Shared Note Widgets vs Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shared Note Widgets
Create and share simple text notes directly on your home screen. Keep family and friends updated with lists, reminders, or positive messages. Customize widget appearance and layout for a personalized experience.
- Create simple text notes
- Add notes to home screen widgets
- Share notes with friends and family
- Checkbox mode for lists
- Customizable widget appearance
- Light and dark mode support
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Create simple text notes, add them to your home screen, then share! Friends and family always have up-to-date content. Use it for a family grocery list, reminders, or to send positive messages to friends. What makes this app special: * Ads can be disabled for free, and they never show up in the widget. * App supports light and dark mode. * Super simple editing experience * Switch to "checkbox" mode to quickly go through a shopping or to - do list * Customize the appearance of your widget: Choose the color, layout and other content settings. * Sharing notes is a bonus of this simple-to-use app!
Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes
A free and easy-to-use notepad app offering widgets, reminders, and photo attachments. Organize notes with unlimited folders, set deadlines, and utilize features like character counts and dark mode. All functionalities are completely free.
- Unlimited folders with color and pin options
- Photo attachments and handwritten notes
- Reminders with repeated notification support
- Home screen widgets for folders and notes
- Character count and note priority settings
- Dark mode support
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It's a simple and easy-to-use notepad app. Widgets, reminders, photo attachments, folders, character counts are available. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited number of folders - Folder color - Pin the folder - Display notes and number of notes in the folder list - Folder sorting - Folder batch deletion - Unlimited number of notes - Note editing date and time - Character count - Handwritten notebook - Note color - Note with link - Multiple photos attached to the notebook - Note deadline setting - Display of the number of days remaining until the note deadline - Note notification settings (supports repeated notifications) - Select badge display for each note - Pin fixing the notebook - Note priority setting - Note keyword search - Note sorting - Note display order setting - Batch deletion of notes - Move / duplicate notes between folders - Batch copy / share notes - Bulk photo copy / share - Home screen widget support (folder / note selectable) - Icon badge display - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: notepadwidget://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes at 100% against Shared Note Widgets's 25%. Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). Shared Note Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Shared Note Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes's.
Shared Note Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shared Note Widgets | Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Rich | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Shared Note Widgets
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In-app purchases
Shared Note Widgets
No in-app purchases
Notepad Widget, Sticky Notes
No in-app purchases
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