Comparison

Duck Widget Memo vs Memo Widget

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Desktop sticky notes
  • Customizable background and font color
  • 40+ icon shapes
  • Draw games
  • Free wallpapers
  • Edit widgets
  • Multiple memos on widget
Features
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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 We would really appreciate your reviews and shares!

About

Memo Widget

This app allows you to create and display sticky notes and to-do lists directly on your home screen. Customize your notes with various styles, backgrounds, and sizes to stay organized and reminded of your tasks and plans.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets for notes and checklists
  • Customizable text, to-do, and background notes
  • Multiple widget sizes and customization options
  • Colorful theme styles
  • Auto backup and restore via iCloud
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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Memo Widget is a cute sticky notes app that focuses on memos and To-Do list to remind you of things. You can quickly display your memos, schedule, reminders, checklist, plans, diary and more on your iPhone & iPad home screen by Memo Widget. ■ CREATE NOTES TYPE Text Notes: Live view text editing effect, multiple font styles are available. To-Do List Notes: Record daily tasks one by one, and easily check the lists. ■ MAKE CUTE NOTES A variety of cute styles of note paper, use photos as the background to decorate the memos. ■ CUSTOMIZE MEMO WIDGET Select three widget sizes arbitrarily, it can customize fonts, size, color, alignment and background. ■ COLORFUL THEME STYLE Well-Designed multiple notes and checklist theme styles, simple and easy to use. ■ Auto Backup & Restore Auto Backup and Restore your application data on iPhone & iPad device by iCloud. Now you can use AirDrop to share backup files to the nearby iOS device. ■ NOTEPAD PREVIEW Switch the list-view, gallery-view and full-view to show the memo in homepage. Support the Dark Mode. ■ Q&A # HOW TO ADD WIDGET? 1. Go to the iPhone & iPad home screen and long press the screen. 2. Tap the "+" button in the upper-left corner, and find the Memo Widget App. 3. Select a widget, choose from three widget sizes, then tap Add Widget. # HOW TO SHOW MEMO NOTES? 1. Long press the memo widget on home screen, then tap Edit Widget. 2. Choose a memo notes to show you want. Please share if you have any issues or suggestions! Email: memowidget@outlook.com Privacy Policy: https://meetfire.wixsite.com/memowidget/privacy Terms of Use: https://meetfire.wixsite.com/memowidget/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet- servers/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Duck Widget Memo4 screens
Memo Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Memo Widget at none against Duck Widget Memo's shown. Memo Widget also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Duck Widget Memo's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 67%) and ratings volume (187 vs 26). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Duck Widget Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Memo Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Duck Widget Memo against 4.7 for Memo Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duck Widget Memo has 187 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Duck Widget Memo's written reviews are positive against 67% of Memo Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Duck Widget Memo versus Memo Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuck Widget MemoMemo Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (187 ratings)4.7 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings187 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroaki Umino文婷 赖

Customer experience

Duck Widget Memo

All ratings187 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.7%
Negative5.8%

Memo Widget

All ratings26 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
Show 14 more
  • 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

Memo Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Duck Widget Memo

One-time1
  • Pro version$4.99
2 purchases

Memo Widget

Subscriptions1
  • MemoWidget · Monthly PRO3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • MemoWidget · Lifetime PRO$6.99

Questions

Is Duck Widget Memo free?
Duck Widget Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memo Widget free?
Memo Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Duck Widget Memo or Memo Widget?
Memo Widget is rated higher. Duck Widget Memo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Memo Widget averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Duck Widget Memo or Memo Widget have ads?
Duck Widget Memo shows ads; Memo Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Duck Widget Memo or Memo Widget?
Duck Widget Memo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Memo Widget every 2 weeks. Most recently, Duck Widget Memo was updated on October 16, 2026 and Memo Widget on October 9, 2026.

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