Comparison

MemoSnap vs Lock Screen Notes

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

Head to head
About

MemoSnap

This app allows you to pin important tasks, notes, and photos directly to your lock screen. It offers freeform layering of elements and one-tap export to set your creation as wallpaper, ensuring your priorities are always visible.

Highlights
  • Center-pinned todo lists
  • Freeform layering of elements
  • One-tap wallpaper export
  • Multi-canvas management
  • Flexible background options
  • Pro upgrade via IAP
Features
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Do edge widgets keep getting ignored while important tasks fade from view? MemoSnap pins your todo in the lock-screen center and layers photos, notes, and emoji on one canvas, so priorities stay impossible to miss. MemoSnap is a lock-screen-first creation tool built for focus and personalization. Arrange elements freely, export your canvas as wallpaper, and quickly set it as your lock screen. Your reminder moves from the corner to the center of attention. Core features: • **[Center-pinned Todo]** - Put tasks in the visual center to increase reminder strength and reduce misses. • **[Freeform Layering]** - Drag, scale, rotate, and stack photos, notes, todo blocks, and emoji freely. • **[One-tap Wallpaper Output]** - Turn the current canvas into lock-screen wallpaper in one quick flow. • **[Multi-canvas Management]** - Create separate boards for work, study, and life contexts. • **[Flexible Backgrounds]** - Use presets or custom photos to balance clarity and style. • **[Pro Upgrade via IAP]** - Unlock advanced capabilities through in-app purchase. Proof points: • Lock-screen-first composition keeps key information on the primary glance path. • Element-level editing (crop, font, color, check state) supports precise customization. • Local wallpaper generation keeps preview and final output highly consistent. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lock Screen Notes

Keep essential notes visible on your iPhone's Lock Screen without needing to unlock your device. This app allows you to jot down reminders, lists, or important information and access it instantly. Customize the appearance with various paper styles, fonts, and even drawings.

Highlights
  • Permanent Lock Screen notes
  • Check off tasks without unlocking
  • Customizable paper styles and fonts
  • Handwriting and drawing tools
  • Add background photos to notes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Write a note. Lock your phone. It's still there. Sticky keeps one note permanently on your iPhone Lock Screen — no unlocking, no opening an app, no searching. Every time you pick up your phone, the thing you must not forget is already in front of you. WHY PEOPLE USE IT • The shopping list you actually see at the shop • The gate code, the door number, the parking spot • Three things to do today, ticked off without unlocking • A sentence you want to keep in front of you CHECK OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Tap a checkbox right on the Lock Screen. The note updates instantly. You never open the app. MAKE IT YOURS 27 papers across six families — amber, sticky, retro, plain, night, calm. Lined, grid, dotted or blank. Choose the handwriting, set the size, make words bold, italic or underlined. MORE THAN TEXT Draw with a pen or a marker. Add a background photo. Everything stays on the card, exactly as you left it. WIDGETS TOO Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, so your note is there even with no connection. YOUR NOTE NEVER LEAVES YOUR DEVICE This is the part we care most about. What you write is stored only on your iPhone and is read directly by the Lock Screen card. It is never uploaded and never travels in a notification. We cannot see it. STICKY PRO The Lock Screen surfaces are part of Sticky Pro, a weekly subscription. You get a free preview during setup, so you see your own note on your own Lock Screen before deciding. Unlock the Full Experience with Sticky Pro: Weekly Subscription: 1 Week – $2.99 And review our Privacy Policy: https://sticky-57171.web.app/privacy.html To use this app, you must agree to our End User License Agreement (EULA), available: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MemoSnap4 screens
Lock Screen Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lock Screen Notes at 5.0 against MemoSnap's 3.0. MemoSnap's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. MemoSnap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Lock Screen Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lock Screen Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MemoSnap versus Lock Screen Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoSnapLock Screen Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB20 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer伟 王Oguzhan Yildirim

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MemoSnap

Subscriptions2
  • memosnap pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • memosnap pro7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • memosnap pro$4.99
1 purchases

Lock Screen Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Sticky Pro$2.997 Days

Questions

Is MemoSnap free?
MemoSnap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lock Screen Notes free?
Lock Screen Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MemoSnap or Lock Screen Notes?
Lock Screen Notes is rated higher. MemoSnap averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Lock Screen Notes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MemoSnap or Lock Screen Notes have ads?
Neither MemoSnap nor Lock Screen Notes shows ads.

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