Comparison

NoteScreen vs Momento Stack

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

Head to head
About

NoteScreen

This app displays your notes directly on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, ensuring you never miss important reminders. It offers simple scheduling and widget support for constant visibility, all while maintaining complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Scheduled note rotation
  • Always-on note mode
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each
Features
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Write a note. It lives on your Lock Screen. That's it. NoteScreen is the simplest reminder app you'll ever use. The thing you need to remember sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — front and center every time you pick up your phone. Impossible to miss. SCHEDULE YOUR DAY • Notes rotate on your schedule — "Take out the trash" 7–8 AM, "Wind down" at 9 PM. NoteScreen swaps them automatically with a silent nudge at each change. • Recurring days — set "Trash night" for every Tuesday, "Water plants" for Sundays. • Always mode pins one note up all day. GLANCEABLE EVERYWHERE • Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Home & Lock Screen widgets — your current note is wherever you look. • Interactive widgets — check off a note right from your Home Screen without opening the app. • Up to 10 notes, 80 characters each. Short enough to read at a glance. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no cloud. NoteScreen never touches the network — your notes live on your iPhone and nowhere else. Good to know: iOS limits Live Activities to 8 hours, so the Lock Screen banner refreshes whenever you open the app. Add the Lock Screen widget for a note that never expires.

About

Momento Stack

Features
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Momento Stack is the simplest way to keep a thought in sight. Write a sticky note, give it a color and a font, and pin it to your Home Screen as a widget, so the things that matter stay where you'll see them. STICKY NOTES • 12 pastel colors, 4 fonts, 6 text colors and alignment • Categories to keep work, home and ideas apart • Search across every note and category • Undo if you delete a note by mistake WIDGETS • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large, plus extra-large on iPad • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets • Choose which note each widget shows, or let it show your newest • Tap a widget to jump straight to its note MADE FOR iPHONE, iPHONE DUO AND iPAD • Stacks: on iPhone Duo and on iPad in landscape, Categories spreads one category out and piles up the rest. Drop a note on a pile to file it there • On iPad and iPhone Duo, your notes become a board of sticky notes, grouped by category • Fold away a category, or fold them all at once • Fully bilingual: English and Arabic, with true right-to-left layout • A calm, paper-like design with a thoughtful dark mode • Syncs across your devices with iCloud: no account, no sign-up OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PURCHASES • Checklists: turn any note into a checklist, like a grocery list, and tick items off right on the widget without opening the app • Custom Colours: pick any color for your notes and categories from a color wheel Both are shared with Family Sharing. Everything else is free. No ads. No tracking. Your notes never leave your devices and your iCloud.

Screenshots

NoteScreen4 screens
Momento Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoteScreen at none against Momento Stack's 2. Momento Stack's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Momento Stack sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. NoteScreen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteScreen ships an update every 2 weeks, Momento Stack every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NoteScreen versus Momento Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteScreenMomento Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSameer BhutaniAhmed ElGhoroury

In-app purchases

None

NoteScreen

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Momento Stack

One-time2
  • Custom Colors$1.99
  • Checklists$1.99

Questions

Is NoteScreen free?
NoteScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Momento Stack free?
Momento Stack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NoteScreen or Momento Stack have ads?
Neither NoteScreen nor Momento Stack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoteScreen or Momento Stack?
NoteScreen ships an update every 2 weeks, and Momento Stack every 6 days. Most recently, NoteScreen was updated on October 31, 2026 and Momento Stack on October 24, 2026.

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