Comparison

Sticky Board with Widget vs Sticky Notes + Widget Memo

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

Head to head
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.

About

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo

Organize your thoughts with customizable stickies and widgets. Create typed or handwritten notes, organize them with colored folders, and set reminders. Sync across devices and protect your data with password locks.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Colored folders and sub-folders
  • Handwritten and typed notes
  • Note sharing
  • Password protection
  • iCloud sync and backup
  • Customizable backgrounds and icons
Features
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Boost your productivity with these simple and fun colored notes reminders. Customize your home screen with colorful stickies and folders widgets. Take manual backups to keep your note safe just in case. Organize notes with colored folders and sub-folders to efficiently classify your information. Take hand written notes and doodle along with typed once. Share notes as text or a drawing to other supporting apps. Manage deleted items and restore notes you thought you will not need again. Protect and lock your notes and folders with a password. Search for notes and folders if they are out of your sight. Pop your notes with custom backgrounds, or mark the notes with an icon to specify an importance, to classify the information in it, or just for fun. Sort your notes and folders automatically by various criteria, or move them around manually. Type your notes with custom fonts. Schedule reminders notifications in your notes to be reminded of important events. Sync and backup your notes in your iCloud account, so you will be able to access your notes across your iCloud enabled devices. Enjoy the app with no ads and no subscriptions. Sticky Notes is available to you for free for a trial period of 7 days. Mac floating notes version of the app is sold separately.

Screenshots

Sticky Board with Widget4 screens
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sticky Board with Widget at 4.8 against Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's 2.9. Sticky Board with Widget also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (68% vs 48%). Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Sticky Notes + Widget Memo sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Sticky Board with Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sticky Board with Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 159 and 70 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Sticky Board with Widget's written reviews are positive against 48% of Sticky Notes + Widget Memo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sticky Board with Widget versus Sticky Notes + Widget Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Board with WidgetSticky Notes + Widget Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (159 ratings) — better2.9 (70 ratings)
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews — better47.9% of reviews
Number of ratings159 — better70
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBUILD LLCAlina Vetrov

Customer experience

Sticky Board with Widget

All ratings159 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative17.9%

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo

All ratings69 ratings
Positive43.5%
Neutral10.1%
Negative46.4%
Written reviews411 reviews
Positive47.9%
Neutral16.5%
Negative35.5%

Bugs and requests

Sticky Board with Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widgets not loading properly
  • Handwriting not registering correctly
  • Notes not saving or syncing
  • Overlapping text and drawings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add reminders and calendar integration
  • Allow more customization of notes (fonts, colors, layouts)
  • Improve widget functionality and customization
  • Add ability to insert images and files
  • Implement better organization tools (folders, tags, etc.)

In-app purchases

None

Sticky Board with Widget

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Sticky Notes + Widget Memo

One-time7
  • School Theme Pack$0.99
  • Outdoors Theme Pack$0.99
  • Pen Tool Extension$0.99
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  • Fonts Pack$0.99
  • Creepy Theme Pack$0.99
  • iCloud Sync$2.99
  • Sticky Notes Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Sticky Board with Widget free?
Sticky Board with Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sticky Notes + Widget Memo free?
Sticky Notes + Widget Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Board with Widget or Sticky Notes + Widget Memo?
Sticky Board with Widget is rated higher. Sticky Board with Widget averages 4.8 out of 5 from 159 ratings, while Sticky Notes + Widget Memo averages 2.9 from 70 ratings.
Do Sticky Board with Widget or Sticky Notes + Widget Memo have ads?
Sticky Board with Widget shows ads; Sticky Notes + Widget Memo does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Board with Widget or Sticky Notes + Widget Memo?
Sticky Board with Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sticky Notes + Widget Memo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Board with Widget was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sticky Notes + Widget Memo on October 24, 2026.

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