One Note Widget vs Notesy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
One Note Widget
This app allows you to create and pin a single, customizable note directly to your homescreen. Keep important thoughts, reminders, or quotes easily accessible at a glance. Share your notes with others using the built-in sharing feature.
- Homescreen widget for quick access
- Customizable note appearance
- Built-in note sharing
- Simple and user-friendly interface
- Cross-platform availability (macOS, VisionOS)
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Our widget note app is a simple yet powerful note app designed to make your life easier. Easily create and pin a beautiful note widget directly to your homescreen. Keep your important thought, reminder, or quote just a glance away. Key Features - Homescreen Widget: Pin your single note to the homescreen for quick access and reminders. - Customization: Personalize your note with customizable background colors, text colors, fonts, and text sizes. - Share Your Note: Easily share your note with friends and family using the built-in share feature. - Simplicity: Out app is designed to be straightforward and user-friendly. Create, edit, and view your single note with ease. Also available for macOS & VisionOS.
Notesy
Capture thoughts instantly with this fast, private note-taking app. It opens immediately without sign-up or internet, keeping your notes securely on your device. Enjoy colorful, easily searchable notes with smart timestamps.
- Instant opening without login
- Offline functionality
- Private, device-stored notes
- Six customizable note colors
- Smart date timestamps
- Minimalist and fast interface
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Notesy is the fastest way to capture a thought. No sign-up. No cloud. No ads. Just open the app and start writing. Your notes stay on your device — always private, always available, even offline. • Opens instantly with no login screens • Tap to create a note, tap to save • Choose from six beautiful colors for your notes • Smart timestamps: "Today", "Yesterday", or the date • Works without internet — fully offline Most note apps want your email, push you to subscribe, or bury simple features behind menus. Notesy does one thing well: fast, colorful notes you can find at a glance. Your notes are stored locally. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing is shared. No account required. Perfect for quick reminders, shopping lists, meeting notes, ideas, and anything you need to jot down before you forget. Beautiful, minimal, and fast. That's Notesy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notesy at 100% against One Note Widget's 25%. Notesy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3). One Note Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Notesy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of One Note Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notesy's.
One Note Widget ships an update every 10 days, Notesy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | One Note Widget | Notesy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13 ratings) | 4.9 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HurryApp LTD | Joseph Ranft |
Customer experience
One Note Widget
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In-app purchases
One Note Widget
No in-app purchases
Notesy
No in-app purchases
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