Comparison

Sticky Notes vs iDea

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes

Features
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Sticky Notes - Brainstorming is the ultimate visual thinking tool for organizing ideas, planning projects, and capturing your thoughts in a flexible, intuitive way. PERFECT FOR • Brainstorming sessions • Project planning and organization • Mind mapping • Note-taking and idea capture • Task management • Creative thinking • Meeting notes • Research organization Transform the way you think and organize. Download Sticky Notes - Brainstorming today and turn your ideas into action.

About

iDea

This app offers a serene and uncluttered environment to capture, organize, and nurture your thoughts and inspirations. It prioritizes a natural, accessible, and distraction-free experience for saving everything from fleeting notions to future projects.

Highlights
  • Quick idea capture
  • Organized thought management
  • Track idea status
  • Minimalist design
  • Activity statistics
  • Siri integration
  • Gentle reminders
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iDea is a calm and minimal space designed to help you capture, organize, and develop your ideas naturally. Whether it’s a random thought, a future project, a creative inspiration, or something you simply don’t want to forget, iDea lets you save it instantly and keep everything organized without distractions. The app is built around a simple philosophy: ideas should feel lightweight, accessible, and never overwhelming. Features • Quickly capture ideas • Organize thoughts in a clean interface • Track active, completed, and archived ideas • Minimal and distraction-free design • Insights and activity statistics • Siri integration for fast idea capture • Gentle reminders designed to help without becoming intrusive • Designed for a natural and comfortable experience • Privacy-focused: your ideas stay on your device iDea is designed for creators, thinkers, developers, students, and anyone who constantly has ideas worth saving. No clutter. No complicated systems. Just your ideas.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes3 screens
iDea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iDea at none against Sticky Notes's shown. iDea also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update every 7 months, iDea monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Sticky Notes versus iDea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesiDea
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJun TsudaBojan Pletikapa

In-app purchases

None

Sticky Notes

No in-app purchases

None

iDea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iDea free?
iDea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sticky Notes or iDea have ads?
Sticky Notes shows ads; iDea does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or iDea?
Sticky Notes ships an update every 7 months, and iDea monthly. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on September 9, 2026 and iDea on September 21, 2026.

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