Comparison

Color Notes vs Sticky Notes Widget+

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

Head to head
About

Color Notes

Capture thoughts and tasks with a digital notebook. Create, edit, and organize notes with customizable colors. Sync across devices to keep your ideas accessible anywhere, eliminating the need for physical notepads.

Highlights
  • Create, delete, and edit notes
  • Organize with customizable colors
  • Virtual online notebook
  • To-do list functionality
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Multiple device support
Features
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Color Notes is great for those quick notes! Just add a note to your online notebook and start saving your notes virtually. Truly a great tool for making to-do lists while on the go without using a notepad pen or paper. A US-based simple sticky notebook with a clean interface that's powerful enough to replace overly complicated, bloated note-taking apps, color note allows you to create, delete and edit notes with a variety of options and colors just like a traditional notepad or text notebook. Keep your sticky notes handy in the cloud with multiple device support. Term of use https://onlinenotebook.net/about-us.php Privacy Policy https://onlinenotebook.net/privacy.php

About

Sticky Notes Widget+

Organize your life with customizable sticky notes displayed directly on your home screen. Quickly create and access important tasks, lists, and information with various widget sizes and color options.

Highlights
  • Create personalized sticky notes
  • Display notes on home screen widgets
  • Multiple widget sizes (small, big, rectangle)
  • Customizable note colors
  • Format notes for quick access
Features
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Create personalized Sticky Notes to organize your life and make the most out of Widgets by displaying them on your home screen! Sticky Notes Widget helps you create and organize Sticky Notes + Widget to keep important tasks in mind and display them on your home screen for quick access. Create stickies instantly! - Three widget sizes: Small square, Big square, Rectangle. - Bring important information and lists to your home screen via Widgets. - Customization: format a sticky note and pick through different note colors. Premium Subscriptions and purchases: - Subscribed users have unlimited use of the App and access to all of its Premium features without ads. - Non-subscribed users can use each Premium feature for a limited time. - Users can subscribe to three different plans: weekly, monthly, and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions. - Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: http://vulcanlabs.co/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: http://vulcanlabs.co/privacy-policy/ Any questions? Contact us: support@vulcanlabs.co

Screenshots

Color Notes4 screens
Sticky Notes Widget+3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Color Notes at none against Sticky Notes Widget+'s shown. Sticky Notes Widget+'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Color Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Sticky Notes Widget+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Color Notes against 4.1 for Sticky Notes Widget+. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 640 and 259 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of Color Notes's written reviews are positive against 8% of Sticky Notes Widget+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, Sticky Notes Widget+ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Color Notes versus Sticky Notes Widget+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor NotesSticky Notes Widget+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (640 ratings)4.1 (259 ratings)
Positive reviews14.5% of reviews — better7.7% of reviews
Number of ratings640 — better259
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHagens Media, LLC.SMART WIDGET LABS COMPANY LIMITED

Customer experience

Color Notes

All ratings640 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews235 reviews
Positive14.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative82.1%

Sticky Notes Widget+

All ratings259 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative84.6%

User reviews

Color Notes

From 640 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and fast
  • 📝 Great note-taking app
  • 🎨 Useful color-coding
  • 👍 Versatile and useful

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lost all notes after update
  • 🐛 Syncing issues
  • 🔍 Difficult to find old notes
  • 💸 Too many ads
  • 🔒 Unable to access account on new device

Sticky Notes Widget+

From 259 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great idea for a tool
  • 👍 Versatile for various uses
  • 👍 Good tutorials available
  • 👍 Offers text formatting options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Notes randomly delete
  • 🐛 Notes disappear when editing
  • 🐛 Widget display issues
  • 🐛 Lifetime purchase re-prompted
  • 🐛 Intrusive and frequent ads

Bugs and requests

Color Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Losing all notes after updates
  • Inability to access old notes
  • Saving and syncing issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Reminders feature
  • Ability to print notes
  • Better syncing across devices

Sticky Notes Widget+

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Notes delete when opened for edit
  • All notes randomly deleted
  • List not displaying in widget view
  • Notes disappear while working on them
  • Oldest note deleted when creating new one (free version)
Show 9 more
  • App randomly goes blank
  • To-do list erased
  • No option to add widget after ads
  • Fonts change in widget
  • App asks to pay again after lifetime purchase
  • Widget border color issue
  • Notes turn into serif font on widget
  • Changes to notes don't show in widget
  • Sticky notes not showing under installable widgets

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improve widget appearance
  • Fix font and color issues in widget
  • Ensure notes are recoverable
  • Restore lifetime purchase functionality
  • Reduce ad frequency
Show 3 more
  • Offer more background color options
  • Clarify premium features
  • Improve app site design

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$7.991 Month
3 purchases

Sticky Notes Widget+

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Color Notes free?
Color Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sticky Notes Widget+ free?
Sticky Notes Widget+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Color Notes or Sticky Notes Widget+?
Color Notes and Sticky Notes Widget+ are both rated 4.1 out of 5 on the App Store, from 640 and 259 ratings respectively.
Do Color Notes or Sticky Notes Widget+ have ads?
Sticky Notes Widget+ shows ads; Color Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Color Notes or Sticky Notes Widget+?
Color Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, and Sticky Notes Widget+ weekly. Most recently, Color Notes was updated on October 13, 2026 and Sticky Notes Widget+ on October 6, 2026.

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