Comparison

LitNote vs Stickio

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

Head to head
About

LitNote

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Mobile specialty: Annoying note that always show on your lock screen & you can customize it. Never forget anything again You have a thought. You need to write it down. Right now. LitNote is for the ideas that pop into your head at the worst timesβ€”in line at the grocery store, right before bed, during a meeting you probably should be paying attention to. CAPTURE IT BEFORE IT'S GONE Open the app. Start typing. That's it. No folders to pick, no settings to configure. Your thought is saved the moment you write it. FIND IT ON ANY DEVICE Started a note on your iPhone? It's already waiting on your iPad and Mac. iCloud keeps everything in sync automatically. Your notes follow you. WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK [] for checklist, ** for bold, * for italic, == for highlight, simple OR stupidly Cmd+B Cmd+I Cmd+Shift+S . Add a little emoji to help you spot important notes at a glance. Nothing complicatedβ€”if you can send a text message, you can use LitNote. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND HERE No subscriptions. No accounts to create. No tutorials to sit through. No clutter. Just a clean place to put your thoughts. Perfect for a movie name, a song name that your friend mentioned Perfect for meeting notes, quick reminders, journal entries, or that brilliant idea you'll definitely forget by morning. Your notes. Your devices. Nothing in the way.

About

Stickio

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Stickio is a calendar for iPhone and iPad that reads like the planner on your desk. Your appointments sit on paper pages, and the little things you need to remember go on top as sticky notes. THE WEEK IS A BOOK Monday to Wednesday on the left page, Thursday to Sunday on the right. Every day shows its appointments at a glance, with a small gauge for how full it is against your working hours. STICKY NOTES FOR EVERYTHING ELSE Stick a note on any day in one of six paper colours: Yellow, Pink, Mint, Sky, Peach or Lilac. Tick it off, turn it into an appointment, or move it to another day. A note stays on its day until you move it. DAY, WEEK AND MONTH β€’ Day: an hour-by-hour page, so you see where the time goes. β€’ Week: the two-page spread, with sticky notes on every day. β€’ Month: one line per day, a grid beside the selected day, or the full grid. Every level scrolls without end into the past and the future, and the month tabs on the edge take you anywhere with your thumb. ADD THINGS WITH ONE PRESS Long-press a day and choose a new appointment or a new sticky note. Set the time, the length, the calendar and a colour, and you're done. ALL YOUR CALENDARS, TOGETHER Connect Google, Outlook and Microsoft 365, iCloud, other CalDAV calendars or a calendar link, and every calendar appears in its own colour. Add as many accounts as you like, side by side. Create, move, edit and delete appointments, answer invitations, and change one or every occurrence of a repeating event. MADE FOR IPAD, TOO On iPad the book opens flat: both pages side by side, two days as facing pages, and the month next to the selected day's agenda. WORKS OFFLINE Stickio keeps your appointments on the device. Changes you make offline are sent as soon as you're back online. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account with us, no ads, no tracking. Your appointments stay with your calendar provider. Sticky notes, colours and settings sync between your devices through your own iCloud. Nothing is sent to a server of ours. Questions or ideas? Mail info@cre8-it.nl.

Screenshots

LitNote4 screens
Stickio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stickio at every 3 days against LitNote's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LitNote ships an update every 3 weeks, Stickio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
LitNote versus Stickio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLitNoteStickio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.6 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhong VuCre8-it

In-app purchases

None

LitNote

No in-app purchases

None

Stickio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LitNote free?
LitNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stickio free?
Stickio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LitNote or Stickio have ads?
Neither LitNote nor Stickio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LitNote or Stickio?
LitNote ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stickio every 3 days. Most recently, LitNote was updated on November 9, 2026 and Stickio on November 10, 2026.

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