Comparison

Fridge vs Peel

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

Head to head
About

Fridge

This app places your notes and to-do lists directly on your phone's lock screen, ensuring you never miss important reminders. You can even check off tasks without unlocking your device, and customize the appearance with various designs and pens.

Highlights
  • Lock screen notes
  • Checklist functionality
  • Customizable designs
  • Home screen widgets
  • Live Activity integration
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Put your shopping list or today's to-dos on your lock screen, and tick items off without unlocking your phone. You write things down and still forget them. Fridge puts the note where you cannot miss it: the first thing you see, every single time you pick up your phone. No app to open, no widget to go hunting for. YOUR LOCK SCREEN IS A FRIDGE DOOR That is the surface households already use for the note that must not be missed. Shopping list. Gym bag. Call the dentist. Stick it there and it does its job on its own. TICK THINGS OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Tap a checkbox straight from the lock screen. No Face ID, no app launch, and no losing five minutes to social media on the way in. IT DOES NOT DISAPPEAR The big note is a Live Activity, and iOS ends those after about eight hours. Every app in this category runs into that limit. Fridge ships a lock screen widget that never expires. Add it under your clock (setup shows you how, and checks it is there) and your note is always there. Fridge also re-arms the big note every time you open the app, tick a box or edit a line. In the worst case your note gets smaller. It does not vanish. SHARE A LIST WITH FAMILY Share a note through iCloud and the people you invite can add items and tick them off. Every phone shows the same list, lock screen included. Sharing is free; each person needs Fridge and an iCloud account. Drawings and photos stay on your phone. YOU DECIDE WHAT APPEARS WHERE • Live note, Widget only, or Off, in one tap • Hide it in the Dynamic Island, so taps meant for other apps stop landing here • Widget-only mode keeps it off your Apple Watch entirely • Fridge never sends you a notification. Not one. 264 DESIGNS, BUILT FROM THREE CHOICES Pick a paper, pick a sheet, pick a pen. 24 papers (legal pad yellow, kraft, chalkboard, blueprint, ivory, midnight, espresso) times 11 sheet types (plain, ruled, grid, dotted, legal, taped, magnet, pinned, photo corners, bulldog clip, till roll). That is 264 designs, and with 10 pens over the top, 2,640 looks. Three designs are free; Plus unlocks the rest. IT LOOKS HANDWRITTEN, BECAUSE IT IS DRAWN Checkboxes are inked boxes with a real tick through them, not a system glyph. Finished lines get a struck-through stroke that wobbles the way a pen does. Five of the ten pens are genuine handwriting faces, and every line sits on its own slightly uneven baseline. The same note always draws the same way, on the lock screen, in the widget and in the app. DRAW, AND STICK THINGS ON Pen, marker, pencil, and a proper eraser. Drop in a photo and Fridge lifts the subject out of its background automatically, on your phone. Photos stay pinned where you put them, so drawing on top never drags them around. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN TOO Small, medium and large widgets. The medium and large ones are tickable. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No sign-in. No ads, no tracking: anonymous usage analytics only, and you can switch them off in Settings. Background removal runs on your device. Notes leave your phone only when you share them: a shared note goes through iCloud to the people you invite, and nowhere else. FRIDGE PLUS Try everything free for 7 days with the yearly plan, and cancel before the week ends to pay nothing. Or pay once for lifetime, or subscribe monthly. Plus unlocks all 264 designs, unlimited notes, and removes the small Fridge mark. Everything that makes Fridge work stays free: the lock screen note, the checkboxes, the widgets, sharing, and full control over what appears where. Requires iOS 18. iPhone only. Fridge Plus subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sushilkumar.me/fridge/privacy

About

Peel

Keep important thoughts visible with sticky notes that appear on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. Quickly create notes and checklists with templates, and customize their appearance. Syncs across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen widgets for notes
  • Checklist completion without unlocking
  • Apple Watch sync
  • 21 pre-made templates
  • Customizable appearance
  • Drawing on notes
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Some thoughts are too important to bury in a notes app you never open. Peel puts them on sticky notes that live everywhere you look — your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, your wrist, your Mac. Write it once, see it until it's done. THE NOTE THAT CHECKS ITSELF OFF Tap an item on a widget and it's done — no unlocking, no opening the app. Pin a checklist to your Lock Screen and cross things off from there. It even lands on your Apple Watch the moment you write it. FAST ENOUGH TO CATCH EVERY THOUGHT • A note or checklist in seconds, from the app, a widget, the Share Sheet, or Siri • 21 ready-made templates — groceries, packing, meetings, workouts, habits • Write "dinner tomorrow at 7" and Peel offers a reminder or a calendar event. Nothing slips. TOO PRETTY TO IGNORE • 22 hand-tuned colors, custom shades, fonts, patterns and photo backgrounds • Draw on notes with Apple Pencil or your finger • A board that feels alive — satisfying check-offs, a daily streak, and confetti when you finish a list EVERYWHERE, IN SYNC iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch — one board, synced instantly through your own iCloud. Check something off on your watch and it's done on your phone before you lower your arm. YOURS, PRIVATELY No account. No ads. No analytics. We can't read your notes — they live on your device and in your iCloud, period. START FREE The first 7 notes are free, forever. Peel Premium unlocks unlimited notes, every color and all widgets — from $1.99 a month with a 7-day free trial, or one payment for lifetime access. Clear mind. Done list. Get Peel.

Screenshots

Fridge4 screens
Peel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Peel at 7 against Fridge's 1. Peel also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Fridge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Peel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fridge against 5.0 for Peel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peel has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fridge versus Peel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFridgePeel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSushil KumarRivon Dev LLC

Customer experience

Fridge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Peel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fridge

Subscriptions2
  • Fridge Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Fridge Plus Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fridge Plus Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

Peel

Subscriptions2
  • Peel Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Peel Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Peel Premium — Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Fridge free?
Fridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Peel free?
Peel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fridge or Peel?
Fridge and Peel are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Fridge or Peel have ads?
Neither Fridge nor Peel shows ads.

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