Comparison

LockScreenNotes vs MovoNote

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

Head to head
About

LockScreenNotes

Create personalized wallpapers with custom text for daily affirmations, reminders, or goals. Easily set your text-based designs as your lock screen to see your message every time you unlock your phone. Designed for simplicity with curated colors and fonts.

Highlights
  • Create custom text wallpapers
  • Set as lock screen or wallpaper
  • Choose from 20 curated colors
  • Select from various font styles
  • No account or learning curve
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Turn your wallpaper into a daily affirmation. bg text lets you create simple, beautiful wallpapers with custom text — and pin a note or checklist right on your Lock Screen. Add an affirmation, manifestation quote, goal or to-do — and see it every time you pick up your phone. Your lock screen is the first thing you see dozens of times a day. Make it count. HOW IT WORKS - Tap to type your reminder - Pick from 20 curated colors or use a custom one - Choose a font that fits your style - Save and set as your wallpaper or lock screen - Or tap Put on Lock Screen to keep it there as a live note It takes seconds. No account needed. No learning curve. USE IT FOR - Lock Screen notes: shopping list, today's to-dos, "don't forget the keys" - Daily reminders: "drink water", "take meds", "call mom" - Motivation: "you got this", "keep going", "one day at a time" - Goals: "gym at 6", "no phone before 9am", "read 30 min" - Mindfulness: "breathe", "be present", "let it go" - Manifestation & woo woo: "I am abundant", "universe has my back", "I attract success" - Study focus: "finals in 2 weeks", "stay off socials" - Habit building: "no sugar", "journal tonight", "stretch" - Vision board: put your biggest goal front and center - Relationship reminders: "be patient", "listen more" DESIGNED TO BE MINIMAL No busy templates. No stock photos. No distracting graphics. Just your words on a clean gradient or solid-color background. Pick from 20 hand-picked Pantone-inspired colors, or dial in your own with the custom color picker. FONTS THAT FIT YOUR VIBE Choose from a curated set of fonts — modern, classic, bold, or handwritten. Every wallpaper looks intentional, not generic. NOTES ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Put a note or checklist on your Lock Screen — big, always visible, no unlocking needed. Write a to-do list, shopping list or reminder, style it with your gradient and font, and tick items off right from the Lock Screen. It's a sticky note that never falls off — and never gets buried in a notes app you forget to open. WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT - See your goals every time you pick up your phone - Build habits with visual cues on your home screen - Replace doomscrolling triggers with purpose - Keep it private — no social sharing, no accounts - Notes, memo & to-do list on the Lock Screen — tap to check off COMPLETELY FREE. NO ADS. bg text is free to use and contains no ads, no trackers, no in-app purchases. Just a simple, focused tool that does one thing well. Your phone. Your words. Your reminder.

About

MovoNote

Features
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MovoNote is a simple, local-first note-taking app for ideas, work notes, study notes, memos, and everyday writing. Your notes are stored locally first, so you can continue reading and editing them even when you are offline. Connect your supported devices to keep your notes available across your phone and computer. Write anytime Capture ideas, work notes, study material, reminders, and everyday thoughts whenever you need them. Organize with folders Keep work, study, personal notes, and projects separated with folders so your growing collection stays easy to manage. Find notes quickly Search your saved notes and keep important content easy to reach with favorites and pinned notes. Work offline MovoNote is built around local storage. You can continue creating, reading, and editing notes without a constant internet connection. Sync across devices Connect your supported devices and sync your notes between your phone and computer. Write on one device and continue on another. Simple device connection Use a QR code or pairing code to connect supported devices and set up synchronization between them. MovoNote keeps note-taking simple: Write when an idea appears.
Find it when you need it.
Continue on another device.

Screenshots

LockScreenNotes4 screens
MovoNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

LockScreenNotes and MovoNote are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockScreenNotes ships an update weekly, MovoNote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LockScreenNotes versus MovoNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockScreenNotesMovoNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPairwise Tech长沙年余信息科技有限公司

In-app purchases

None

LockScreenNotes

No in-app purchases

None

MovoNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LockScreenNotes free?
LockScreenNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MovoNote free?
MovoNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LockScreenNotes or MovoNote have ads?
Neither LockScreenNotes nor MovoNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LockScreenNotes or MovoNote?
LockScreenNotes ships an update weekly, and MovoNote every 5 days. Most recently, LockScreenNotes was updated on September 27, 2026 and MovoNote on October 10, 2026.

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