Second Notes vs AirSticky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Second Notes
A text editor for creating notes with live Markdown formatting. Sync notes across your iOS devices and Mac via iCloud. Export notes as text files and import from other applications.
- Live Markdown formatting
- iCloud sync
- Cross-device compatibility (iOS/Mac)
- Export to text file
- Import from other apps
- Text search
- Keyboard shortcuts
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Second Notes is an text editor for making a note with Live Markdown in your iCloud folder. You can share the note with your iOS devices via Second Notes for Mac. And Live Markdown automatically indents lists and quoted strings, and changes font to bold or italic. ## Features - Typing text with Live Markdown - iCloud and Second Notes for iOS - Exporting a note as a text file to iCloud Drive - Importing a text file from other applications - Text search in whole Notes - Keyboard shortcuts - Autosaving - Dynamic Type
AirSticky
Place digital sticky notes on real-world surfaces using augmented reality. Create text, handwritten, or URL-based notes that appear anchored to your environment.
- Place notes on detected surfaces
- Text-only notes
- Handwritten notes
- Notes with website URLs
- Utilizes ARKit framework
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As an experimentation with Apple ARKit framework, this app allows you to add sticky notes to detected surfaces like a vertical wall or horizontal desk surface. Currently, you can: - Add sticky notes with text only (less than 160 characters) - Scribble a hand drawn note - Or notes with website URL
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AirSticky at Free against Second Notes's $0.99. AirSticky also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
AirSticky is free to download; Second Notes costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Second Notes ships an update every 6 months, AirSticky every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Second Notes | AirSticky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goldbug Software | Shunzhe Ma |
Customer experience
Second Notes
AirSticky
In-app purchases
Second Notes
No in-app purchases
AirSticky
No in-app purchases
