Comparison

Stickyboard vs ZoomNotes Lite

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

ZoomNotes Lite

This app allows for handwritten notes and sketches on various digital documents, including PDFs and Office files. It offers unlimited zooming, customizable paper styles, and extensive sharing options. Additional features and pen types are available through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Unlimited zoom and panning
  • Handwritten notes and sketches
  • Markup PDFs and Office documents
  • Customizable paper sizes and styles
  • Extensive document sharing options
  • Digital planning with calendar integration
Features
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ZoomNotes Lite is an iPad/iPhone visual note-taking app. It lets you quickly make handwritten notes and sketches on virtual paper, on PDF files, on MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint docs (via GoogleDrive), and over images. Uniquely, it also lets you zoom in and out without arbitrary limits, an invaluable feature for this type of app. It has a free fully functioning pen (although you will be able to try the pens too), and more available as in-app purchases. It has unlimited paper sizes/styles, unlimited colours and line thicknesses, and a large range of ways to share its documents making ZoomNotes the most versatile handwriting/drawing app. ZoomNotes Desktop for Mac now also available. ZoomNotes is much more than a replacement for your trusted paper notebook! Compatible with any capacitive stylus pen (although fingers work well too). Here some reviews of the app store of the full version- The best note taking app available! ***** by MarkNance – Version 7.1.4 – Jul 6, 2016 Don’t be put off by all its features! ***** by Stevearcher – Version 7.1.3 – May 24, 2016 Most complete Note app I’ve tried ***** by ItsDartstx – Version 7.1.3 – Apr 20, 2016 Most effective note taking app ***** by John25642 – Version 7.1.3 – Jul 7, 2016 Full featured and innovative ***** by music-major – Version 7.1.3 – May 15, 2016 Hands(writing)-down, best notepad replacement out there. ***** by Jed123zz – Version 7.1.3 – Mar 23, 2016 Free features include: -1 Pen type - Felt tip. -Huge Zoom Range and Whiteboard page style -Rotatable views -Split screen mode (edit 2 documents at once) -Digital planning with links, which can also show events and reminders from the Calendar and Reminder apps -Write over PDF file -Write over MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel files (via GoogleDrive) -Calendar events/reminders :add events linked to your documents, possibly with alarms. The URL in the event links back to the document in ZoomNotes. -Typed text- limited to a single font, fills and borders -Regular shapes and arrows -Symbol library -Select, scale, rotate and shift -Cut, copy, paste (including between documents, pages and other apps) -Write over pdf files (markup) -Configurable paper types -Intuitive folder interface for documents -Sharing as PDF files, images, videos or ZoomNotes documents (via email, iTunes, clipboard, Dropbox, Twitter and Evernote) -In app printing -VGA compatible for use with projectors, monitors and AirPlay -Universal app - iPhone and iPad -iCloud support -Geo-located documents; documents can be optionally geo-located and viewed as pins on a map. -Layers let you control what is visible on a page, also options for 'master layers' which show on all pages. In app purchases features include: -7 extra Pen types, including Italic, Gel, Nib, Pencil and Watercolour. -Sub-pages (pages within pages within...) -Typed text- fully configurable fonts, colours, fills and borders -Unlimited colours and line styles -Bookmarks with animated playback -Insert images from camera or photo library -Insert web pages -Insert videos from camera or photo library -Edit inserted images, including masking and cropping -Record and playback sounds, including import and export of caf files - Handwriting recognition (14 different languages). Please note that the full version of ZoomNotes is equivalent to the Lite version with all the in-app purchases. There are lots more details including some videos of the app in action at www.zoom-notes.com Please remember to leave us a review. If you wish, you can send us feedback directly, we reply to every email sent to support@zoom-notes.com. If you experience any problems or bugs in the app, please email us your device information, which iOS version you are running to support@zoom-notes.com and we will fix it asap. Twitter - @zoomnotes

Screenshots

ZoomNotes Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: ZoomNotes Lite at 214 against Stickyboard's 2. ZoomNotes Lite also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 48%) and device support (3 vs 1). Stickyboard's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Stickyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ZoomNotes Lite sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stickyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZoomNotes Lite has 214 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Stickyboard's written reviews are positive against 72% of ZoomNotes Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, ZoomNotes Lite every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stickyboard versus ZoomNotes Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStickyboardZoomNotes Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.2 (214 ratings)
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2214 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB151 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCDeliverance Software Ltd

Customer experience

Stickyboard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative37.9%

ZoomNotes Lite

All ratings214 ratings
Positive77.6%
Neutral9.8%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews329 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative19.5%

Bugs and requests

Stickyboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ZoomNotes Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Syncing issues leading to document conflicts
  • Random lines and dots appearing on the page
  • Disappearing handwritten notes after saving
  • Inability to unlock paid features after purchase

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved text editing and formatting
  • Easier organization with better folder management
  • More tutorials and documentation
  • Ability to recover accidentally deleted notes

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stickyboard

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Stickyboard Pro$4.99
10 purchases

ZoomNotes Lite

One-time10
  • Highlighter pen$0.99
  • Text$0.99
  • Images$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Bookmarks$0.99
  • Sounds$0.99
  • Sub-documents$0.99
  • Tables$0.99
  • Workspaces$1.99
  • All Pens$2.99
  • All features$7.99

Questions

Is Stickyboard free?
Stickyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZoomNotes Lite free?
ZoomNotes Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stickyboard or ZoomNotes Lite?
Stickyboard is rated higher. Stickyboard averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ZoomNotes Lite averages 4.2 from 214 ratings.
Do Stickyboard or ZoomNotes Lite have ads?
Neither Stickyboard nor ZoomNotes Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stickyboard or ZoomNotes Lite?
Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, and ZoomNotes Lite every 3 weeks. Most recently, Stickyboard was updated on August 31, 2026 and ZoomNotes Lite on August 26, 2026.

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