Stickies vs PlopNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stickies
Add customizable sticky notes directly to your iPhone and iPad's Home and Lock Screens. Easily jot down memos, inspirational quotes, or track habits with a variety of fonts and colors.
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable text and color
- Over 30 fonts
- Edit directly from widget
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Stickies is the best way to add sticky notes to your iPhone and iPad's Home Screen and Lock Screen. Use Stickies to write down important memos, get inspired by your favorite quotes or to help you build new habits. Press and hold on a Sticky Note widget to edit text, color and more — all without ever leaving the Home Screen. With over 30 fonts and colors, the combinations are endless.
PlopNote
Create customizable sticky notes for your home screen. Personalize with background colors, photos, and text. Useful for lists, reminders, or creative writing.
- Customizable background color
- Add photos with adjustable transparency
- Rich text editor with undo/redo
- Pre-designed background templates
- Automatic content saving
- Font size adjustment
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlopNote at 93% against Stickies's 29%. PlopNote also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3). Stickies's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (446 vs 8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Stickies sells 4 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.
PlopNote holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stickies has 446 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Stickies's written reviews are positive against 93% of PlopNote's.
Stickies ships an update weekly, PlopNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stickies | PlopNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (446 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.1% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 446 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luca Meghnagi | tadashi atoji |
Customer experience
Stickies
PlopNote
Bugs and requests
Stickies
Reported bugs
11 issues- App stuck on welcome/setup screen
- Text editing functionality not working
- Unable to create or open sticky notes
- Keyboard not appearing for text input
- Notes not saving or syncing
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- Widget freezing or becoming unresponsive
- Notes disappearing after stack rearrangement
- Pro version features inaccessible despite payment
- App crashes on iPad and iPhone
- Emoji input not displaying properly
- Help screen loops preventing note creation
Requested features
10 requests- Cross-device synchronization
- Direct lock screen widget placement
- Color picker for custom colors
- System adaptive/transparent backgrounds
- One-click note editing from home screen
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- Emoji support in notes
- Dark mode option
- Ability to rename notes
- Headline/formatting options
- Better font color customization
PlopNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stickies
- Small Tip$2.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$6.99
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- Huge Tip$8.99
PlopNote
- Add features$2.99
- Remove ads$6.99








