Comparison

LockInNote vs Rotate

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

Head to head
About

LockInNote

Quickly jot down notes directly on your home screen or lock screen widgets. Customize the appearance of your notes with various font and design options. Sync across devices using iCloud and link to other apps with URL schemes.

Highlights
  • Widget note-taking
  • Customizable font and design
  • iCloud sync
  • URL scheme actions
  • Share sheets
  • Multi-platform support
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Memo note app specialized for widgets. When you want to take a memo, you can write it out right away on the widgets, and you can easily check the memo on the widgets anytime! The design of the memo note on the widgets can be flexibly customized, so it can be used for various purposes. - Tap the widget to immediately edit the memo note. - Font "size", "design", "color", and "weight" can be adjusted. - You can also select the alignment of multiple lines, the display pattern when no text is entered, and more. - Sync notes between devices by iCloud - You can set any "URL scheme action" to link with other apps.(iOS, iPadOS, macOS) - Share sheets allow you to easily share text to other applications.(iOS, iPadOS) Multi platform support iPhone: Home screen, Lock screen, StandBy(iOS 17) iPad: Home screen, Lock screen(iPadOS 17) Mac: Notification center, Desktop(macOS 14) Apple Watch: Complication, Smart Stack(watchOS 10)

About

Rotate

Personalize your home and lock screens with dynamic widgets that display reminders, lists, and quotes on a schedule you set. Organize your day with custom notes and choose from aesthetic themes to match your style.

Highlights
  • Dynamic scheduled widgets
  • Customizable aesthetic themes
  • Effortless scheduling of notes
  • Inspiring quote and routine templates
  • Multiple note formats (text, lists)
  • Flexible widget sizes
  • Unlimited widgets and notes
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Imagine a smart widget on your home or lock screen that wakes you up with a morning routine reminder, keeps you focused on your goals throughout the workday, prompts a thoughtful question for your evening reflection, and inspires you with a motivational quote before you call it a night. All this, displayed in one rotating personalized widget on a schedule you set. That’s exactly how Rotate helps you make the most of your screens. Each widget can be a home of different notes, checklists, bullet points, and lists: all of them easy to personalize with variety of aesthetic themes and sizes, and easy to schedule – any time, any day. And if you are unsure about what you want a particular widget to display, you can just dive into our extensive collections of quotes, routines, and reminders, or design your custom one. FEATURES - Dynamic Widget: Deliver the right note at the right time throughout the day with our handy, customisable widget. - Aesthetic Themes: Choose from dozens of customizable, aesthetic themes to fit your style. - Effortless Scheduling: Schedule notes to appear in the widget at any time on any day of the week. - Inspiring Templates: Browse our collections of motivating quotes and daily routines, or create your own unique note. - Custom Formats: Present your note in a format that works for you, whether plain text, checklists, bullet points, or numbered lists. - Flexible Sizes: Display your widget in any size on your home screen and lock screen. - Unlimited widgets and notes: Create as many widgets and schedule as many notes in each widget as you want. - Reminders: Get notified when a new note appears in your widget. - iCloud Sync: Your widgets sync across your devices effortlessly through iCloud. Rotate: Your life, your notes, your schedule. Your widget. GET IN TOUCH Privacy Policy: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#privacy Terms of Use: https://timestwelve.xyz/policies#terms Contact us: hi@timestwelve.xyz

Screenshots

LockInNote4 screens
Rotate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rotate at none against LockInNote's 1. Rotate also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). LockInNote's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. LockInNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rotate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LockInNote against 4.9 for Rotate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rotate has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockInNote ships an update every 2 months, Rotate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LockInNote versus Rotate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockInNoteRotate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings322 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyo Yamashitatimes twelve OU

Customer experience

LockInNote

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rotate

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LockInNote

One-time1
  • AD Free (iOS, macOS)$0.99
None

Rotate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LockInNote free?
LockInNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rotate free?
Rotate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LockInNote or Rotate?
LockInNote is rated higher. LockInNote averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Rotate averages 4.9 from 22 ratings.
Do LockInNote or Rotate have ads?
Neither LockInNote nor Rotate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LockInNote or Rotate?
LockInNote ships an update every 2 months, and Rotate every 2 weeks. Most recently, LockInNote was updated on June 11, 2026 and Rotate on September 7, 2026.

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