Comparison

NoteScreen vs Screen Lock Notes

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

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

NoteScreen4 screens
Screen Lock Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

NoteScreen and Screen Lock Notes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
NoteScreen versus Screen Lock Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteScreenScreen Lock Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSameer BhutaniMr Siddharth

In-app purchases

None

NoteScreen

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Lock Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoteScreen free?
NoteScreen 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 NoteScreen or Screen Lock Notes have ads?
Neither NoteScreen nor Screen Lock Notes shows ads.

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