Comparison

LockScreenNotes vs tebDictate

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

Head to head
About

LockScreenNotes

This app displays your notes directly on your device's lock screen, ensuring you never forget important information. It offers extensive customization options for note appearance and allows for interactive to-do list management without opening the application.

Highlights
  • Notes on lock screen
  • Interactive to-do lists
  • Over 100 free designs
  • Handwritten notes and doodles
  • Image and font customization
  • Local data storage
  • No account required
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An app that lets you display notes right on your lock screen. You'll always see them when you pick up your phone, so you'll never forget what matters. "I wrote it down, but..." You made a note, but never looked at it again — and forgot anyway. Sound familiar? This app is for you. LockScreenNotes solves this by displaying your notes right on your lock screen where you can't miss them. ■ Easy to Use Just tap the note on your lock screen to open the app and jot down what's important. Everything auto-saves, so you can close the app right away without worry. Just focus on writing. ■ Manage Todos Without Opening the App Check off your to-do items right from the lock screen — no need to open the app. Whether it's a shopping list or today's tasks, just check things off as you get them done. ■ Over 100 Designs Choose from over 100 designs, all completely free. Pick one that matches your lock screen wallpaper. You can also customize everything yourself — paper color, text color, line styles, and more. ■ Doodle Away It's not just typing — you can handwrite notes too. Scribble freely like you would on a real sticky note. A quick underline might just help you remember better. ■ Add Images You can paste images from your photo library too. Stick a photo of something you want to buy so you don't get the wrong one, or add a picture of your favorite character to make it cute. ■ Fonts to Match Your Mood Choose from lovely fonts for free — handwritten styles that feel like real notes, or clean and simple ones. With multilingual support, you can even pick fonts for languages you're studying, like English or Korean, and make learning fun. ■ Note History That Shows Your Effort Past notes are saved as history, so you can look back and edit anytime. Use as many pages as you like. The history screen also shows your total character count, number of pages, and how many days you've been using the app. It's proof of your effort to never forget what matters. ■ Privacy Protected No one can see your notes. All data is stored locally on your device and is never sent to any server without your permission. Write down important things with peace of mind. ■ No Account Required LockScreenNotes doesn't require any account registration or sign-in. You can start using it right after installation without entering any personal information. ■ Contact & Social Email: lockscreennotes@gmail.com TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@lockscreennotes Instagram: https://instagram.com/@lockscreennote X: https://x.com/lockscreennotes Threads: https://threads.com/@lockscreennote --- LockScreenNotes is for people like you and me — who write things down but still forget. Starting today, make this your place for notes.

About

tebDictate

Transform your phone into a wireless microphone for your computer. Dictate text directly into any application without installing software on your PC or Mac. Enjoy end-to-end encryption for secure and private speech-to-text conversion.

Highlights
  • Wireless microphone for computer
  • On-device speech recognition
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Dictation pad for phone
  • Pocket mode with word count
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Spoken commands
Features
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tebDictate turns your phone into a wireless microphone for any computer. Open tebdictate.com/dictate on your Mac or PC, scan the code it shows, and start talking — your words appear on the computer, live, at the cursor. There is nothing to install on the computer, and there is no account to create. RECOGNISED ON YOUR PHONE Your speech is turned into text by the on-device recogniser. The audio never leaves the phone. If a language has no on-device speech pack installed, tebDictate refuses to dictate rather than sending your voice to a server. ENCRYPTED END TO END Your phone and your browser agree on a key by scanning the code — through the camera, not over the network. Everything sent between them is encrypted with that key. The relay in the middle carries ciphertext it cannot read and deletes it within minutes. WORKS ON ITS OWN TOO Dictation pad — dictate straight onto the phone, then copy or share anywhere. Pocket mode — keep talking with the screen locked; a Lock Screen activity shows the word count. Apple Watch — start and stop from your wrist. Dictation keyboard — insert what you dictated into any app. Spoken commands — "new line", "new paragraph", "period", "scratch that". FREE FOREVER Unlimited encrypted dictation to your computer. The dictation pad. Pocket mode. Three Voice Form Fills a month. Your last three sessions in history. tebDICTATE PRO — optional Unlimited Voice Form Fill: photograph a paper form, answer the questions out loud, export a tidy PDF. Interpreter: a two-way spoken conversation across languages, on the device, offline. Full searchable history, kept encrypted on your phone. Snippets: say a short trigger, insert a whole phrase. Translate mode: dictate in one language, paste in another. Your name or clinic on exported PDFs. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime unlock. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY Encrypted in transit and at rest (AES). Never used for training. Never sold. No accounts. No advertising. No tracking across apps or websites. Privacy Policy: https://tebdictate.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ tebDictate is a dictation tool. It does not give medical advice and does not diagnose or treat.

Screenshots

LockScreenNotes4 screens
tebDictate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockScreenNotes at none against tebDictate's 3. LockScreenNotes also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 2). tebDictate's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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. tebDictate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LockScreenNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tebDictate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockScreenNotes has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of LockScreenNotes's written reviews are positive against 100% of tebDictate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockScreenNotes ships an update weekly, tebDictate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LockScreenNotes versus tebDictate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockScreenNotestebDictate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakumi BanjoyaTebScribe LLC

Customer experience

LockScreenNotes

All ratings1,551 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative5.9%

tebDictate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LockScreenNotes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

tebDictate

Subscriptions2
  • tebDictate Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • tebDictate Pro — Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • tebDictate Pro — Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is LockScreenNotes free?
LockScreenNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tebDictate free?
tebDictate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LockScreenNotes or tebDictate?
tebDictate is rated higher. LockScreenNotes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while tebDictate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do LockScreenNotes or tebDictate have ads?
Neither LockScreenNotes nor tebDictate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LockScreenNotes or tebDictate?
LockScreenNotes ships an update weekly, and tebDictate every 5 days. Most recently, LockScreenNotes was updated on October 16, 2026 and tebDictate on October 15, 2026.

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