Notes Widget, WidgetNote vs Sticky Notes Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notes Widget, WidgetNote
Add customizable text widgets to your iPhone's home screen. Easily input and save notes, then select them as widgets for quick access. Supports various fonts and dark mode.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Easy text input and saving
- Multiple font support
- Dark mode compatibility
- Simple widget selection process
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Customize your iPhone screen with note widgets! ◆ The app is super easy to use! ◆ ① Open the "WidgetNote" app, input some texts and save. ② Go back to home screen and press for a while. ④ + button shows up in the top-left/top-right corner, so tap it and choose 'WidgetNote'. After you select the size, you can see the widgets on your home screen. That's all! ◆ Sticking points ◆ 1. Supported many fonts. 2. Supported Dark mode. ◆ Future plans ◆ We will add as many features as possible. Thank you for your warm support message for the review!
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sticky Notes Widgets at 4.6 against Notes Widget, WidgetNote's 3.5. Sticky Notes Widgets also leads on ratings volume (506 vs 4). Notes Widget, WidgetNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sticky Notes Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Notes Widget, WidgetNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Notes Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widgets has 506 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Notes Widget, WidgetNote's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Notes Widget, WidgetNote ships an update every 10 days, Sticky Notes Widgets every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notes Widget, WidgetNote | Sticky Notes Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (506 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 74.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 506 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lisfee, Inc. | Neat Software Co. |
Customer experience
Notes Widget, WidgetNote
Sticky Notes Widgets
Bugs and requests
Notes Widget, WidgetNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Notes Widget, WidgetNote
No in-app purchases
Sticky Notes Widgets
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$7.99
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$9.99
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