Comparison

Closer vs Doodle Note Widget

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

Head to head
About

Closer

Enhance your relationship with daily questions, shared widgets, and engaging games. This app fosters deeper connection through real conversations and playful rituals, perfect for couples at any stage.

Highlights
  • Daily questions and conversation prompts
  • Shared widgets for countdowns and reminders
  • Interactive games like Draw Battle and Hidden Word
  • Shared drawing canvas
  • Relationship progress tracking
Features
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Closer is a couples and relationship app with daily questions, shared widgets, games, countdowns, and conversation prompts designed to help couples feel closer every day. Whether you're long distance, living together, newly dating, or years in, Closer helps you stay connected through real conversations, shared moments, and playful daily rituals. Daily Questions A new set of questions every day. You answer yours, they answer theirs. When you both do, a conversation unlocks and you finally get to see how they really think. Conversation Prompts Over 3,000 conversation starters across dozens of categories. Deep ones. Funny ones. The kind that lead somewhere unexpected. Browse together or surprise each other. Widgets Shared home screen and lock screen widgets for countdowns, canvases, days together, and little reminders of each other throughout the day. Shared Canvas A drawing space that belongs to both of you. Leave something. Come back to something. It sounds simple because it is. Countdowns Mark what matters. Trips, anniversaries, and plans worth looking forward to. Watch the days tick down together. Hidden Word A daily word puzzle you each play solo. Compare results. Talk a little trash. Keep score. Draw Battle You each get a random word. Draw it while AI guesses in real time. Compare your sketches and see who scored higher. It gets competitive fast. Hide and Seek One of you hides a spot on the map. The other has to find it. Real time, a little ridiculous, genuinely fun. Perfect For Every Couple * Long distance or living together * Newly dating or years into the relationship * Daily check-ins or deeper conversations * Couples who want to feel closer, not just text more Closer gets better the more you both show up. That part is on you. Terms of Use: https://getcloser.app/terms

About

Doodle Note Widget

This app allows close friends and couples to create a shared digital space for notes, photos, countdowns, and doodles. Add content to a private board and see it sync instantly on your Home Screen widget. Keep your favorite people connected with a personalized shared experience.

Highlights
  • Shared Home Screen widget
  • Private boards for close circles
  • Notes, photos, doodles, stickers
  • Countdowns and count ups
  • Live synced updates
  • Customizable board styles
Features
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ScrapBoard is a shared Home Screen widget that keeps couples, partners, besties, close friends, roommates, and family connected through notes, photos, countdowns, count ups, doodles, stickers, memories, and updates. Create private board with your people, add it to your Home Screen with ScrapBoard+, and see new photos, reminders, countdowns, love notes, and moments appear right where you glance. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a ScrapBoard for your partner, friends, family, roommate, or close circle 2. Invite up to 6 people to the board 3. Add notes, photos, stickers, doodles, emojis, countdowns, count ups, and memories 4. With ScrapBoard+, add the shared board as a Home Screen widget 5. When the board updates, everyone sees the latest version FOR YOUR CLOSE PEOPLE • Make a cute shared space with your partner, bestie, close friends, family, or roommates • Keep memories, reminders, inside jokes, plans, love notes, photos, and daily updates in one place • No followers, no likes, no public feed — just the people who matter • Perfect for couples, long distance relationships, best friends, family boards, and private shared widgets LIVE SYNCED WIDGETS • Turn your board into a shared Home Screen widget • See new photos, notes, doodles, countdowns, count ups, stickers, and memories from your people • Use it as a couple widget, bestie widget, friendship widget, family widget, relationship widget, or photo widget • Keep your favorite people close without opening another group chat COUNTDOWNS & COUNT UPS • Count how many days you’ve been together • Countdown to birthdays, trips, anniversaries, parties, holidays, concerts, graduations, and reunions • Track relationship milestones, friendship memories, family events, and important dates NOTES, PHOTOS, STICKERS & DOODLES • Add shared notes, photo memories, cute reminders, stickers, emojis, captions, and doodles • Build a mood board, memory board, sticky note board, photo widget, vision board, or mini scrapbook • Make your board romantic, chaotic, cozy, aesthetic, funny, useful, or completely unserious ONE BOARD, UP TO 6 PEOPLE • Invite up to 6 people to one board • Everyone can add, edit, decorate, and share moments together • If one board has ScrapBoard+, everyone in that board can add the widget to their Home Screen • One subscription unlocks the shared widget experience for everyone in the board BOARD STYLES • Choose from whiteboard, fridge, cork board, and color backdrops • Create a couple board, friendship board, shared memo board, birthday countdown, memory board, private photo space, or family board • Decorate your Home Screen with something personal instead of another boring widget • Make your widget feel like a scrapbook, pinboard, cork board, mood board, or cozy fridge door GREAT FOR • Couples and partners • Long distance relationships • Best friends and besties • Close friends and friend groups • Families and roommates • Birthday countdowns • Anniversary count ups • Trip planning • Concert countdowns • Daily reminders • Photo memories • Love notes • Shared mood boards • Private scrapbook boards • Cute Home Screen widgets SCRAPBOARD+ ScrapBoard+ unlocks Home Screen widgets. Adding a board to your Home Screen requires an active ScrapBoard+ subscription. Free users can create and edit boards in the app. With ScrapBoard+, a board can be added as a widget, and everyone invited to that board can use the widget too. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID settings. Download ScrapBoard and make a shared widget for the people you love — notes, photos, countdowns, count ups, memories, stickers, doodles, love notes, reminders, and little moments together on your Home Screen. Website: https://scrapboard.app Contact: support@scrapboard.app Terms of Use: https://scrapboard.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://scrapboard.app/privacy

Screenshots

Closer4 screens
Doodle Note Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Doodle Note Widget at none against Closer's shown. Doodle Note Widget also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 2). Closer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Closer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Doodle Note Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Closer against 5.0 for Doodle Note Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Note Widget has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Closer ships an update every 6 days, Doodle Note Widget every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Closer versus Doodle Note Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloserDoodle Note Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB83 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperKarim Davis DibChi Hin Ngan

Customer experience

Closer

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

Doodle Note Widget

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Closer

Subscriptions2
  • Closer Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Closer Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
4 purchases

Doodle Note Widget

Subscriptions4
  • ScrapBoard+ Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • ScrapBoard+ Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • ScrapBoard+ 3 Months Subscription3 Days trial$29.993 Months
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  • ScrapBoard+ Annual Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Closer free?
Closer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Note Widget free?
Doodle Note Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Closer or Doodle Note Widget?
Closer and Doodle Note Widget are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do Closer or Doodle Note Widget have ads?
Closer shows ads; Doodle Note Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Closer or Doodle Note Widget?
Closer ships an update every 6 days, and Doodle Note Widget every 2 weeks. Most recently, Closer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Doodle Note Widget on October 31, 2026.

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