Comparison

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies vs Simple Widgets

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

Simple Widgets

Personalize your home and lock screens with customizable widgets. Choose from various sizes and styles, including different backgrounds, font colors, and borders. Easily edit existing widgets to change their appearance.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget types
  • Small, Medium, Large, and Lock Screen widgets
  • Background and font color customization
  • Border customization
  • Edit existing widget appearance
Features
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Simple Widgets • Photo makes it super easy to customize your home and lock screen like never before. Customize every widget, and personalize your home and lock screen. Features: • Create different types of widgets. • Small, Medium, Large, and lock screen widgets, all customizable. • Customize the added widget with different backgrounds, font colors, borders, etc. • Edit the added widgets to a different appearance. ——— FEEDBACK ——— Have any suggestions? Feel free to contact us at joezhang176776005@gmail.com Term of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zhangkaigogo.github.io/Widgets/

Screenshots

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies4 screens
Simple Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple Widgets at 100% against Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies's 57%. Simple Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). 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 Simple Widgets 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

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 19, 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 100% of Simple Widgets'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, Simple Widgets every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies versus Simple Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Notes Widget. StickiesSimple Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (104 ratings) — better4.2 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews56.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings104 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKK FAMILY SOFTWARE LLCWuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies

All ratings104 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive56.6%
Neutral17.0%
Negative26.4%

Simple Widgets

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

Simple Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Widget Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Widget Premium (Annual)$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies free?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Widgets free?
Simple Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Simple Widgets?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies is rated higher. Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies averages 4.6 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Simple Widgets averages 4.2 from 19 ratings.
Do Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Simple Widgets have ads?
Simple Widgets shows ads; Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Simple Widgets?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies ships an update every 6 weeks, and Simple Widgets every 5 days. Most recently, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies was updated on November 3, 2026 and Simple Widgets on November 3, 2026.

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