Comparison

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies vs Note on Wallpaper

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a versatile note-taking app. Create unlimited notes, customize their appearance with colors and fonts, and access them across devices. Enhance productivity with widgets, rich text formatting, and drawing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Unlimited notes and to-do lists
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • Home screen and notification center widgets
  • 25 customizable note colors
  • Rich text formatting and drawing
  • Password and biometric note security
  • QR code generation
Features
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Sticky Notes is a reliable, high-speed, and convenient tool for keeping your notes and to-do lists organized. The application allows you to create notes quickly and customize them easily. With its intuitive interface, you can spend your time efficiently, knowing your data is safe and secure. Key Features: - Widgets for the notification center on Mac and the home screen on iPhone/iPad - Unlimited number of notes - Sync between devices - 25 colors available for note customization - Ad-free experience - Scan and create QR codes from your notes Free Features: - Unlimited notes and to-do lists for organizing important information - iCloud sync between iPhone, iPad, and Mac, ensuring your notes are always accessible - Widgets in two sizes (small and large) for quick access on Mac and iPhone/iPad home screens Pro Version Features: - Full history of note changes, allowing you to revert to previous versions if needed - Group notes and to-do lists into named categories for better organization - Customize note backgrounds with 25 available colors - Rich text formatting: bold, italic, underline, and more - Insert dashed and numbered lists for clean structure - Adjust text size to fit your style and readability - Choose from 16 different fonts to match your writing style - Draw with multiple colors (red, blue, black) within notes, even on top of text - Secure notes with a password, FaceID, or TouchID for added privacy - Scan and create QR codes from your notes for easy sharing and quick access Subscription Plans: Experience all the Pro features of Sticky Notes with a subscription. Prices in USD, may vary by country. Free features always remain free. - $9.99/year - $7.99/6 months - $3.99/month (with a 7-day free trial) - One-time purchase for $29.99 for lifetime access to all features Contact Us: For questions or support, email us at support@kuzmenko.info. We’re always happy to help. Privacy Policy: http://kuzmenko.info/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://kuzmenko.info/terms.html

About

Note on Wallpaper

Capture screenshots and set them as your device's wallpaper. This tool allows you to take a picture directly within the app and immediately apply it to your background.

Highlights
  • Take screenshots within the app
  • Set screenshots as wallpaper
  • Direct camera integration
  • Simple wallpaper customization
Features
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Set the screenshot taken with this app as your wallpaper. (You can take a screenshot with the camera button on the app screen)

Screenshots

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies4 screens
Note on Wallpaper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies at none against Note on Wallpaper's shown. Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (104 vs 16). Note on Wallpaper's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 57%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Note on Wallpaper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies has 104 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies's written reviews are positive against 80% of Note on Wallpaper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies ships an update every 6 weeks, Note on Wallpaper fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies versus Note on Wallpaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Notes Widget. StickiesNote on Wallpaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (104 ratings) — better4.2 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings104 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKK FAMILY SOFTWARE LLCSyncly Applications

Customer experience

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies

All ratings104 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.9%

Note on Wallpaper

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative4.0%

Bugs and requests

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • iCloud sync is unreliable, overwriting changes
  • Widget stops working, requiring new widget/note creation
  • Blank screen bug on app opening (iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18)
  • App crashes automatically after blank screen
  • Drawing with Apple Pencil is a catastrophe
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  • Cannot select text from the beginning of a phrase

Requested features

19 requests
  • Adjustable tag position order
  • Implement notes displacement/movement
  • Option to move checked-off items to the bottom
  • Ability to remove app icon from dock
  • Font size support and font style options
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  • Ability to change sticky note color on all devices simultaneously
  • Add white note color and more fonts
  • Allow iOS standby screen widget display
  • Specify which sticky note to display in widget
  • Archive used sticky notes instead of deleting
  • Group notes by tags
  • Black background option for notes
  • Option to use photos in notes
  • Larger note pages
  • Font color options
  • Improve text selection functionality
  • Allow editing notes directly on desktop
  • Add home screen widgets
  • Improve drawing functionality with Apple Pencil

Note on Wallpaper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • 6 months$7.996 Months
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Forever$29.99
1 purchases

Note on Wallpaper

One-time1
  • Remove ads$3.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies free?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note on Wallpaper free?
Note on Wallpaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Note on Wallpaper?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies is rated higher. Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies averages 4.6 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Note on Wallpaper averages 4.2 from 16 ratings.
Do Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Note on Wallpaper have ads?
Note on Wallpaper shows ads; Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Note on Wallpaper?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies ships an update every 6 weeks, and Note on Wallpaper fortnightly. Most recently, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies was updated on November 7, 2026 and Note on Wallpaper on November 3, 2026.

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