Comparison

BugMe! Stickies vs Audio Note Widget

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

Head to head
About

BugMe! Stickies

This app allows you to create digital sticky notes with handwritten or typed text. You can set alarms and reminders for your notes, customize their appearance, and even use photos as backgrounds or for marking. Notes can be organized on a virtual cork board or pinned to your launcher screen for easy access.

Highlights
  • Handwritten and typed notes
  • Alarms and reminders
  • Customizable note appearance
  • Photo backgrounds and marking
  • Virtual cork board organization
  • Launcher screen pinning
Features
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Get the ultimate quick note app for your iOS device! Replace those paper sticky notes with handwritten or text notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Pin them to a virtual cork board within the app and set alarms and alerts, or “Stick” your note on your launcher screen for that extra visual reminder! Main features: MAKE QUICK NOTES - write in digital ink with your finger, or type with the inbuilt keyboard ALARMS & REMINDERS - set alarms and due times on your notes CUSTOMIZE THE LOOK - choice of note colors, fonts, or ink types to help you get organized USE YOUR PHOTOS - use your photos as note backgrounds or make notes and marks on your photos CONTACT PHOTOS - use BugMe! notes as contact photos to add extra info to your address book ORGANIZE - drag and drop your notes to rearrange them on the virtual cork board. and more! “There's something to be said for a simple, straightforward note-taking app that borrows from the familiar: sticky notes.” Review BugMe! has been No.1 Productivity App in Australia, France, and Netherlands, and Top 10 in many more. Thank you for your continued support!

About

Audio Note Widget

Quickly record and play audio notes directly from your home or today screen. Add titles, customize appearance, and access voice memos for reminders or personal messages. Compatible with iOS 14 widgets and supports dark mode.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Record and play audio notes
  • Customizable titles and appearance
  • iOS 14 widget compatible
  • Dark mode support
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Audio Note widget allows to record and play an audio note. This is the quickest way to record and play some voice recordings to remember the things that you might forget. Where did you park? what was the code to open the door? what did you had to remember? You can also have a recorded message of the person you like, always with you. A title can be added, and look can be customized. If necessary, you can hide the record button in the Today view (to avoid any unwanted change). Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

Screenshots

BugMe! Stickies2 screens
Audio Note Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Audio Note Widget at 4.0 against BugMe! Stickies's 3.3. Audio Note Widget also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). BugMe! Stickies's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 33%) and ratings volume (53 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support 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

BugMe! Stickies costs $1.99 and Audio Note Widget $0.99 up front. BugMe! Stickies sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Audio Note Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Note Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BugMe! Stickies has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of BugMe! Stickies's written reviews are positive against 33% of Audio Note Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BugMe! Stickies ships an update every 3 months, Audio Note Widget every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BugMe! Stickies versus Audio Note Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBugMe! StickiesAudio Note Widget
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.3 (53 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElectric PocketFrancis Bonnin

Customer experience

BugMe! Stickies

All ratings53 ratings
Positive50.9%
Neutral11.3%
Negative37.7%
Written reviews282 reviews
Positive55.7%
Neutral15.6%
Negative28.7%

Audio Note Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

Bugs and requests

BugMe! Stickies

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Reminders not working
  • Notes disappearing
  • Inability to delete notes
  • Crashes after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode
  • Ability to resize/format notes
  • More font/color options
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Improved home screen integration

Audio Note Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

BugMe! Stickies

One-time7
  • Days of the Week$0.99
  • Stickers$0.99
  • Messages$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Tasks$0.99
  • Funky Paper$0.99
  • Christmas Notes$0.99
  • Mega Pack$5.99
None

Audio Note Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BugMe! Stickies free?
BugMe! Stickies costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Audio Note Widget free?
Audio Note Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BugMe! Stickies or Audio Note Widget?
Audio Note Widget is rated higher. BugMe! Stickies averages 3.3 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Audio Note Widget averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BugMe! Stickies or Audio Note Widget have ads?
Neither BugMe! Stickies nor Audio Note Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BugMe! Stickies or Audio Note Widget?
BugMe! Stickies ships an update every 3 months, and Audio Note Widget every 6 months. Most recently, BugMe! Stickies was updated on October 14, 2026 and Audio Note Widget on October 3, 2026.

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