Comparison

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies vs Countdown Fred

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

Countdown Fred

This app helps you keep track of important upcoming dates by displaying them as colorful cards. You can add events like holidays, birthdays, or gigs, and the app automatically sorts them by date. It offers home screen widgets and customizable display options for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable event cards
  • Automatic date sorting
  • Home screen widgets
  • Days or weeks display
  • Light and dark mode
  • No accounts or clutter
Features
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Countdown Fred keeps the dates you are looking forward to where you can actually see them. Add the moments that matter — a holiday, a birthday, a wedding, a gig, the first day of something new — and Countdown Fred turns them into a clean grid of colourful cards, always sorted so the next one comes first. No accounts. No feeds. No clutter. Just how long until the good stuff. MAKE EVERY EVENT YOURS • Give each event a name, a date and one of eleven symbols • Choose from four card colours • Cards sort themselves by date, so what is next is always at the top • Tap any card to edit it or take it off the list DAYS OR WEEKS One tap switches the whole app between days and weeks. "45 days" or "6 weeks 3 days" — however you naturally think about time. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • A small widget for your next event • A medium widget showing what is next plus two more coming up • The widget takes on the colour of your next event • Refreshes itself every day, so the number is always right MADE TO BE LOOKED AT • Flat, friendly design with rounded type and soft colour • Light and dark mode are each designed properly, not one inverted copy of the other • Quick to open, quick to add, then out of your way YOURS ALONE Everything stays on your iPhone. There is no account to create, nothing to sign in to, no tracking and no analytics. Your events are nobody else's business.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies4 screens
Countdown Fred3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Fred at none against Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies's 4. Countdown Fred also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 2) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Countdown Fred asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Fred holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies has 104 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown Fred monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies versus Countdown Fred: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Notes Widget. StickiesCountdown Fred
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (104 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKK FAMILY SOFTWARE LLCDaMtech

Customer experience

Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies

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

Countdown Fred

All ratings1 ratings
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
None

Countdown Fred

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies free?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Fred free?
Countdown Fred is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Countdown Fred?
Countdown Fred is rated higher. Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies averages 4.6 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Countdown Fred averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Countdown Fred have ads?
Neither Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies nor Countdown Fred shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies or Countdown Fred?
Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown Fred monthly. Most recently, Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies was updated on November 3, 2026 and Countdown Fred on November 3, 2026.

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