Comparison

Sticky Board with Widget vs Lock Screen Notes

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

Lock Screen Notes

Keep essential notes visible on your iPhone's Lock Screen without needing to unlock your device. This app allows you to jot down reminders, lists, or important information and access it instantly. Customize the appearance with various paper styles, fonts, and even drawings.

Highlights
  • Permanent Lock Screen notes
  • Check off tasks without unlocking
  • Customizable paper styles and fonts
  • Handwriting and drawing tools
  • Add background photos to notes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Write a note. Lock your phone. It's still there. Sticky keeps one note permanently on your iPhone Lock Screen — no unlocking, no opening an app, no searching. Every time you pick up your phone, the thing you must not forget is already in front of you. WHY PEOPLE USE IT • The shopping list you actually see at the shop • The gate code, the door number, the parking spot • Three things to do today, ticked off without unlocking • A sentence you want to keep in front of you CHECK OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Tap a checkbox right on the Lock Screen. The note updates instantly. You never open the app. MAKE IT YOURS 27 papers across six families — amber, sticky, retro, plain, night, calm. Lined, grid, dotted or blank. Choose the handwriting, set the size, make words bold, italic or underlined. MORE THAN TEXT Draw with a pen or a marker. Add a background photo. Everything stays on the card, exactly as you left it. WIDGETS TOO Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, so your note is there even with no connection. YOUR NOTE NEVER LEAVES YOUR DEVICE This is the part we care most about. What you write is stored only on your iPhone and is read directly by the Lock Screen card. It is never uploaded and never travels in a notification. We cannot see it. STICKY PRO The Lock Screen surfaces are part of Sticky Pro, a weekly subscription. You get a free preview during setup, so you see your own note on your own Lock Screen before deciding. Unlock the Full Experience with Sticky Pro: Weekly Subscription: 1 Week – $2.99 And review our Privacy Policy: https://sticky-57171.web.app/privacy.html To use this app, you must agree to our End User License Agreement (EULA), available: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sticky Board with Widget4 screens
Lock Screen Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky Board with Widget at none against Lock Screen Notes's 1. Sticky Board with Widget also leads on ratings volume (161 vs 2). Lock Screen Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lock Screen Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Sticky Board with Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lock Screen Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Board with Widget has 161 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sticky Board with Widget versus Lock Screen Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky Board with WidgetLock Screen Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (161 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings161 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBUILD LLCOguzhan Yildirim

In-app purchases

None

Sticky Board with Widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lock Screen Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Sticky Pro$2.997 Days

Questions

Is Sticky Board with Widget free?
Sticky Board with Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lock Screen Notes free?
Lock Screen Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Board with Widget or Lock Screen Notes?
Lock Screen Notes is rated higher. Sticky Board with Widget averages 4.8 out of 5 from 161 ratings, while Lock Screen Notes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sticky Board with Widget or Lock Screen Notes have ads?
Sticky Board with Widget shows ads; Lock Screen Notes does not.

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