Comparison

Lock Screen Memo vs Glance Notes

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Memo

Display a personalized note directly on your Lock Screen with customizable text, colors, fonts, and even photos. Keep important reminders, affirmations, or checklists visible at a glance without opening any apps. Your data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen widget for notes
  • Customizable text, color, and font
  • Add photos to memos
  • 70+ designs and fonts
  • Private and device-based storage
  • Apple Shortcut integration
Features
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Put the note you need where you see it most: your Lock Screen. LockScreenMemo lets you create a personal memo and show it in a Lock Screen widget. Keep a reminder, daily focus, study phrase, affirmation, or short checklist in view without opening another app. ā–  Create a memo that fits you Type a memo and adjust its color, font, size, weight, and layout. Build a memo card that fits your Lock Screen. ā–  70 designs and varied fonts Choose from 70 memo designs and a multilingual font collection. Keep it clean or make it expressive. ā–  Add a photo Add a photo to your memo card and make it more personal. Use it as a photo sticker for a trip, a pet, a mood, or anything you want to see every day. ā–  Check it every day See your custom memo at a glance in the Lock Screen widget. Refresh it from the app or with the included Apple Shortcut action whenever you need. ā–  Private on your device No account is required. Memo text, photos, and design settings stay on your device and are shared only with the app's widget extension. Make quick reminders, daily intentions, study prompts, short checklists, affirmations, and the one thing you do not want to forget feel like yours. Terms of Use: https://gist.github.com/boogios/68752aa1deafbff75019be1e40cbc362

About

Glance Notes

Features
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Lock screen notes and widgets you can keep in sight without unlocking. Reminders, to-do checklists, sticky memos, and a simple planner on your Lock Screen and Home Screen. 3 notes are free forever. No account required. Pro is optional. Glance Notes is built for short notes you need to see: lock screen notes, visual widgets, quick capture, and reminders. WHAT YOU GET • Lock Screen and Home Screen note widgets • Reminders by date or repeating times • Reminder photos on the notification (Pro) • To-do checklists you can tick from the Lock Screen (Pro) • Daily habits with a streak on the widget (Pro) • Live Activity banners for notes you want in front of you (Pro) • Background keep-alive for Live Activities (Pro) • iCloud sync with visible status: Synced, Syncing, Offline, or Conflict • Local snapshot history so a sync conflict never silently overwrites a note • Quick capture from the app, microphone, and Control Center (iOS 18+) FREE 3 Lock Screen notes, widgets, text reminders, and sync. One Live Activity assignment every 7 days. PRO Unlimited notes, Always On keep-alive, checklists, habits, reminder photos, Live look (fonts, colors, layout), and up to 3 Live Activities at once. SUBSCRIPTIONS Optional auto-renewable subscriptions: Glance Notes Pro Monthly (1 month) and Glance Notes Pro Annual (1 year, with a 7-day free trial). Lifetime Pro is a one-time In-App Purchase, not a subscription. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://glance-notes-app.web.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://glance-notes-app.web.app/support.html

Screenshots

Lock Screen Memo3 screens
Glance Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lock Screen Memo and Glance Notes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Lock Screen Memo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.69 per month and Glance Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lock Screen Memo versus Glance Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen MemoGlance Notes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size343 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBOOGIOS_STUDIOSKAISTART, OOO

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lock Screen Memo

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.691 Month
  • Pro Yearly$31.491 Year
3 purchases

Glance Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Glance Notes Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Glance Notes Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Glance Notes Pro Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Lock Screen Memo free?
Lock Screen Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glance Notes free?
Glance Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lock Screen Memo or Glance Notes have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Memo nor Glance Notes shows ads.

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