Menu Box vs Memo Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Menu Box
Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.
- Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
- Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
- Attach custom data to menu items
- Fully controllable via Shortcuts
- Dynamically create menus on the fly
- Enhance Action Button functionality
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Memo Widget
Display customizable sticky notes directly on your device's home screen, lock screen, or standby mode. Easily tap any note to make quick edits. This utility app prioritizes simplicity for immediate access to your reminders.
- Display notes on Home Screen
- Display notes on Lock Screen
- Display notes on StandBy
- Tap to edit notes
- Simple design
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Show sticky notes on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy. Just tap the note to edit it. The app is simple by design. Check out my Any Text app if you need more features. ■ FAQ ‣ Can you add a text size setting? I want to keep the app simple. The text starts out large but scales down to a minimum legible size to fit the content. My Any Text app has a text size setting. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Menu Box at Free against Memo Widget's $4.00. Menu Box also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Memo Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Menu Box is free to download; Memo Widget costs $4.00 up front. Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Memo Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Menu Box holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Menu Box's written reviews are positive against 82% of Memo Widget's.
Menu Box ships an update fortnightly, Memo Widget every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Menu Box | Memo Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.00 |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | 4.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snailed It Development Ltd | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Menu Box
Memo Widget
In-app purchases
Menu Box
- Premium$4.991 Year
- Tip Jar - Small$0.99
- Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
- Tip Jar - Large$4.99
Memo Widget
No in-app purchases
