Comparison

Penta Notes vs BizStickies

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

Head to head
About

Penta Notes

Features
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Penta Notes is a fast, secure AI notes app, notepad, and notebook to write, organize, and protect your ideas. Create notes, checklists, and reminders — all in one simple and powerful notepad. Whether you’re writing quick notes, managing tasks, or organizing important information, Penta Notes makes note-taking simple, smart, and efficient. Main Features: - Quick Notes: Write notes, memos, and ideas instantly - AI Assistant: Generate titles, summarize, format, correct spelling, and translate - Checklists & Tasks: Stay organized with to-do lists - Reminders: Never miss important notes - Safe Mode: Use a decoy PIN to open a separate set of notes and protect your real data - Privacy Screen: Automatically hide content when switching apps - Secure Notes: Lock notes with a password, biometrics, and encryption - Quick Templates: Insert reusable text instantly to write faster - Custom Fonts: Personalize your notes with different fonts - Fast Search: Find any note instantly - PDF Export: Share or print notes easily - QR Code: Generate QR codes from notes or scan to add notes instantly - Backup & Sync: Keep your notes safe across devices Penta Notes is your all-in-one notepad for notes, tasks, and AI-powered productivity. If you have any issues, please contact us: Email: notepenta@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pentanote X: https://x.com/penta_notes Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pentanotes.firebaseapp.com/policy.txt

About

BizStickies

This app provides floating sticky notes for your desktop that stay visible and organized. Access all your notes via a menu bar icon or a Home Screen widget on mobile devices. Notes sync automatically using your iCloud account.

Highlights
  • Floating desktop notes
  • iCloud sync
  • Checklists and bulleted lists
  • Customizable text
  • Tagging and search
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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BizStickies is a sticky note app for people who want a note in front of them, not filed away in an app they have to go and open. On the Mac, notes float on your desktop as small windows that stay where you put them. Keep them above other windows or let them sit behind. The menu bar icon holds every note you have, with search and tags, so nothing is ever more than one click away — and the Dock icon can be hidden entirely if you would rather it stayed out of the way. On iPhone and iPad, the same notes are a tap away, with a widget on your Home Screen showing the ones you have pinned. Everything syncs through your own iCloud account. There is no sign-up, no server of ours, and no account to manage — if you are signed in to iCloud, your notes are already on your other devices. WRITING • Checklists you tick off, with finished items collected out of the way • Bulleted lists, nested up to four levels • Type "- " or "[] " and it becomes a bullet or a checkbox • Links in your notes are recognised and openable • Choose the text size and typeface that suit you ORGANISING • Tags, with filtering • Pin the notes you want at the top • Seven paper colours • Search across every note • Recently Deleted, so a note is never gone by accident MAC • Floating notes that remember where they were • Menu bar access, with the Dock icon optional • A note reopens exactly where you left it IPHONE AND IPAD • A Home Screen widget for your pinned notes • A layout that uses the iPad's width properly Your notes are yours. They are stored on your device and in your private iCloud database, which we cannot read.

Screenshots

Penta Notes4 screens
BizStickies3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Penta Notes at Free against BizStickies's $0.99. Penta Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). BizStickies's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads 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

Penta Notes is free to download; BizStickies costs $0.99 up front. Penta Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BizStickies asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penta Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, BizStickies monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Penta Notes versus BizStickies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenta NotesBizStickies
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhu NguyenAurelian Ocean Investment LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Penta Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Penta Notes Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Penta Notes Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Year
None

BizStickies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penta Notes free?
Penta Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BizStickies free?
BizStickies costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Penta Notes or BizStickies have ads?
Neither Penta Notes nor BizStickies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Penta Notes or BizStickies?
Penta Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, and BizStickies monthly. Most recently, Penta Notes was updated on November 9, 2026 and BizStickies on October 31, 2026.

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