Comparison

Audio Note Widget vs ApptBoard

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

Head to head
About

Audio Note Widget

Quickly record and play audio notes directly from your home or today screen. Add titles, customize appearance, and access voice memos for reminders or personal messages. Compatible with iOS 14 widgets and supports dark mode.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Record and play audio notes
  • Customizable titles and appearance
  • iOS 14 widget compatible
  • Dark mode support
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Audio Note widget allows to record and play an audio note. This is the quickest way to record and play some voice recordings to remember the things that you might forget. Where did you park? what was the code to open the door? what did you had to remember? You can also have a recorded message of the person you like, always with you. A title can be added, and look can be customized. If necessary, you can hide the record button in the Today view (to avoid any unwanted change). Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: 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).

About

ApptBoard

This keyboard app integrates a calendar, allowing users to easily create, edit, and insert schedule details directly into messages and notes. Avoid common scheduling mistakes by quickly referencing and inputting event times and locations.

Highlights
  • Calendar displayed on keyboard
  • Insert schedule contents into messages
  • Create new events via long press
  • Select title, time, place, URL, and notes
  • Accurate scheduling information
Features
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ApptBoard makes scheduling simpler, easier, and more accurately! Using its high functional calendar keyboard, you can create/edit events, and tap the scheduled times and locations to insert them into sentences! Everything is free! Have you ever informed the wrong time and location? How about having messaged a date with the wrong day of the week? Or perhaps, have you ever replied as available while you were not? Then ApptBoard is a perfect keyboard for you! *Inform Schedules Accurately If you open the ApptBoard keyboard when you send a message, you can insert the contents of the schedule from your calendar. In another words, you can message easily and accurately without having to move to your calendar app to cautiously perform a copy and paste. Also, you can create new events by long pressing the time line. Functions: -Displaying the calendar on the keyboard to see if there are any events. * -Inserting the contents of the schedule into messages and notes. * -Selecting title, start time, end time, place, URL, and note. -Inserting the start time and the end time by long pressing the unoccupied hours. *To verify/input the contents of the schedule, the full access has to be enabled in the Settings on the iPhone and the schedule has to be already registered in the standard iPhone calendar.

Screenshots

Audio Note Widget4 screens
ApptBoard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ApptBoard at 86% against Audio Note Widget's 33%. ApptBoard also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Audio Note Widget's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

ApptBoard is free to download; Audio Note Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Note Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Audio Note Widget's written reviews are positive against 86% of ApptBoard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Note Widget ships an update every 6 months, ApptBoard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Audio Note Widget versus ApptBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio Note WidgetApptBoard
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis Bonninichiroc.in

Customer experience

Audio Note Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

ApptBoard

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Audio Note Widget

No in-app purchases

None

ApptBoard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Note Widget free?
Audio Note Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ApptBoard free?
ApptBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Audio Note Widget or ApptBoard?
Audio Note Widget is rated higher. Audio Note Widget averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ApptBoard averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Audio Note Widget or ApptBoard have ads?
Neither Audio Note Widget nor ApptBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Note Widget or ApptBoard?
Audio Note Widget ships an update every 6 months, and ApptBoard every 2 weeks. Most recently, Audio Note Widget was updated on November 6, 2026 and ApptBoard on November 2, 2026.

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