CoCoCal vs Widget Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CoCoCal
This app offers a unique timeline view for your existing calendars, allowing you to zoom in for details or out for an overview. It enables intuitive scrolling through time and supports custom timespans beyond standard daily, weekly, or monthly views.
- Zoomable timeline view
- Intuitive time scrolling
- Custom timespan options
- Uses existing device calendars
- International timescale support
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• Zoom in or out - view details or look at the big picture. • Scroll and move intuitively by swiping back and forth in time. • Custom timespan - not limited to fixed day, week, month or year. • Uses the existing calendars from your iPhone or iPad and their colors. No separate data. • Add additional timescales for international context.
Widget Notes
Create physical-like sticky notes directly on your phone's home screen. Set scheduled reminders for important tasks. Syncs seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices via iCloud.
- Home screen sticky notes
- Scheduled reminders
- iCloud sync
- Cross-device compatibility
- Simple interface
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Sticky Notes can be a great way to remember things that you need to do when you are on your phone. Widget Notes app offers a simple and no-fuss approach to give you very physical like sticky notes that stick to your homescreen. No complicated settings, not control panels, nothing. You just make sticky notes on your phone! You can also get reminded about a sticky note at a scheduled time. You will receive a reminder notification for your sticky note when it's time. Widget notes works and syncs with Mac companion sticky notes app, that you can get here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sticky-notes-post-it-notes/id1619602800 You can install Sticky Notes on as many iPhone, iPads, or Mac devices as you like. Your sticky notes are synced across all your devices through iCloud for a seamless experience. Sticky Notes provides most reliable and up to date experience supporting latest iOS 15, iPadOS 15, M1 Macs and latest macOS 12 Monterey. Have anything else you'd like to suggest? l'd love to hear from you > pawankdixit@icloud.com #Tags sticky notes,widget notes,homescreen notes,sticky notes on homescreen,sticky notes widget, sticky note,post it note,stickies,sticky notes,sticky widget,post it,post-it,desktop sticky notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CoCoCal at 81% against Widget Notes's 0%. CoCoCal also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Widget Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads, 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
CoCoCal costs $3.99 and Widget Notes $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CoCoCal holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoCoCal has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of CoCoCal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Widget Notes's.
CoCoCal ships an update every 5 months, Widget Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CoCoCal | Widget Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frank O. Martin | Pawan Dixit |
Customer experience
CoCoCal
Widget Notes
In-app purchases
CoCoCal
No in-app purchases
Widget Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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