Sticky Notes Widgets vs TownPost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
TownPost
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GuardLink turns your neighborhood into a shared safety picture. See a fallen tree blocking the road? A car accident at the intersection? Someone trying doors at 2am? Report it in seconds with one photo and one sentence — and it appears on a live map everyone nearby can see. No account. No name. No email. Just report.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TownPost at none against Sticky Notes Widgets's 2. 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. TownPost asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Sticky Notes Widgets | TownPost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (516 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 516 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neat Software Co. | Coding Minds, Inc. |
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
TownPost
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sticky Notes Widgets
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$7.99
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$9.99
TownPost
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sticky Notes Widgets free?
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Do Sticky Notes Widgets or TownPost have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes Widgets or TownPost?
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