Note Widget vs Sticky Notes Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Widget
Add customizable text widgets to your iOS home screen. Quickly view and edit notes, reminders, or inspirational quotes with various formatting options. Supports dark mode and allows multiple widgets displayed in organized lists.
- Customizable text widgets
- Home screen integration
- View and edit notes
- Font and color customization
- Markdown and pseudo HTML support
- Dark mode support
- Multiple widget lists
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Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, with a simple top to bottom swipe, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Note widget allows to view user defined text. This is perfect to quickly view and edit some notes and reminders or to give you inspiration with your favourite quotes. The text can be displayed in different ways (by changing the size, the font, the color, the alignment). Markdown and pseudo HTML are partially handled and allows to easily add some specific colors and text formatting. The text can be quickly edited by touching it. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).
Sticky Notes Widgets
Create and edit notes and drawings to display as widgets on your home and lock screens. Supports Apple Pencil, finger drawing, and typing. Customize appearance and combine text with drawings for versatile use.
- Create notes and drawings
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Pencil and finger drawing
- Text and drawing combination
- Customizable backgrounds and colors
- Zoom for detail
- Share as image or text
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Quickly create & edit notes and drawings to display as widgets on your home screen & lock screen. Draw with Apple Pencil, your finger, or use the keyboard to type. Customize backgrounds, colors, and fonts. Zoom in on drawings for finer details. Combine text and drawing on the same note. Share your notes as images or text. Import/export your notes to edit between multiple devices. Great for quick reminders, todo lists, brainstorming, sketching, home screen aesthetics or just quickly jotting anything down! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sticky Notes Widgets at Free against Note Widget's $0.99. Sticky Notes Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (501 vs 32). Note Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On rating, 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
Sticky Notes Widgets is free to download; Note Widget costs $0.99 up front. Sticky Notes Widgets sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Note Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Notes Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes Widgets has 501 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Note Widget's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sticky Notes Widgets's.
Note Widget ships an update every 4 months, Sticky Notes Widgets every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Note Widget | Sticky Notes Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (32 ratings) | 4.6 (501 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 74.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 501 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Neat Software Co. |
Customer experience
Note Widget
Sticky Notes Widgets
Bugs and requests
Note Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sticky Notes Widgets
Reported bugs
10 issues- Widgets not updating after note edits
- Notes randomly overwritten with duplicates of other notes
- Widget display freezing or not connecting
- Corrupted .json backup files on import
- Apple Pencil glitches during writing
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- Text disappears when switching between typing and handwriting modes
- Widgets not displaying saved notes
- App crashes on older iOS versions
- Sync between iPad and iPhone not working automatically
- Extra large widget quality degradation
Requested features
16 requests- iCloud sync across all devices
- Transparent background option
- Checkbox/bullet point lists with toggle functionality
- Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) for selected text
- Partial text size adjustment (not whole note)
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- Additional note templates and styles
- Tape stickers and decorative elements
- More widget size options
- Direct widget editing without opening app
- Lock screen widget support
- Apple Watch app
- Mac app support
- Indent functionality
- Gradient color options
- Full-screen editing mode
- Ability to mix handwriting and typing on same note
In-app purchases
Note Widget
No in-app purchases
Sticky Notes Widgets
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$6.99
- Jot Pro: Lifetime$9.99
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