Sticky Notes Widgets vs WaitQ
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/
WaitQ
Easily join queues and manage reservations at participating venues by scanning QR codes. Track your position, receive notifications, and manage bookings. Some venues may require payment.
- Scan QR codes to join queues
- Manage reservations
- Track queue position and wait times
- Receive notifications
- Reschedule or cancel bookings
- App Clip for instant access
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WaitQ helps you join queues and manage reservations at participating venues. SCAN AND JOIN Scan a venue’s WaitQ QR code to see its available queues and reservation options. Enter the details requested by the venue and choose available services and preferences. FOLLOW YOUR TURN View your queue status, position and estimated wait when available. Receive notifications when enabled, and leave the queue if your plans change. Supported Live Activities let you follow active queues from your Lock Screen. MANAGE YOUR RESERVATIONS Choose an available date and time, review your booking details and keep your confirmation handy. Reschedule or cancel when the venue’s booking policy allows. Some venues may require payment through their secure checkout. KEEP YOUR VISITS TOGETHER Find your saved queues and reservations on this device. No WaitQ account is required to use the guest experience. OPEN WITH APP CLIP At supported venues, open the lightweight WaitQ App Clip from a venue link or QR code without downloading the full app. Available queues, services, notification options, booking rules and payment requirements depend on each venue.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WaitQ at none against Sticky Notes Widgets's 2. WaitQ also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Sticky Notes Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (506 vs 1). 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 Notes Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WaitQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
WaitQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widgets has 506 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sticky Notes Widgets ships an update every 2 weeks, WaitQ daily. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sticky Notes Widgets | WaitQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (506 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 506 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neat Software Co. | Joao Piedade |
Customer experience
Sticky Notes Widgets
WaitQ
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
WaitQ
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
WaitQ
No in-app purchases
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