LiveNote vs Control Mark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveNote
Display custom notes directly on your device's lock screen. Set reminders, motivational quotes, or any text to appear on your wallpaper for up to 12 hours.
- Notes on lock screen
- Customizable wallpaper text
- 12-hour display duration
- Set reminders
- Motivational quotes
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Notes on your lock screen! Type in anything and get a beautiful note on your lock screen for 12 hours. Make a note in the morning to remind yourself what to remember during the day, add a motivational quote or anything you'd like to put on your wallpaper for the day.
Control Mark
Create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any webpage and place these shortcuts on your lockscreen, as action buttons, or as Control Center widgets for instant access.
- Add any webpage as a shortcut
- Share sheet extension for easy adding
- Customizable shortcut symbols
- Lockscreen quick actions
- Control Center widget integration
- Action Button support
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Control Mark lets you create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any website in the Control Mark or while browsing using the Add Page to Control Mark action. You can then place your favorite websites on your lockscreen as quick action button, as action for the Action Button, or as Control Center Widget. Features: - Add any webpage as Control Mark - Action Extension for the Share sheet to add a Control Mark directly from the browser - Choose an individual symbol for the Control Mark - Add Control Marks to your lockscreen as quick action, to the Control Center, or the Action Button
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LiveNote at 33% against Control Mark's 0%. LiveNote also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). Control Mark's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
LiveNote costs $1.99 and Control Mark $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Control Mark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveNote has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of LiveNote's written reviews are positive against 0% of Control Mark's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LiveNote ships an update every 12 months, Control Mark every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveNote | Control Mark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nibble Audio, Inc | Arno Appenzeller |
Customer experience
LiveNote
Control Mark
In-app purchases
LiveNote
No in-app purchases
Control Mark
No in-app purchases
