Comparison

Fridge vs LockScreenNotes & Widget

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

Head to head
About

Fridge

Features
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You write things down and still forget them. Fridge fixes that by putting your note where you cannot miss it โ€” on your lock screen. Not in an app you have to remember to open. Not in a widget you have to go looking for. The first thing you see, every single time you pick up your phone. 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 โ€” a limit every app in this category runs into. Fridge ships a lock screen widget that never expires. Add it under your clock (the app shows you how, once) 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. YOU DECIDE WHAT APPEARS WHERE โ€ข Live note, Widget only, or Off โ€” one tap โ€ข Hide it in the Dynamic Island, so taps meant for other apps stop landing here โ€ข Widget-only mode keeps it off your Apple Watch entirely โ€ข Fridge never sends you a notification. Not one. MAKE IT YOURS Start with three clean designs, free. Unlock 23 more with Plus โ€” legal pad, kraft, chalkboard, blueprint, polaroid, receipt, graph paper, midnight and more. They look like real paper, not colour swatches. Handwriting fonts, washi tape, magnets, push pins and photo corners. DRAW, AND STICK THINGS ON Pen, marker, pencil โ€” 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 analytics, no trackers, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Background removal runs on your device. There is no server for your notes to go to. FRIDGE PLUS Try everything free for 7 days โ€” no card, no commitment. After that, keep it your way: monthly, yearly (the best value), or pay once for lifetime with no subscription at all. Plus unlocks all 26 designs, unlimited notes, unlimited background-removed photos, and removes the small Fridge mark. Everything that makes Fridge work stays free: the lock screen note, the checkboxes, the widgets, and full control over what appears where. Requires iOS 18. iPhone only. โ€” 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

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LockScreenNotes & Widget

Features
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Lock Notes โ€“ Your Reminders, Right on Your Lock Screen Stop unlocking your phone just to remember what you needed to remember. Lock Notes puts your notes, to-dos, and quick reminders directly on your Lock Screen using Live Activities, so the moment you glance at your phone, you're already in the loop. Jot down a grocery list, a countdown to an event, a quick thought before it slips away, or today's top priority, and watch it stay pinned right where you'll actually see it. No more digging through apps. No more forgetting why you picked up your phone in the first place. Simple to use. Always visible. Never intrusive. Lock Notes โ€“ because the best reminder is the one you don't have to look for. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fridge4 screens
LockScreenNotes & Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fridge and LockScreenNotes & Widget are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Fridge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and LockScreenNotes & Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fridge versus LockScreenNotes & Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFridgeLockScreenNotes & Widget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSushil KumarAndrew Moroz

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
2 purchases

LockScreenNotes & Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Fridge free?
Fridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockScreenNotes & Widget free?
LockScreenNotes & Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fridge or LockScreenNotes & Widget have ads?
Neither Fridge nor LockScreenNotes & Widget shows ads.

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