Comparison

Plants vs Goblins 4 vs Stickey Notes

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

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About

Plants vs Goblins 4

Defend the Garden Kingdom from a massive goblin invasion. Strategically plant and utilize various flora, including strawberries for power-ups, to combat waves of enemies and their devastating artillery. Explore new levels and uncover surprises in this epic plant-versus-goblin battle.

Highlights
  • Strategic plant placement
  • Diverse plant types
  • Goblin enemy variety
  • Power-up system (strawberries)
  • New levels and surprises
  • Intense combat scenarios
Features
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In recent times, the Garden Kingdom has evolved to be a haven for the plants, since all the cold and gruesome wars with the Goblins, it had regenerated an air of harmony, flourishing the gardening art and culture. They had festivals and competitions, and the youthful saplings sang the melodies and listened to accounts of war veterans. The great number of lives laid forth by the heroic plants raised a field full of blooming red strawberries after the Battle of Peasburg, and as a tribute to the fallen heroes and to pick up their insight and power, the young green warriors sow strawberries, to grow other plants and to gain flower-like points. The Kingdom had established good relations with the neighboring pumpkin and ginseng fields. The tremendous corn fields likewise trained their cobs with the green warriors. They welcomed the bordering forest beasty carnivorous plants into civilization. They had all pledged allegiance to the garden realm, in time of peace and war, to secure each knoll and turf, garden and nursery alike. Who knew the war wouldn't be that long to come? The archenemy vile goblins had donned on their facade of conceit. The goblins devised the biggest artillery with the help of the shrewdest of ghouls, elves, gnomes, pixies, and ghosts. They have been plotting ever since and gathered the biggest force the world has ever seen. They hadnít left but were biding their time until they destroy all the plants from the face of the earth. With the standing army of millions of destructive armored goblins, the thick billows of war were encompassing the Garden Kingdom and the air of dread and death was stirring. One fine morning, an immense tremor shook the grounds of the Garden Kingdom. The sky turned gloomy. The plants saw a rising tsunami and off came a Goblin Cyclop, pulverizing everything in its way. The war was declared, sirens aloud, the green warriors ready to protect. The Goblin army was something unseen before, covering every inch of sky, land, and water, with the goblin flying bombers, archers, warriors, and goblin riders. The flying goblin was back with the dynamite, which could kill all the plants within seconds. Nonetheless, the sons of the Garden Kingdom, with chlorophyll running in their veins fought with all their might, entangling and the goblins, the pumpkin cannonballs crushed the flying goblins, joined by ginseng, corn, and carnivorous plants in the onslaught. Planting strawberries helped increment the plant power yet remained the question of the dynamite. Plants are devising ways to take and dismantle the dynamite, with every 21 plants against 17 goblins, with much more surprises and 46 new levels. Who will win? Let's play and find out. Here's Tip: Grow more strawberries to get more rewards!

About

Stickey Notes

Engaging games designed to teach piano music reading. Progress from basic pre-reading skills to identifying notes on the staff and understanding key signatures. Offers customizable settings for focused learning and color schemes.

Highlights
  • Pre-reading skill building
  • Note identification games
  • Key signature learning
  • Customizable note focus
  • English and Fixed do naming
  • Color scheme options
  • Single and 2-player modes
Features
Currently charting
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No more boring flashcards or reading music drills! Enjoy learning to read piano music with these creative, engaging games. > New to piano? Build your pre-reading skills as you save the characters in Level 1. > Getting started with reading notation? Defeat the note by selecting the correct note name Level 2. > Already know your treble and bass clef pretty well? Jump right into an obstacle-dodging quest to learn key signatures in Level 3. Fully customizable settings to play with just the notes you want to focus on, using English (C, D, E...) or Fixed do (do, re, mi...) note names. Use a custom color scheme to match colors you use elsewhere (such as on colored instruments), or if you want colors that work better for colorblindness. • Level 1, Single Player: Characters are falling from the sky! Save the character from falling off the screen by selecting the piano key that matches the note name on his hat. • Level 1, 2-Player: See who can score the most points before time runs out. Each player gets one side of the screen... but watch out for flying objects! • Level 2, Single Player: Notes are moving toward certain doom. Select the character whose hat matches the note on the staff before the note reaches the clef mark. • Level 2, 2-Player: Race to select the character with the correct note name more times than your opponent! • Level 3, Single Player: Navigate through the moving notes, trying to avoid the wrong ones and hit the note that matches the highlighted key. • Level 3, 2-Player: Race the other player to get to the correct note first. Choose how the game ends in single player games - lives or a timer. Select the specific notes you want to play with in levels 2 and 3: 1) Tap the clef mark to switch between treble and bass. 2) Tap or swipe notes on staff to add/remove from game. 3) Select notes from the piano keyboard to add/remove from game (Level 3 only). Settings: - English (C, D, E...) or Fixed do (do, re, mi...) note naming (all levels) - Naturals/sharps/flats/all and CDE/FGAB/all (Level 1 games) - Key signature (Level 3 games)

Screenshots

Plants vs Goblins 43 screens
Stickey Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stickey Notes at 100% against Plants vs Goblins 4's 31%. Stickey Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and chart position (#122 vs unranked). Plants vs Goblins 4's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Plants vs Goblins 4 is free to download; Stickey Notes costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stickey Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plants vs Goblins 4 has 137 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Plants vs Goblins 4's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stickey Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plants vs Goblins 4 ships an update every 9 days, Stickey Notes every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Plants vs Goblins 4 versus Stickey Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlants vs Goblins 4Stickey Notes
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating2.6 (137 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings137 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#122 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size272 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksey TselinkoLaura Gabrielson

Customer experience

Plants vs Goblins 4

All ratings137 ratings
Positive38.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative56.9%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive31.2%
Neutral7.3%
Negative61.5%

Stickey Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plants vs Goblins 4

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Game crashes with 'error' messages on startup
  • Physics glitches causing plants to grow off-screen and water flooding
  • Severe lag and performance issues
  • Game doesn't pause during ad videos, causing unfair gameplay
  • Goblins combining unexpectedly mid-level
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  • Inability to see damage indicators on goblins
  • Game freezing and unresponsive controls
  • Incompatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add comprehensive tutorial explaining plant abilities
  • Implement background music in menus and gameplay
  • Improve goblin sound effects and voice lines
  • Increase animation frames for plant idle animations
  • Add more diverse level designs beyond level 32
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  • Reduce ad frequency and allow gameplay pausing during ads
  • Improve sun/resource generation rates
  • Create better and more intuitive UI menus
  • Add final boss encounter and ending cutscene
  • Increase plant variety and count
  • Implement language selection options
  • Add in-game marketplace or shop features
  • Reduce overall game difficulty or add difficulty settings
  • Optimize game performance and fix lag issues

Stickey Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Plants vs Goblins 4

No in-app purchases

None

Stickey Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plants vs Goblins 4 free?
Plants vs Goblins 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stickey Notes free?
Stickey Notes costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plants vs Goblins 4 or Stickey Notes?
Stickey Notes is rated higher. Plants vs Goblins 4 averages 2.6 out of 5 from 137 ratings, while Stickey Notes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Plants vs Goblins 4 or Stickey Notes have ads?
Neither Plants vs Goblins 4 nor Stickey Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plants vs Goblins 4 or Stickey Notes?
Plants vs Goblins 4 ships an update every 9 days, and Stickey Notes every 8 months. Most recently, Plants vs Goblins 4 was updated on September 21, 2026 and Stickey Notes on September 14, 2026.

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