Comparison

Sticky Notes vs iNote

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes

Easily create customizable sticky note reminders for your home screen. Arrange thoughts with various sizes, colors, and fonts. This powerful tool acts as a reliable assistant for life scheduling and to-do lists.

Highlights
  • Create home screen widgets
  • Customize note size, color, and font
  • Multiple templates available
  • Dark mode support
  • Edit notes directly for widget updates
Features
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Create a sticky note for your home screen with one tap. It's easy to use, super simple, but powerful reminder of your life scheduling and to-do-list. It can be your reliable assistant. You can edit the notes in this app and set it as your widget. Features: - Edit note and set it as widget - Markdown note - Handwriting note - Mind Map note - Dark mode ----- Sticky Notes Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.zhihuke.com/stickynotes/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.zhihuke.com/stickynotes/privacy.html

About

iNote

Features
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iiNote is a Todo, Scheduler, Shopping List, Notepad, Sticky Notes, Memorandum, Note App that combines handwritten and digital features. You can easily start using it without any complicated input and customize it as you use it. Of course, it also supports notifications, schedule display on the lock screen (live activity), and schedule display on the home screen (widget). You can check the schedule for the day without starting the app. Also supports repeat alarms. You can also set daily, weekly, monthly and yearly recurring schedules.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
iNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sticky Notes at none against iNote's shown. iNote's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Sticky Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and iNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update every 14 months, iNote every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sticky Notes versus iNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesiNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer杏娣 吴Hajime Suzuki

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sticky Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Sticky Notes Pro$1.491 Month
  • Sticky Notes Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Year
1 purchases

iNote

Subscriptions1
  • $0.99/month$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iNote free?
iNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sticky Notes or iNote have ads?
iNote shows ads; Sticky Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or iNote?
Sticky Notes ships an update every 14 months, and iNote every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on November 3, 2026 and iNote on November 3, 2026.

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