Comparison

Stickyboard vs Paranotes

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

Paranotes

Organize your projects and resources by life area with a minimalist approach to productivity. Create and manage lists and notes in one streamlined app to enhance focus and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Organize by life area
  • Create lists and notes
  • Minimalist design
  • Streamlined interface
  • Focus enhancement
Features
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Paranotes brings minimalism to productivity by organizing your projects and resources by area of life. Easily create and manage lists and notes, keeping everything you need in one simple, streamlined app to stay focused and productive. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paranotes at 100% against Stickyboard's 48%. Paranotes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Stickyboard's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17). On price, ratings volume, 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 Paranotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paranotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Stickyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paranotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, Paranotes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stickyboard versus Paranotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStickyboardParanotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCTalal El Zeini

Customer experience

Stickyboard

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

Paranotes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stickyboard

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

Paranotes

Subscriptions2
  • Paranotes Pro$1.991 Month
  • Paranotes Pro$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Stickyboard free?
Stickyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paranotes free?
Paranotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stickyboard or Paranotes?
Paranotes is rated higher. Stickyboard averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Paranotes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Stickyboard or Paranotes have ads?
Neither Stickyboard nor Paranotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stickyboard or Paranotes?
Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, and Paranotes every 3 days. Most recently, Stickyboard was updated on October 22, 2026 and Paranotes on October 14, 2026.

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