Widget Notes vs Jot Down
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Notes
Create physical-like sticky notes directly on your phone's home screen. Set scheduled reminders for important tasks. Syncs seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices via iCloud.
- Home screen sticky notes
- Scheduled reminders
- iCloud sync
- Cross-device compatibility
- Simple interface
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Sticky Notes can be a great way to remember things that you need to do when you are on your phone. Widget Notes app offers a simple and no-fuss approach to give you very physical like sticky notes that stick to your homescreen. No complicated settings, not control panels, nothing. You just make sticky notes on your phone! You can also get reminded about a sticky note at a scheduled time. You will receive a reminder notification for your sticky note when it's time. Widget notes works and syncs with Mac companion sticky notes app, that you can get here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sticky-notes-post-it-notes/id1619602800 You can install Sticky Notes on as many iPhone, iPads, or Mac devices as you like. Your sticky notes are synced across all your devices through iCloud for a seamless experience. Sticky Notes provides most reliable and up to date experience supporting latest iOS 15, iPadOS 15, M1 Macs and latest macOS 12 Monterey. Have anything else you'd like to suggest? l'd love to hear from you > pawankdixit@icloud.com #Tags sticky notes,widget notes,homescreen notes,sticky notes on homescreen,sticky notes widget, sticky note,post it note,stickies,sticky notes,sticky widget,post it,post-it,desktop sticky notes
Jot Down
Create visually appealing sticky notes and to-do lists with customizable colors and fonts. Sync your notes seamlessly across all Apple devices using iCloud. Organize tasks with checkpoint options directly from your home screen widgets.
- Customizable sticky notes
- To-do list functionality
- Homescreen widgets
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Variety of font styles
- Gradient color options
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Sticky notes that stay where you look. Jot Down is a focused text-note app for quick thoughts, reminders, and everyday writing. Pin notes to Home or Lock Screen widgets, style them your way, and keep them synced through your private iCloud. WHY JOT DOWN • See important notes without opening the app • Start a new note from Home or Lock Screen • Dictate text with on-device speech recognition • Add reminders to a note • Organize with folders, favorites, colors, fonts, and wallpapers • Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • No subscription or in-app paywall HOW IT WORKS 1. Capture a thought 2. Style or organize it 3. Pin it to a widget when it needs to stay visible Jot Down creates text notes only. It does not include the task, audio, scanner, drawing, focus, or countdown editors from Mini Notes. Download Jot Down and keep the next idea in sight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jot Down at 100% against Widget Notes's 0%. Jot Down also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Widget Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Widget Notes costs $1.99 and Jot Down $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jot Down holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jot Down has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Widget Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jot Down's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Notes | Jot Down |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawan Dixit | Mohini Sharma |
Customer experience
Widget Notes
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In-app purchases
Widget Notes
No in-app purchases
Jot Down
No in-app purchases
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