Comparison

Notepad vs Sticky Board with Widget

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

Head to head
About

Notepad

Capture thoughts, create to-do lists, and organize ideas with a versatile digital notebook. Supports handwriting, text notes, and secure cloud syncing. Personalize your experience with custom themes and icons.

Highlights
  • Create to-do lists with checkboxes
  • Unlimited text notes
  • Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
  • Organize notes into folders
  • Pin and sort notes
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Advanced search functionality
Features
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Jot down notes and organize your ideas with Notepad—the classic notepad writing app designed for keeping track of everything that matters. [ TO-DO LISTS ] • Create beautiful task lists with interactive checkboxes to track your daily tasks and goals. • Drag and drop to reorder items—organize your to-dos exactly how you want them. • Enjoy the satisfying experience of checking off completed tasks as you get things done. • Perfect for shopping lists, daily chores, project tasks, and everything in between. [ NOTES ] • Create unlimited text notes with rich formatting—quickly and easily. • Tap anywhere to start typing—it's simple, fast, and always saved automatically. • Works perfectly in both light and dark mode. [ RICH TEXT FORMATTING ] • Style your notes with bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough. • Choose from 7 text colors and 7 highlight colors to make important details stand out. • Pick from 18 handpicked font families—each with proper bold and italic variants. • A convenient formatting toolbar sits right above the keyboard for fast access. • Switch fonts anytime—your existing formatting is preserved. [ HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH APPLE PENCIL ] • Capture your thoughts naturally with fluid, responsive handwriting that feels like pen on paper. • Create beautiful handwritten notes, diagrams, and drawings with realistic ink flow and pressure sensitivity. • Choose from fountain pens, pencils, and highlighters with customizable colors for a personalized writing experience. • Enjoy our adaptive paper grid that works perfectly in any orientation or device. [ FOLDERS - ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES ] • Organize notes into folders and subfolders with a clean, nested structure. • Assign a unique color to each folder, making it simple to categorize and find notes at a glance. • Drag-and-drop to reorder, and move multiple notes easily. [ PIN & SORT NOTES ] • Pin important notes to the top and sort by date, custom order, or alphabetical order. [ BACKUP WITH ICLOUD ] • Keep notes safe with automatic backups and iCloud sync across your devices. [ PERSONALIZE YOUR NOTEPAD ] • Give your notepad a personal touch with unique app icons, custom colors, stylish fonts, and a sleek dark mode for night owls. [ FIND NOTES FAST ] • Use advanced search tools and text highlighting to track down exactly what you're looking for. [ KEEP YOUR NOTES SAFE ] • Lock your notes with FaceID or TouchID for extra privacy. [ SHARE & PRINT ] • Send your notes to other apps like Mail or WhatsApp, or print them directly from Notepad. [ PREMIUM FEATURES FOR POWER USERS ] • Go ad-free, unlock exclusive themes, and get advanced sorting options with Premium. Notepad combines the nostalgic feel of a simple notebook with the functionality of today's tech. Use Notepad for everything from brainstorming ideas and setting personal reminders to creating shopping lists, to-do lists, grocery lists, chores lists, appointment notes, class notes, daily goals, password hints, birthday reminders, packing lists, travel itineraries, and more. Write, organize, and stay on top of everything that matters—download Notepad now and stay productive your way! Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.oldnotepad.com/terms.

About

Sticky Board with Widget

Quickly jot down notes, reminders, and schedules with customizable sticky notes. Personalize your notes with various colors, backgrounds, and even attach photos. Organize your thoughts efficiently with list or grid views.

Highlights
  • Customizable note colors
  • Background image selection
  • Photo attachment to notes
  • List and grid display options
  • Timer function for memos
  • Quick and easy note-taking
Features
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Sticky Board is a sticky note app. You can use quickly and easily as if you were writing on a paper sticky note. You can set a timer on the memo and take a picture, so you can use it for various purposes. * * * For people like this * * * Please use it if you want to quickly and easily write down what you want to remember, such as shopping notes, meeting contents, ideas that came up on the train, small schedules and TODO. * * *Features* * * - You can choose the color of the sticky note from 12 types. You can color-code according to the purpose such as "private" and "work", choose your favorite color, and use it freely to your liking. - You can select a background image. We have prepared 6 types of nice background images. There is also a function to set your favorite photo as the background image. - You can also attach a photo to a sticky note. - You can switch between a list display with large vertical sticky notes and a grid display with small sticky notes arranged in a grid pattern with a single tap.

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
Sticky Board with Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky Board with Widget at none against Notepad's 7. Sticky Board with Widget also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Notepad's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 149) and review sentiment (84% vs 68%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Notepad sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sticky Board with Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Notepad against 4.8 for Sticky Board with Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notepad has 28K ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Notepad's written reviews are positive against 68% of Sticky Board with Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 8 days, Sticky Board with Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Notepad versus Sticky Board with Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadSticky Board with Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28K ratings) — better4.8 (149 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better67.9% of reviews
Number of ratings28K — better149
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1381802 Ontario Inc.BUILD LLC

Customer experience

Notepad

All ratings27,905 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews961 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative11.4%

Sticky Board with Widget

All ratings149 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative17.9%

Bugs and requests

Notepad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes randomly disappearing
  • Ads covering up the note-taking area

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add drawing/highlighting tools
  • Integrate with calendar and contacts
  • Ability to sort and organize notes
  • Option to password protect specific notes

Sticky Board with Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Premium Membership$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly Premium Subscription$17.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$19.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$29.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$39.99
None

Sticky Board with Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sticky Board with Widget free?
Sticky Board with Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notepad or Sticky Board with Widget?
Notepad is rated higher. Notepad averages 4.8 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Sticky Board with Widget averages 4.8 from 149 ratings.
Do Notepad or Sticky Board with Widget have ads?
Both Notepad and Sticky Board with Widget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or Sticky Board with Widget?
Notepad ships an update every 8 days, and Sticky Board with Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Notepad was updated on September 24, 2026 and Sticky Board with Widget on September 22, 2026.

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