Comparison

Sticky Notes Widgets vs PlopNote

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

Head to head
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/

About

PlopNote

Create customizable sticky notes for your home screen. Personalize with background colors, photos, and text. Useful for lists, reminders, or creative writing.

Highlights
  • Customizable background color
  • Add photos with adjustable transparency
  • Rich text editor with undo/redo
  • Pre-designed background templates
  • Automatic content saving
  • Font size adjustment
Features
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A sticky note widget that can be pasted on the home screen. You can change the font size using the (invisible) button at the top of the widget, making it very easy to adjust the appearance after editing the content. This app widget has a three-layered structure: background color, photo (transparency can be changed), and text, and you can change the appearance to your liking. You can also choose from the background templates included in the app. Shopping list Idea note Favorite word A saying I always want to see Dreams and Hopes etc. It will be useful in various situations. Tap the placed widget to open its note screen. The content of the note is automatically saved, so if you add it and close the screen, it will be immediately reflected in the widget. It also seems like a good idea to use it as a shortcut to continue writing novels. The in-app text editor has features for undo & redo and left/right movement of the cursor. You can also change the font size. The following features can be purchased from within the app as additional features. ・Widget text shading ・Copy widget settings from a created note Ads are displayed by default. You can also purchase to remove ads. These purchases are one-time purchases. If you reinstall, you do not need to purchase it again.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes Widgets4 screens
PlopNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sticky Notes Widgets at none against PlopNote's shown. Sticky Notes Widgets also leads on ratings volume (501 vs 8). PlopNote's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PlopNote 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Sticky Notes Widgets against 4.5 for PlopNote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widgets has 501 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlopNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, PlopNote every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sticky Notes Widgets versus PlopNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Notes WidgetsPlopNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (501 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings501 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeat Software Co.tadashi atoji

Customer experience

Sticky Notes Widgets

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

PlopNote

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

PlopNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sticky Notes Widgets

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

PlopNote

One-time2
  • Add features$2.99
  • Remove ads$6.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes Widgets free?
Sticky Notes Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PlopNote free?
PlopNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes Widgets or PlopNote?
Sticky Notes Widgets is rated higher. Sticky Notes Widgets averages 4.6 out of 5 from 501 ratings, while PlopNote averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Sticky Notes Widgets or PlopNote have ads?
PlopNote shows ads; Sticky Notes Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes Widgets or PlopNote?
Sticky Notes Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, and PlopNote every 5 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Notes Widgets was updated on September 22, 2026 and PlopNote on September 10, 2026.

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