Comparison

GTSpot vs Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad

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

Head to head

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad

Handwriting Fonts, Lock Screen

Free

📊 Productivity

★ 4.7281 ratingsView app →

About

GTSpot

Features

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GTSpot facilitates crowdsourced, incident reporting. Users can quickly and easily report a Problem, Damage, Issue, or Observation with a photo, note, and geographic location. These reports are send to a GTWeb Server and can be used in conjunction with GTWeb or independently.

About

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad

Create and display customizable sticky notes directly on your home screen using a variety of widgets. Personalize backgrounds, fonts, and colors for each note. Easily manage, edit, and reorder your memos, with iCloud backup for cross-device syncing.

Highlights

Home screen widgets
Customizable backgrounds
Handwritten-style fonts
Adjustable text color and size
Drag-and-drop reordering
iCloud data backup and sync
Supports iOS 18 control widgets

Features

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Sticky Note Widget is a memo app built for widgets. Write a note, then put it straight onto your Home Screen. UNLIMITED WIDGETS Turn as many notes as you like into widgets. A shopping list, something you need to remember, today's plan — just glance at your Home Screen. LOCK SCREEN TOO Supports Lock Screen widgets (inline and rectangular), plus an iOS 18 Control Center control to open the app instantly. STYLE EVERY NOTE • Free choice of background, text and side-stripe colors • Gradient backgrounds • Text size 10 to 50, plus bold • 5 fonts, including a handwriting style • 20 icons • Use your own photo as the background HANDY EXTRAS • Capture text with your camera and drop it into a note • Summarize or bullet-point a note with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 on supported devices) • Back up and restore via iCloud • Drag and drop to reorder, swipe to delete GETTING STARTED 1. Tap + to create a note 2. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, and choose Sticky Note Widget 3. Long-press the widget and choose Edit Widget to pick which note it shows If a widget doesn't refresh, use "Update widgets" in Settings. Free to use, supported by ads. A monthly plan removes all ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GTSpot1 screens

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GTSpot at none against Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's 1. GTSpot also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 18 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. GTSpot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GTSpot ships an update every 18 months, Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level

GTSpot versus Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	GTSpot	Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	4.7 (281 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	—	57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings	—	281 — better
Update frequency	Every 18 months	Every 4 days — better
Ads	No — better	Yes
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	—	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	16.0	15.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	2 MB	49 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Graphic Technologies, Inc.	kazuhiro aonuma

Bugs and requests

GTSpot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad

Reported bugs

10 issues

App freezes and won't open after iOS update
App crashes when trying to delete notes
Text becomes garbled in widgets
Notes content duplicates across widgets
Cannot specify cursor position for editing

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Add button obscured by Google search bar
App crashes after a single note
Line breaks occur prematurely in small widgets
App crashes when creating a new page
Notes disappear after touching them

Requested features

11 requests

Increase font size
Add larger font size option
Allow checking off completed items
Allow image attachments
Enable iCloud synchronization

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Enable iPad and iPhone synchronization
Allow more freedom in moving notes
Improve widget update process
Allow editing directly from widget
Increase widget size to two icon widths
Improve note ordering functionality

In-app purchases

None

GTSpot

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad

Subscriptions1

Premium Plan$0.991 Month

Questions

Is GTSpot free?

GTSpot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad free?

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do GTSpot or Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad have ads?

Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad shows ads; GTSpot does not.

Which is updated more often, GTSpot or Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad?

GTSpot ships an update every 18 months, and Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad every 4 days. Most recently, GTSpot was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sticky Note Widget Memo Pad on October 24, 2026.