Comparison

Simple Stickies vs Plain Paste

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

Head to head
About

Simple Stickies

Features
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Simple Stickies is a clean and easy way to keep notes close at hand on your iPhone. Write quick thoughts, reminders, to-do lists, and work notes in a simple sticky note interface designed to stay out of your way. Use Simple Stickies to capture ideas fast, switch between notes in a tap, pin a note to your widget, and keep everything in sync with iCloud. You can also write quick math directly inside a note, making it easy to calculate totals, budgets, percentages, and everyday numbers while you work. Features: Simple sticky notes for iPhone Quick math calculations inside notes iCloud sync Home Screen widget support Create and switch between notes easily Pin a note for quick access Clean, lightweight design Simple Stickies helps you keep important things visible, simple, and always within reach.

About

Plain Paste

This utility app removes formatting from copied text, providing a clean plain-text version for easier use. It offers a clipboard history to access recent items and is designed with user privacy in mind, storing data locally.

Highlights
  • Remove rich text formatting
  • Copy clean plain text
  • Clipboard history (up to 100 items)
  • Disable clipboard history
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Local data storage
Features
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Plain Paste makes copied text easier to use. Paste formatted text from websites, documents, emails, chats, or notes, and Plain Paste copies a clean plain-text version back to your clipboard. Made for everyday moments when bold text, links, fonts, colors, and hidden formatting get in the way. Features: • Remove formatting from rich text • Copy cleaned plain text back to your clipboard • Access and reuse up to 100 recent items in clipboard history • Turn clipboard history off whenever you want • Private by design: Plain Paste only reads and cleans text you explicitly paste into the app. Clipboard history is stored locally, can be cleared anytime, and never leaves your device. Plain Paste is a simple utility for everyone who writes, copies, pastes, cleans up notes, reuses text, or just wants text to behave.

Screenshots

Simple Stickies4 screens
Plain Paste4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Plain Paste at weekly against Simple Stickies's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Stickies ships an update every 4 weeks, Plain Paste weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Simple Stickies versus Plain Paste: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple StickiesPlain Paste
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuben Martin SalvadorAndreas Ekegren

In-app purchases

None

Simple Stickies

No in-app purchases

None

Plain Paste

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Stickies free?
Simple Stickies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain Paste free?
Plain Paste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Stickies or Plain Paste have ads?
Neither Simple Stickies nor Plain Paste shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Stickies or Plain Paste?
Simple Stickies ships an update every 4 weeks, and Plain Paste weekly. Most recently, Simple Stickies was updated on October 25, 2026 and Plain Paste on October 31, 2026.

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