Comparison

LockNotes vs Screen Lock Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Screen Lock Notes

Features
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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 โ€ข 31 alternate app icons โ€ข Pin photos to a note and place them anywhere on the card โ€ข Doodle on your note with your finger โ€ข Set a note template so every new note starts the way you want โ€ข A gentle daily reminder that shows your latest note โ€ข 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.

Screenshots

LockNotes4 screens
Screen Lock Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LockNotes versus Screen Lock Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockNotesScreen Lock Notes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size197 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiPups inc.Mr Siddharth

In-app purchases

None

LockNotes

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Lock Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LockNotes free?
LockNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Lock Notes free?
Screen Lock Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LockNotes or Screen Lock Notes have ads?
Neither LockNotes nor Screen Lock Notes shows ads.

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