Comparison

abcNotes vs Home screen note

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

Head to head
About

abcNotes

Create realistic, customizable sticky notes and to-do lists on your iOS device. Organize shopping lists, class notes, and projects with a variety of backgrounds and skins. Share and sync your notes across devices.

Highlights
  • Realistic sticky note appearance
  • Customizable skins and backgrounds
  • Virtual desktops for organization
  • Scale, rotate, and drag notes
  • Email and sync notes
  • Save notes as images
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abcNotes - Simply the most realistic & user friendly notes in the world! abcNotes - is a freeware, feature limited version. The limitations are: • Only one desktop (paid version supports up to 15 virtual desktops) • Only 10 note skins (45 in paid version) • Only 32 desktop backgrounds (88 in paid version) • Synchronization is NOT supported • A bit of advertisements. abc Notes Lite - Checklist & Sticky Note Application for iPhone and iPad (share, email and synch your lists, memos, projects and school notebooks) free version Bellow is the description of the abcNotes full version: ----------------------------------------- abcNotes was designed to become your stylish and highly customizable, functional and easy to use assistant in taking notes and managing To Do lists. abcNotes is an awesome note taking application! It takes advantage of unique iOS devices touchscreen preserving realistic look & feel of paper sticky notes. BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE: • 88 backgrounds to choose from • 45 note skins • 27 badge designs & 115 icons EXTREMELY FUNCTIONAL: • 15 virtual desktops • Scale, rotate and drag notes • Easy to edit, duplicate, move between desktops • Supports any iPad orientation SHARE YOUR NOTES: • Email notes and desktops • Copy note image to any application • Synchronize notes between iOS devices • Save notes as image and place to lock or home screen No more boring note lists – abcNotes brings you the ability to make REAL notes on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Put everything you need to remember into abcNotes! View you notes the way you want! Rotate your abcNotes to any angle you wish! abcNotes is great for shopping lists, student class notebook, to record lecture and interview notes or to track projects, recordings and more tasks at home, school and university (class or homework). Please feel free to contact us at abcnotes@alsedi.com if you have suggestions, feature requests, or bug reports. Give it a try!

About

Home screen note

Features
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Home screen note : Simple and useful todolist app. ● Check todos on the home screen ・Automatically displays the last opened note. ・No more worrying about forgetting to open the app. ●Check todo status easily on home screen ・You can see what is completed visually. ・If you press the check button on the right side, the background will turn grey. ▼▼Also, very useful note app ● Change todos easily with tab ・You don’t need to go back to the category list. ・Easy to change to other todo list with tab. ●Also, as a good note app ・You can change the contents of todolist to note. ・You can change the contents of note to todolist. ●Good usability ・Automatic saving. ・Hide tabs if you want to use the screen more widely. ・Easy to sort the list with dragging. ・Easy to delete the list with a horizontal slide ・Todolist with Tab ●Usages ・ Todo list ・ Shopping list ・ Check list ・ Tab todolist ・ Quick note etc..

Screenshots

abcNotes4 screens
Home screen note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home screen note at none against abcNotes's 1. abcNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. abcNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Home screen note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, Home screen note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
abcNotes versus Home screen note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterabcNotesHome screen note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALSEDI GroupFoodmenu.world Inc.

Bugs and requests

abcNotes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes randomly deleted
  • Checklist feature not working
  • Sync issues between iOS devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add date/time stamp to notes
  • Ability to write notes with Apple Pencil
  • Option to set reminders/alarms for notes
  • Improved search and organization tools
  • More customization options for note styles

Home screen note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

abcNotes

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
None

Home screen note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is abcNotes free?
abcNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Home screen note free?
Home screen note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do abcNotes or Home screen note have ads?
Both abcNotes and Home screen note show ads.
Which is updated more often, abcNotes or Home screen note?
abcNotes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Home screen note fortnightly. Most recently, abcNotes was updated on September 29, 2026 and Home screen note on September 10, 2026.

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