Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad or Home screen note have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad or Home screen note?
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