Comparison

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad vs Simple Widget Note

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Simple Widget Note

Features
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With Simple Widget Note you can display notes on your Home Screen or our Lock Screen, even in the Lock Screen title bar. Just add the appropriate widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen, tap on it, enter your note and press submit. You can export the contents of your widget not to other Apps with the ShareLink control. Shortcuts integration: You can append a text to your Widget Note with the Shortcuts App.

Screenshots

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad4 screens
Simple Widget Note3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Widget Note at none against Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's 1. Simple Widget Note also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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 Note Widget Memo Pad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Simple Widget Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad ships an update every 4 days, Simple Widget Note every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad versus Simple Widget Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Note Widget Memo PadSimple Widget Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (279 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings279 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkazuhiro aonumaJENS-HILMAR WALTER BRADT

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

Simple Widget Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan$0.991 Month
None

Simple Widget Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad free?
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Widget Note free?
Simple Widget Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad or Simple Widget Note have ads?
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad shows ads; Simple Widget Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad or Simple Widget Note?
Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad ships an update every 4 days, and Simple Widget Note every 3 months. Most recently, Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad was updated on October 11, 2026 and Simple Widget Note on September 30, 2026.

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