Comparison

Desktop Note vs LockNotes

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

Head to head
About

Desktop Note

This app allows you to create and display digital sticky notes directly on your desktop. Customize note colors, add checklists, and use widgets to keep your reminders visible. Notes sync across devices via iCloud for secure access.

Highlights
  • Desktop sticky notes
  • Customizable note colors
  • To-do checklists
  • Desktop widgets
  • Pin notes above windows (macOS)
  • iCloud sync
  • Privacy protection
Features
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Do you miss the days when your desk was covered with sticky notes? Create sticky notes with Desktop Note and display them right on your desktop. You can customize note colors, create to-do checklists, and even show notes on your desktop with widgets. By downloading the macOS version, you can display notes on your Mac desktop—and even pin them above any window. Desktop Note syncs your notes across devices with iCloud while protecting your privacy. Your notes are stored in your own iCloud, and only you can access them. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email me anytime: cswenshuo@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://www.notion.so/Terms-of-Use-e2fd82b183504ad1b5e82c684c25865a Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-f692aafe77d540f1b191bd0e5aa5ee59

About

LockNotes

Keep important notes and to-dos visible directly on your phone's Lock Screen. Quickly check off tasks, organize projects with boards and lists, and personalize your notes with various styles and handwriting options. Collaborate with friends in real-time on shared notes.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen notes and widgets
  • Task completion without unlocking
  • Boards and lists for project organization
  • Customizable paper and ink styles
  • Handwriting and drawing tools
  • Real-time collaborative notes
  • Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
Features
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Your notes live on the Lock Screen. You see them every time you pick up your phone — nothing to unlock, no app to open, nothing to forget. You wrote it down and never looked at it again. LockNotes fixes that by putting the note where your eyes already go. ■ Tick off tasks without unlocking Today's to-do list, the groceries, the thing you keep forgetting. Tap it right on the Lock Screen and it's done — the widget updates instantly. ■ Boards and lists for the bigger stuff A trip, a move, a school project. Make a board, add lists and cards, and pin the one that matters to your Lock Screen. Use it as a planner, or as a simple checklist. ■ 150 papers to pick from Paper color, ink color, grid or lines or dots. Pinch through 150 designs until one sits right on top of your wallpaper. ■ Handwrite, draw, doodle Seven pens — pencil, crayon, marker, fountain, watercolor and more. Scribble the way you would on a real sticky note. Drop in doodles and photos from your library as stickers. ■ 34 fonts Handwritten faces that read like a real notebook, and clean ones for when you want it tidy. Latin, Japanese, Korean and more. ■ Write together, live Share a note or a board with a friend using one code. You both write on the same paper and you both watch it change — live, on both Lock Screens. ■ A nudge, if you want one Set a daily reminder and pick the time. Or don't — the note sits there patiently either way. ■ Yours by default Notes stay on your device. Only what you choose to share goes to the cloud, only after you agree, and ending a share deletes it. Also inside: a Home Screen widget, a Live Activity, a diary of everything you have written, and 50+ hand-drawn app icons to match your mood. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Desktop Note4 screens
LockNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockNotes at none against Desktop Note's 5. LockNotes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Desktop Note's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Desktop Note sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. LockNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Desktop Note versus LockNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesktop NoteLockNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文烁 蔡HiPups inc.

Customer experience

Desktop Note

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.4%

LockNotes

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Desktop Note

Subscriptions4
  • Desktop Note - 1 Quarter$0.993 Months
  • Desktop Note Premium$0.991 Month
  • Desktop Note Premium2 variants$1.993 Months
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  • Premium$2.993 Months
None

LockNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Desktop Note free?
Desktop Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockNotes free?
LockNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Desktop Note or LockNotes have ads?
Neither Desktop Note nor LockNotes shows ads.

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