Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) vs One Note Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
A minimalist note-taking app with a sticky-note interface for quick organization. Use color-coding to categorize information and simple markdown editing for content. Ideal for keeping important tasks and ideas visible and accessible.
- Sticky-note interface
- Color-coded organization
- Simple markdown editing
- iCloud Syncing
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch support
- Lock screen to-do list
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Welcome to Note Box, the quick and simple way to take your notes. The sticky-note style interface is easy to understand and puts what's important right in front of your eyes. The colors let you quickly organize your information without overdoing it. NoteBox keeps it simple so you can stay focused. This app has been used to: - Write books. The color coding of notes allowed a user to mark whether or not his chapters have been completed! - Keep track of what is important to users - Put a to do list as the background of your lock screen. This feature makes your to-do list super accessible while keeping your lock screen looking gorgeous! Features: - Simple markdown editing - Beautiful, easy to use interface - iCloud Syncing - iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch support. - Supports iOS 11 and iOS 10.
One Note Widget
This app allows you to create and pin a single, customizable note directly to your homescreen. Keep important thoughts, reminders, or quotes easily accessible at a glance. Share your notes with others using the built-in sharing feature.
- Homescreen widget for quick access
- Customizable note appearance
- Built-in note sharing
- Simple and user-friendly interface
- Cross-platform availability (macOS, VisionOS)
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Our widget note app is a simple yet powerful note app designed to make your life easier. Easily create and pin a beautiful note widget directly to your homescreen. Keep your important thought, reminder, or quote just a glance away. Key Features - Homescreen Widget: Pin your single note to the homescreen for quick access and reminders. - Customization: Personalize your note with customizable background colors, text colors, fonts, and text sizes. - Share Your Note: Easily share your note with friends and family using the built-in share feature. - Simplicity: Out app is designed to be straightforward and user-friendly. Create, edit, and view your single note with ease. Also available for macOS & VisionOS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: One Note Widget at 4.3 against Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s 3.2. One Note Widget also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s advantage is review sentiment (49% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. One Note Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
One Note Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)'s written reviews are positive against 25% of One Note Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) ships an update every 3 months, One Note Widget every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Box (Minimalistic Notes) | One Note Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (30 ratings) | 4.3 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mumick Mobile LLC | HurryApp LTD |
Customer experience
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
One Note Widget
Bugs and requests
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
Reported bugs
36 issues- Duplicates most recent note and overwrites second most recent
- Occasionally lose an entry or creates a second version
- Unable to open notes after an update
- Notes disappear after reaching a certain number
- Deletes information on its own
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- Changes information from the way it was set up
- Grocery list makes a double copy and erases another note
- All four notes become the same, original notes are gone
- Notes erase or display in double
- Notes disappear after saving or 2 seconds after
- Apparent complete disappearance of created notes
- Deletes and duplicates notes
- Spontaneously deletes notes
- Copies and spams one note multiple times, overwriting others
- App stopped saving new notes
- Changes disappear after closing and reopening the app
- Background color changes with phone orientation
- Deleted notes reappear
- Slow on iPad Air 2 after update
- Cannot open last notes after update
- Need iPhone present to read synced notes on Apple Watch
- Disappears when closing the app
- Cannot read or edit notes in landscape view
- Glitch enlarges notes to fit only one at a time
- Not syncing with Watch OS 3
- Syncing to iWatch appears slow or requires reboot
- Program doesn't work with iPhone off or out of range
- No iCloud safety back-up
- Lost all notes in a phone update despite prior backup
- Doesn't sync well with iWatch
- Changes to notes don't appear on watch without reinstalling watch app
- Works only in landscape on iPads
- Cannot delete a note
- Cannot mark a note as priority
- Constantly crashes when trying to delete notes
- Cannot see typed content when it exceeds one page
Requested features
15 requests- Folders for organization
- Undo functionality
- Home screen widget
- Notification widget
- Option to leave notes unsorted
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- Scroll bars or automatic stretching for blocks
- More color options
- Ability to manage multiple topics
- Ability to scroll lengthy notes
- Tutorial or help menu
- Portrait mode on iPad
- Sync directly with laptops
- Add to notes using dictation on iWatch
- Force touch to refresh watch app notes list
- Sorting by Title/Date/Color
One Note Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)
- Notebox Premium$0.99
One Note Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
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