Desktop Note vs Lock Screen Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desktop Note
Recreate the tactile feel of sticky notes on your digital devices. Customize their appearance, add to-do lists, and display them on your home screen or desktop. Sync notes across your Apple devices with iCloud for seamless access.
- Customizable note colors and backgrounds
- To-do checklists
- Photo widgets for home screen
- Text formatting (bold, italics)
- iCloud backup and sync
- macOS desktop integration
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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 on your Home Screen. Customize note colors, choose beautiful illustrated backgrounds, and create to-do checklists. You can also use widgets to display notes or photos on your Home Screen. Download the macOS version to display sticky notes on your Mac desktop and even pin them above any window. Desktop Note syncs your sticky notes across devices with iCloud while protecting your privacy. What users love about Desktop Note: #A wide range of note colors and illustrated backgrounds #To-do checklists #Photos in Home Screen widgets #Text formatting Supports bold, highlighting, italics, and more #iCloud backup and sync Automatically sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud #Privacy Your notes are stored in your own iCloud, and only you can access them. If you have any questions or product 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
Lock Screen Notes
Keep essential notes visible on your iPhone's Lock Screen without needing to unlock your device. This app allows you to jot down reminders, lists, or important information and access it instantly. Customize the appearance with various paper styles, fonts, and even drawings.
- Permanent Lock Screen notes
- Check off tasks without unlocking
- Customizable paper styles and fonts
- Handwriting and drawing tools
- Add background photos to notes
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Write a note. Lock your phone. It's still there. Sticky keeps one note permanently on your iPhone Lock Screen — no unlocking, no opening an app, no searching. Every time you pick up your phone, the thing you must not forget is already in front of you. WHY PEOPLE USE IT • The shopping list you actually see at the shop • The gate code, the door number, the parking spot • Three things to do today, ticked off without unlocking • A sentence you want to keep in front of you CHECK OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Tap a checkbox right on the Lock Screen. The note updates instantly. You never open the app. MAKE IT YOURS 27 papers across six families — amber, sticky, retro, plain, night, calm. Lined, grid, dotted or blank. Choose the handwriting, set the size, make words bold, italic or underlined. MORE THAN TEXT Draw with a pen or a marker. Add a background photo. Everything stays on the card, exactly as you left it. WIDGETS TOO Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, so your note is there even with no connection. YOUR NOTE NEVER LEAVES YOUR DEVICE This is the part we care most about. What you write is stored only on your iPhone and is read directly by the Lock Screen card. It is never uploaded and never travels in a notification. We cannot see it. STICKY PRO The Lock Screen surfaces are part of Sticky Pro, a weekly subscription. You get a free preview during setup, so you see your own note on your own Lock Screen before deciding. Unlock the Full Experience with Sticky Pro: Weekly Subscription: 1 Week – $2.99 And review our Privacy Policy: https://sticky-57171.web.app/privacy.html To use this app, you must agree to our End User License Agreement (EULA), available: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Desktop Note at free with in-app purchases against Lock Screen Notes's subscription. Desktop Note also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 2). Lock Screen Notes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Desktop Note sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Lock Screen Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lock Screen Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desktop Note has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Desktop Note | Lock Screen Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文烁 蔡 | Oguzhan Yildirim |
In-app purchases
Desktop Note
- 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
Lock Screen Notes
- Sticky Pro$2.997 Days
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