Duck Widget Memo vs Cute Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Duck Widget Memo
This app allows you to create customizable sticky notes that can be placed directly on your device's desktop. Personalize backgrounds, fonts, and choose from a variety of icons to help you remember tasks and information.
- Desktop sticky notes
- Customizable background and font color
- 40+ icon shapes
- Draw games
- Free wallpapers
- Edit widgets
- Multiple memos on widget
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The 鴨梨子 memo app is here! Duck Memo is a memo app that lets you display your notes on your Home Screen widgets together with 鴨梨子 icons. Use it for shopping lists, plans, reminders, or anything you do not want to forget, and check your notes anytime right from your Home Screen. Customize each note with your favorite background color, text color, text size, and 鴨梨子 icon. ■ Main Features ● Display notes on your Home Screen ● Show multiple notes in a widget ● Create, edit, delete, and reorder notes ● Widget preview ● Adjust text size ● Change text, background, and border colors ● Choose from a variety of 鴨梨子 icons ● Custom backgrounds ● Icon lottery ● Gift backgrounds ● iCloud sync With iCloud, you can sync your notes across devices using the same Apple Account. ■ Pro Version With Duck Memo Pro, you can enjoy even more features. ● Remove the note limit ● Remove ads ● Use all 鴨梨子 icons ● Access Pro-exclusive backgrounds If you experience any issues while using Duck Memo or have any questions, please feel free to contact us at: umino@software27.net We would really appreciate your reviews and shares!
Cute Journal
Create a personalized digital journal with customizable backgrounds and materials. Secure your entries with a lock and enjoy ample space for all your thoughts. Offers various national and minimalist styles.
- Customizable backgrounds and materials
- Book-like cover customization
- Variety of national and minimalist styles
- Large writing capacity
- Secure and private entries
- Lock feature for privacy
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Cute journal is a lovely national style diary application. If you also like to keep a rich diary, don't miss it. [App Features] * Simple production, choose favorite background, choose favorite material, you can write a unique hand ledger of your own; * Book-like cover, you can customize your own pocket book cover, like opening a book every time; * Various styles of material, national style, lovely, minimalist, there is always your favorite material; * Large capacity, can write a lot of books oh; * Safe and private, you can set them to yourself and keep them in a safe place. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, with the renewal fee deducted from your plan within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal at the Account Settings office at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. If your trial does not end, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start your subscription. To open a subscription, you agree to the following terms: The terms of service: https://zhenwusw.github.io/posts/junzhen/fuwu Privacy policy: https://zhenwusw.github.io/posts/junzhen/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Cute Journal at 3 against Duck Widget Memo's 1. Cute Journal also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Duck Widget Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cute Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Duck Widget Memo against 4.6 for Cute Journal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 133 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 88% positive.
Duck Widget Memo ships an update every 2 weeks, Cute Journal every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Duck Widget Memo | Cute Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (188 ratings) | 4.6 (133 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 188 — better | 133 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroaki Umino | 俊镇 吴 |
Customer experience
Duck Widget Memo
Cute Journal
Bugs and requests
Duck Widget Memo
Reported bugs
9 issues- Update caused data loss
- Lost Pro features after update
- Cannot get new ducks/characters
- Small characters cause input issues
- App crashes or won't open after update
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- Saving is very slow and phone heats up
- Text gets stuck/not displayed at the bottom of long notes
- Ads appear for one-time members
- Typing area sometimes freezes, cannot see text box
Requested features
19 requests- Add scrolling for long notes
- Add ability to insert photos
- More character designs
- Third-party account linking for progress transfer
- Add list or numbered memo function
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- Add ability to change font
- Add ability to center text
- Add ability to delete memos
- Add ability to edit directly on widget
- Add ability to change icon transparency or turn off icons
- Add ability to have text wrap around icons
- Add ability to change font size
- Add more background templates
- Add more sticker options
- Add ability to add more than one memo
- Add ability to see text directly on memo while typing
- Add option for checklist items to disappear after completion
- Add ability to customize memo borders and text spacing
- Add more diverse designs
Cute Journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Duck Widget Memo
- Pro version$4.99
Cute Journal
- Plus Version3 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Quarterly Plus3 Days trial$9.493 Months
- Half a year Plus3 Days trial$12.496 Months
Questions
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