LockNotes vs Screen Lock Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
LockNotes
Keep important notes and to-dos visible directly on your phone's Lock Screen. Quickly check off tasks, organize projects with boards and lists, and personalize your notes with various styles and handwriting options. Collaborate with friends in real-time on shared notes.
- Lock Screen notes and widgets
- Task completion without unlocking
- Boards and lists for project organization
- Customizable paper and ink styles
- Handwriting and drawing tools
- Real-time collaborative notes
- Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
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Your notes live on the Lock Screen. You see them every time you pick up your phone โ nothing to unlock, no app to open, nothing to forget. You wrote it down and never looked at it again. LockNotes fixes that by putting the note where your eyes already go. โ Tick off tasks without unlocking Today's to-do list, the groceries, the thing you keep forgetting. Tap it right on the Lock Screen and it's done โ the widget updates instantly. โ Boards and lists for the bigger stuff A trip, a move, a school project. Make a board, add lists and cards, and pin the one that matters to your Lock Screen. Use it as a planner, or as a simple checklist. โ 150 papers to pick from Paper color, ink color, grid or lines or dots. Pinch through 150 designs until one sits right on top of your wallpaper. โ Handwrite, draw, doodle Seven pens โ pencil, crayon, marker, fountain, watercolor and more. Scribble the way you would on a real sticky note. Drop in doodles and photos from your library as stickers. โ 34 fonts Handwritten faces that read like a real notebook, and clean ones for when you want it tidy. Latin, Japanese, Korean and more. โ Write together, live Share a note or a board with a friend using one code. You both write on the same paper and you both watch it change โ live, on both Lock Screens. โ A nudge, if you want one Set a daily reminder and pick the time. Or don't โ the note sits there patiently either way. โ Yours by default Notes stay on your device. Only what you choose to share goes to the cloud, only after you agree, and ending a share deletes it. Also inside: a Home Screen widget, a Live Activity, a diary of everything you have written, and 50+ hand-drawn app icons to match your mood. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screen Lock Notes
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Write a note. See it on your Lock Screen. That is the whole app. Screen Lock Notes puts what you need to remember where you already look. A shopping list, a door code, tomorrow's plan โ there without unlocking, searching, or opening anything. TICK THINGS OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Turn any note into a checklist and check items straight from the Lock Screen. No Face ID, no app switching, no waiting. 74 READY-MADE DESIGNS Grid, lined, dotted or blank paper across nine collections โ Colorful, Retro, Memo, Girly, Dark, Simple, Calm Blue and Clear glass panels that let your wallpaper show through. Handwriting, marker and rounded typefaces. Adjust size, weight, letter width and ink colour, then save the looks you like and reuse them. MAKE IT YOURS โข 31 alternate app icons โข Pin photos to a note and place them anywhere on the card โข Doodle on your note with your finger โข Set a note template so every new note starts the way you want โข A gentle daily reminder that shows your latest note โข Compact mode for a smaller card EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE No account. No sign-up. No servers. Your notes, photos and drawings never leave your device, because there is nowhere for them to go. We collect nothing. The Lock Screen note uses a Live Activity and needs iOS 16.2 or later.
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Verdict
LockNotes and Screen Lock Notes 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | LockNotes | Screen Lock Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HiPups inc. | Mr Siddharth |
In-app purchases
LockNotes
No in-app purchases
Screen Lock Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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