Comparison

Stickyboard vs JotSpot

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

Head to head
About

Stickyboard

This app offers a digital whiteboard with an unlimited stack of virtual sticky notes for organizing ideas. Easily rearrange, color-code, and visualize relationships between your thoughts on a zoomable canvas. Share your boards via email as PDFs for collaboration or archiving.

Highlights
  • Zoomable digital whiteboard
  • Unlimited sticky notes
  • Color-coding options
  • Free-form drawing tool
  • Email boards as PDF
  • Note expose grid view
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD STICKYBOARD 2 INSTEAD! This is the old version of Stickyboard. Please download Stickyboard 2 instead (it's a lot better!): Tap to the Developer page, or search for "Stickyboard 2". Imagine A Giant Whiteboard With A Never-Ending Stack Of Sticky Notes. LIKE REAL NOTES, ONLY BETTER Nothing beats a whiteboard and sticky-notes for capturing lots of loose information and visualizing their relationships. It's easy to rearrange ideas, see the big picture, and discover important patterns. Stickyboard takes that flexibility and adds the convenience and power of your iPad. Don't worry about losing notes after a meeting. Organizing notes are now a snap. It's much easier to carry around, and a lot friendlier for the environment. Put all your ideas on a single board and easily see everything at once by zooming in and out. Use any color coding system you like. Effortlessly drag and drop your notes - unlike paper sitcky notes, they don't fall off after too may moves. Think in the way that works best for you, and for the problem at hand. --- Features: --- + A clean and uncluttered interface with fast and fluid controls only possible on the iPad. + A large, zoomable board to capture all your ideas. Zoom by pinching, and pan by dragging the board. Tap to add a note. Drag notes around with your finger. + It's easy to rearrange ideas, capture their relationships, and discover important patterns. + Four standard colors (yellow, blue, pink, and green), plus 2 special ones (lavender and sunrise). + Free-form drawing with the marker tool. Write, outline, and sketch around your notes. + Email boards as PDF. Easily share with colleagues or archive changes. + Infinitely flexible. Use all your real-world sticky-note techniques (visit our website for tips and resources). + Note expose: Swipe down with 3 fingers to view all notes arranged in a grid. Swipe again to restore. Don't worry, your layout is always preserved. + Tap the qrayon logo to view help, plus get the latest tips & tricks. The Free Edition of Stickyboard comes with one large board, perfect for a single project. It includes most of the major features of the Pro Edition. Upgrade in-place to the Pro Edition at any time to get all the Pro features: + Multiple boards + Multi-colored markers + Project to an external VGA display (requires VGA connector) plus get future Pro upgrades free and support the continued effort of developing even more awesome features and apps. --- Stickyboard is great for: --- • TODOs and reminders • Scheduling and planning • Meeting notes • Brainstorming and organizing your ideas • Doodling and sketching --- We LOVE to hear from you! --- Productivity apps for the iPad are a new and vast frontier with plenty of possibilities. We are committed to building apps that you will find useful for your work and business. Stickyboard is continuously being improved and updated. Visit www.qrayon.com to let us know what you are looking to do, and what features you would like to see in a future release. We love feedback. Follow us on our blog or at twitter.com/qrayon to hear about the latest work we are doing to make the iPad a truly great productivity device. If you find Stickyboard useful, please help us by rating it. Apps live and die by their ratings, and your feedback is very important to us.

About

JotSpot

Features
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JotSpot is the note-taking app that gets out of your way. No folders to organize, no formatting to fuss over - just open it and start typing. Whether you're capturing a quick thought, a shopping list, or an idea before it slips away, JotSpot makes it effortless. Distraction-Free Writing A clean, focused editor with smart bulleted lists - press return to continue a list, or leave it blank to break out. Auto-save keeps your work safe every few seconds, so you never lose a thought. Hands-Free with Siri Just say "Hey Siri, make a note in JotSpot" and dictate - JotSpot saves it silently in the background, no need to even open the app. Want to jump straight in and edit? Ask Siri to create and edit a note instead. Built for the moments when your hands are full but your mind isn't. Private When You Need It Lock any note with its own password, and unlock it instantly with Face ID or Touch ID. Keep your personal notes personal. Always in Sync Your notes sync automatically across all your devices with iCloud - smart conflict handling means your latest edit always wins, even if you were writing offline. Make It Yours Choose from multiple app icons, adjust list density to fit your style, and toggle light or dark mode per note. Long-press the JotSpot icon from your Home Screen for instant new-note creation. Share in a Tap Send any note anywhere with the built-in share sheet - texts, emails, other apps, you name it.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stickyboard at Free against JotSpot's $0.99. Stickyboard also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). JotSpot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and device support 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

Stickyboard is free to download; JotSpot costs $0.99 up front. Stickyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JotSpot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, JotSpot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stickyboard versus JotSpot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStickyboardJotSpot
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCRyan Hunter

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stickyboard

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Stickyboard Pro$4.99
None

JotSpot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stickyboard free?
Stickyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotSpot free?
JotSpot costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stickyboard or JotSpot have ads?
Neither Stickyboard nor JotSpot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stickyboard or JotSpot?
Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, and JotSpot every 5 weeks. Most recently, Stickyboard was updated on October 22, 2026 and JotSpot on October 24, 2026.

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