LockNote vs PhoneStack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LockNote
Keep essential notes, tasks, and reminders visible on your iPhone's Lock Screen. Transform your notes into stylish wallpapers for constant visibility without opening an app. Ideal for quick memos, to-do lists, and motivational quotes.
- Notes on Lock Screen wallpaper
- Fast note editor with formatting
- Multiple Lock Screen styles
- Customizable layout and font size
- Shortcut setup guide
- Simple note history
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LockNote helps you keep important notes, tasks, reminders, and ideas right where you can see them - on your iPhone Lock Screen. Instead of opening a notes app again and again, create a note, choose a beautiful Lock Screen style, and apply it as your wallpaper. Your most important information stays visible every time you pick up your phone. Perfect for: • Daily work tasks • To-do lists • Meeting reminders • Shopping lists • Study notes • Motivational quotes • Quick memos • Important things you do not want to forget WHY LOCKNOTE? Notes on your Lock Screen Turn your note into a clean, readable Lock Screen wallpaper so it stays in sight throughout the day. Fast note editor Write your note quickly with formatting tools like bold, italic, underline, bullet list, numbered list, checklist, and alignment. Beautiful styles Choose from multiple Lock Screen designs, including sticky note, paper note, glass card, clean white card, and more. Custom layout Adjust the position, background, card opacity, and font size to make your note fit your wallpaper and reading style. Shortcut setup guide LockNote guides you through Apple Shortcuts setup so you can apply your note to your Lock Screen more easily. Simple note history Keep your current note and view recent note history when needed. Made for focus LockNote is designed for people who want fewer distractions and more visibility. No complicated project management. No clutter. Just the important note you need to see. LOCKNOTE PRO Upgrade to LockNote Pro to unlock: • More notes • All premium styles • Custom layout options • No limits Use LockNote as your personal visual reminder board and keep every important note in sight. --------------------- Privacy Policy: https://noteonlockscreen.web.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscription Terms: https://noteonlockscreen.web.app/terms
PhoneStack
This app helps you and your friends stay off your phones by creating shared focus sessions. Block distracting apps together, track group streaks, and hold each other accountable to digital well-being goals.
- Shared focus sessions
- App blocking via Screen Time
- Live presence tracking
- Group streaks for digital well-being
- Daily social app usage limits
- Accountability nudges
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PhoneStack - phones down, together. Putting your phone away shouldn't be a lonely test of willpower. PhoneStack turns it into something you do with your friends. START A STACK "Phones down for an hour, who's in?" Share a code, your friends hop in, and your distracting apps actually get blocked while you're locked in using Apple's own Screen Time technology. See who's present live, and nudge anyone who drifts. MAKE A PACT Pick a daily limit with your friends like under an hour of social apps a day. Your phone keeps count privately, and the group streak grows every clean day. First one over the limit breaks it for everyone. You get a heads-up when you're 5 minutes from the line, and everyone knows when someone caves. KEEP YOUR STREAK Every session and every clean day builds streaks you keep together with your roommates, your study group, your people. Don't be the one who breaks it. TAP TO LOCK IN Bring two phones together and a Stack starts. That's it. YOUR USAGE STAYS YOURS Which apps you pick and how long you use them never leaves your phone, Apple's system does the counting on your device. Your friends only ever see whether you held the line: pass or fail, never lists, never minutes. PhoneStack is free. Grab your friends and lock in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PhoneStack at none against LockNote's 3. LockNote's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. LockNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PhoneStack asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LockNote against 5.0 for PhoneStack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
LockNote ships an update every 3 days, PhoneStack every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LockNote | PhoneStack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thinh Ho | Diego Prozzi |
Customer experience
LockNote
PhoneStack
In-app purchases
LockNote
- LockNote Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- LockNote Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- LockNote Pro Lifetime$9.99
PhoneStack
No in-app purchases









