Tiny Notes vs Still Waiting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Notes
Securely store your private notes, passwords, and sensitive information with advanced biometric and password protection. Keep your data locked away without cloud sync, and access it instantly with Face ID or Touch ID.
- Password & PIN protection
- Face ID & Touch ID unlock
- No cloud sync
- Smart data detection
- Unlimited notes
- Dark Mode support
- Print and share options
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Keep your private notes, passwords, and sensitive data locked away with Tiny Notes — the secure note vault with Face ID, Touch ID, and master password protection. Instantly lock your secret diary, PIN-protected memos, or hidden journal with biometric unlock in seconds. Features • Password & PIN protection — lock every note behind a master password • Face ID & Touch ID unlock — instant biometric access to your secret vault • Stays private — no cloud sync, no account required • Smart data detection — tap phone numbers, URLs & addresses to act on them instantly • Unlimited notes — store as many private notes as you need • Dark Mode support • Haptic feedback — satisfying tactile response on all modern iPhones • Print via AirPrint or copy lists to clipboard • Share by AirDrop, Message or Mail • Split Screen support for iPad • Supports Portrait and Landscape orientations • Available on iPhone, iPad & Mac Note: For your security, Tiny Notes does not store your master password anywhere. If you need to reset it, reinstall the app from the App Store. We recommend keeping your password in a safe place.
Still Waiting
This minimalist app helps you track and visualize the duration of your waits for significant events. It features a simple daily tap to confirm your continued anticipation, providing clear statistics and widgets to make your wait tangible. Designed for calm and intentional use, it focuses on presence without intrusive notifications.
- Daily tap ritual
- Total days waited and streak tracking
- Clean stats view
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Live Activities and Dynamic Island support
- Shareable social media images
- Light and Dark Mode support
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Still Waiting is a minimalist iOS app to track and share the wait for something meaningful — games, movies, or personal milestones. You tap once a day to confirm you’re still waiting. That’s it. The app calculates total days waited, daily streaks, and simple stats that make the wait visible everywhere on iOS. Designed to be calm, clean, and intentional, Still Waiting focuses on presence instead of notifications or noise. Features • One daily tap ritual • Total days waited and streak tracking • Clean stats view • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Shareable images for social media • Light and Dark Mode support Free & Pro Free users can track their wait and use basic widgets. Pro unlocks Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, Dynamic Island, and alternate app icons. No accounts. No clutter. Just the wait. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by any game publisher or studio. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Still Waiting at none against Tiny Notes's shown. Still Waiting also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Tiny Notes's advantage is ratings volume (298 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Tiny Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Still Waiting sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Still Waiting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Notes has 298 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Tiny Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Still Waiting's.
| Parameter | Tiny Notes | Still Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (298 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 298 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miroslav Otsedarski | Kevinho Morales |
Customer experience
Tiny Notes
Still Waiting
Bugs and requests
Tiny Notes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes disappear after renaming
- Information disappears during editing
- Cannot retrieve lost data
- Cannot change password (no keyboard)
Requested features
4 requests- Default sorting option (alphabetical descending)
- Ability to save data as encrypted zip for backup/restore
- Adjustable font size
- Confirmation before deleting notes
Still Waiting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Notes
- Remove Ads$1.99
Still Waiting
- Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
Questions
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