Comparison

Sticky Notes vs Week Ahead

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

Week Ahead

Organize your family's week with a shared calendar for tasks, meals, and events. See your entire week at a glance, plan dinners, and set recurring routines. Get reminders and weather forecasts to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Shared family planner
  • Weekly task, meal, and event lists
  • Recurring routine templates
  • Daily and hourly weather forecasts
  • Home screen widgets
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Plan the week together. Week Ahead puts your family's tasks, meals and events for the next seven days in one calm list, so everyone knows what's coming. Most calendars show you a grid of appointments. Week Ahead shows you the week the way you live it: who's cooking dinner, what's due Thursday, when soccer pickup is, and what you still haven't gotten to. YOUR WEEK, AT A GLANCE • Tasks, meals and events for each day in one simple list • Start with Today, then scroll through the rest of the week • Add a time, notes or a location to anything you plan PLAN THE WEEK TOGETHER • Share a planner with your partner, kids, roommates or grandparents • Everyone sees changes as soon as they're made • Keep separate planners for home, work and kids, then see them all in one combined week with All Planners DINNER'S ALREADY PLANNED • Plan breakfast, lunch and dinner right next to everything else • Built-in types for meals, chores and school, or create your own with a name, icon and color SET IT ONCE. IT REPEATS. • Weekly templates fill in the routines that happen every week, like taco night or taking out the bins • Edit a template and upcoming weeks update too NEVER MISS A THING • Reminders before events and when tasks are due, on from the start with sensible defaults • Choose None, Standard or Custom alerts for each planner, or set alerts per item • Tasks you didn't finish wait in Needs Attention until you complete, move or delete them PLAN AROUND THE FORECAST • Daily and hourly weather beside the plans for each day • See your calendar events next to your planner items ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Add the Today widget in small or medium size to see what's left today at a glance WORKS WHERE YOU DO • iPhone, iPad and Mac, synced across all your devices • Light and Dark Mode WEEK AHEAD PREMIUM Week Ahead is free to download and use. Premium removes ads and unlocks planner invites, weekly templates, custom item types, weather and calendar events. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or unlock Premium for life with a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/week-ahead-policies

Screenshots

Sticky Notes3 screens
Week Ahead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky Notes at none against Week Ahead's 3. Sticky Notes also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Week Ahead's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Week Ahead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Sticky Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update every 7 months, Week Ahead every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sticky Notes versus Week Ahead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesWeek Ahead
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJun TsudaShayes Apps LLC

In-app purchases

None

Sticky Notes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Week Ahead

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Week Ahead free?
Week Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sticky Notes or Week Ahead have ads?
Both Sticky Notes and Week Ahead show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or Week Ahead?
Sticky Notes ships an update every 7 months, and Week Ahead every 4 days. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on November 9, 2026 and Week Ahead on November 5, 2026.

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