Comparison

Lock Screen Notes vs LockNotes

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Notes

This app transforms your iPhone lock screen into a dynamic reminder board. It displays notes, goals, and reminders every time you unlock your phone, ensuring you see your priorities without extra steps.

Highlights
  • Lock screen reminders
  • Goal and habit tracking
  • Quick note display
  • No widgets or notifications
  • Daily affirmations
  • To-do list visibility
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You forget things for one simple reason: you don’t see them. NoteWall fixes that. Every time you pick up your iPhone, you get a tiny chance to refocus. The average person checks their phone 498 times per day—that’s 498 chances to remember your goals, stop scrolling, and do what actually matters. NoteWall turns your lock screen into a personal reminder board. Add notes, reminders, goals, habits, or quotes, and they appear right on your lock screen. No widgets. No notifications. No extra steps. Just clear, simple notes you see every single time you wake your screen. Perfect for: Quick notes & reminders Daily goals and affirmations Habit tracking Motivation & focus To-do lists you won’t forget Pin your priorities where you’ll actually see them—on your lock screen. NoteWall unlocks full access with a subscription — no free trial, cancel anytime.

About

LockNotes

Keep important notes and to-dos visible directly on your phone's Lock Screen. Quickly check off tasks, organize projects with boards and lists, and personalize your notes with various styles and handwriting options. Collaborate with friends in real-time on shared notes.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen notes and widgets
  • Task completion without unlocking
  • Boards and lists for project organization
  • Customizable paper and ink styles
  • Handwriting and drawing tools
  • Real-time collaborative notes
  • Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
Features
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Your notes live on the Lock Screen. You see them every time you pick up your phone — nothing to unlock, no app to open, nothing to forget. You wrote it down and never looked at it again. LockNotes fixes that by putting the note where your eyes already go. ■ Tick off tasks without unlocking Today's to-do list, the groceries, the thing you keep forgetting. Tap it right on the Lock Screen and it's done — the widget updates instantly. ■ Boards and lists for the bigger stuff A trip, a move, a school project. Make a board, add lists and cards, and pin the one that matters to your Lock Screen. Use it as a planner, or as a simple checklist. ■ 150 papers to pick from Paper color, ink color, grid or lines or dots. Pinch through 150 designs until one sits right on top of your wallpaper. ■ Handwrite, draw, doodle Seven pens — pencil, crayon, marker, fountain, watercolor and more. Scribble the way you would on a real sticky note. Drop in doodles and photos from your library as stickers. ■ 34 fonts Handwritten faces that read like a real notebook, and clean ones for when you want it tidy. Latin, Japanese, Korean and more. ■ Write together, live Share a note or a board with a friend using one code. You both write on the same paper and you both watch it change — live, on both Lock Screens. ■ A nudge, if you want one Set a daily reminder and pick the time. Or don't — the note sits there patiently either way. ■ Yours by default Notes stay on your device. Only what you choose to share goes to the cloud, only after you agree, and ending a share deletes it. Also inside: a Home Screen widget, a Live Activity, a diary of everything you have written, and 50+ hand-drawn app icons to match your mood. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lock Screen Notes4 screens
LockNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LockNotes at 100% against Lock Screen Notes's 30%. LockNotes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 20). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lock Screen Notes sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LockNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lock Screen Notes versus LockNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen NotesLockNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (109 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings109 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarol BillikHiPups inc.

Customer experience

Lock Screen Notes

All ratings109 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%

LockNotes

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

19 purchases

Lock Screen Notes

Subscriptions18
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Monthly2 variants$1.991 Month
  • Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
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  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
  • Yearly discount$4.991 Year
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
  • Yearly$6.991 Year
  • Yearly$7.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly Offer$8.991 Year
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly$14.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly3 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly$24.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$5.99
None

LockNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lock Screen Notes free?
Lock Screen Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockNotes free?
LockNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lock Screen Notes or LockNotes have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Notes nor LockNotes shows ads.

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