Comparison

Sticky Notes vs The Orator

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes

Capture thoughts, lists, and sketches on digital sticky notes. Organize and highlight important items for easy access via widgets and Live Activities. Enjoy a clutter-free way to manage your daily tasks and ideas.

Highlights
  • Digital sticky notes
  • Text, todo, and drawing notes
  • Colorful note styles
  • Saved notes gallery
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Live Activity support
Features
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Posty brings the feeling of sticky notes to your iPhone without the paper clutter. Capture quick thoughts, small lists, sketches, ideas, and daily tasks on colorful digital sticky notes. Choose between text notes, todo notes, and drawing notes, then curl the corner to save what matters. Keep important notes close. Mark one saved note as your highlight and see it in a Home Screen widget. For todo notes, check items off from the widget or follow your progress from a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Posty is built for quick capture: - Text notes for ideas, notes, and reminders to yourself - Todo notes for simple checklists - Drawing notes for sketches and doodles - Colorful sticky note styles - A saved notes gallery - Highlighted note widgets - Live Activity support for todo progress No paper, no clutter, just the note you need when you need it.

About

The Orator

Features
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Focus on what you want to say. The Orator brings your script, reading pace and presentation time together. For a talk, lesson, work presentation or wedding toast: prepare your words, rehearse at your own pace and take them with you on iPhone and iPad. Prepare your script Paste text or import TXT, Markdown, RTF, PDF and Word (.docx) files. Review section timing, edit headings and paragraphs, and split or merge text while keeping the original source. Read at your own pace Measure a comfortable pace with a short reading exercise, or start with the default pace. Choose a scrolling manuscript or cue cards, use automatic movement or advance manually, and mark places to pause. PDF import extracts selectable text; Word import supports .docx body text and directly applied bold and underline. Scanned-PDF OCR, document image layout and legacy .doc files are not supported. Follow your presentation time See planned and used time for each section alongside the overall elapsed time. Explore another part of your script, return to where you were reading, or reset the progress to rehearse again. Pause your presentation to stop both the timer and script movement, then resume when you are ready. If you started by mistake, pause and cancel the start. You can also undo an accidental finish before confirming the result. Keep a complete manuscript file An .orator file includes the text, formatting, timing, reading settings and saved reading position. Save it with Files or iCloud Drive and open it on another device. Save the file again to transfer later edits. Each device keeps its own local library. Made for iPhone and iPad Adjust the text size, use light or dark appearance, and read and edit with controls that adapt to your screen. Create and present one personal script for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks multiple scripts, script duplication, records of talks you have given and voice follow. Customers who bought the paid app keep full access at no extra charge. No subscription, advertising or separate app account is required. Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. On iPhone Duo in tabletop posture, keep your current cue card above the fold while the next card and presentation controls stay below. In book posture, view your cue cards and outline side by side. Voice follow · Beta Try voice follow with your own manuscript three times for free, then continue with Full Unlock. A trial is used only after a paragraph is recognized, the screen follows it and progress saves successfully. Pausing and resuming remains the same trial. Start voice follow to recognize speech on your device and follow nearby sentences. Recognized text is highlighted; the reader waits when you go off script. Scroll manually to continue from a new position. View recognized speech below the script, tap it to read more, or hide it when you prefer. Voice follow requires iOS 26 or later or iPadOS 26 or later, plus a supported device and language. Update your operating system to use this feature on an older version. Script editing, reading and timing remain available on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 or later. First use may download language assets. Audio and recognition results are not saved as files or sent to a developer server.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
The Orator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky Notes at none against The Orator's 1. The Orator's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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. The Orator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sticky Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update fortnightly, The Orator every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sticky Notes versus The Orator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesThe Orator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOSE IALEJANDRO GUERREROGEUM SANG YOO

In-app purchases

None

Sticky Notes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Orator

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Orator free?
The Orator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sticky Notes or The Orator have ads?
Neither Sticky Notes nor The Orator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or The Orator?
Sticky Notes ships an update fortnightly, and The Orator every 4 days. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on October 31, 2026 and The Orator on October 29, 2026.

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