Comparison

Sticky Tasks vs Gravity

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Tasks

Capture visual cues with photos to create task reminders. Set deadlines and receive notifications to ensure tasks are completed, with a completion photo for accountability. This app turns your environment into a simple, effective reminder system.

Highlights
  • Photo visual cues for tasks
  • Set task deadlines
  • Countdown timer
  • Deadline notifications
  • Completion photos
  • Simple interface
Features
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If you’re someone who keeps sticky notes on your desk, leaves packages near the door so you’ll remember to return them, or lets chores pile up until they blend into the background, this app makes those reminders impossible to ignore. Just snap a photo of the visual cue, name the task, and set a deadline. Sticky Tasks tracks the countdown, tells you when the deadline is coming up, and notifies you the moment you miss it. When you finish the task, take a completion photo to mark it done. No complicated systems. No endless to-do lists. Sticky Tasks works with the way you already remember things - your physical environment. How it works: - Photo your visual cue (sticky note, object, package, mess, anything). - Set a deadline you actually intend to hit. - Watch the countdown so the task doesn’t fade away. - Get notified before and after the deadline. - Finish the task and snap a completion photo for accountability. Perfect for: - People who rely on visual cues to remember tasks - Anyone who loses track of chores, returns, paperwork, or small obligations - People who want a simple tool that actually helps them follow through Turn your environment into an accountability system. Stop forgetting the things that matter.

About

Gravity

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience by eliminating folders and tags, focusing on a single, continuous stream of thoughts. Capture ideas instantly and use simple gestures to manage your notes, prioritizing what matters most.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Single stream organization
  • Swipe gestures for actions
  • Attention-based prioritization
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Lightweight prefixes for filtering
  • Fast search functionality
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one stream, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the stream. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It matches parts of words and ignores accents. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the stream. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no accounts and no analytics, and it doesn't collect any data. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from three text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Sticky Tasks4 screens
Gravity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sticky Tasks at Free against Gravity's $9.99. Sticky Tasks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Gravity's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sticky Tasks is free to download; Gravity costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sticky Tasks against 5.0 for Gravity. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gravity has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Sticky Tasks's written reviews are positive against 92% of Gravity's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Tasks ships an update weekly, Gravity fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sticky Tasks versus Gravity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky TasksGravity
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDerainged LLCTristan Manchester

Customer experience

Sticky Tasks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gravity

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Sticky Tasks

No in-app purchases

None

Gravity

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Tasks free?
Sticky Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gravity free?
Gravity costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Tasks or Gravity?
Sticky Tasks and Gravity are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Sticky Tasks or Gravity have ads?
Neither Sticky Tasks nor Gravity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Tasks or Gravity?
Sticky Tasks ships an update weekly, and Gravity fortnightly. Most recently, Sticky Tasks was updated on September 23, 2026 and Gravity on October 2, 2026.

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