Comparison

Sticky Notes vs iNote

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes

This app allows you to jot down ideas and reminders in a fun, visually engaging way. Decorate your digital notes with a wide variety of magnets, papers, and fridge styles, or even create custom pixel art magnets. Share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Create notes quickly and easily
  • Reminders with calendar and alarm
  • Over 100 magnets and icons
  • Custom pixel art magnet creation
  • Variety of paper, color, and font options
  • Multiple fridge styles
  • Share notes via social media
Features
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Note your ideas in a unique way with MemoCool, the funniest notepad app! If you love decorating your fridge but also need to write down anything wherever you are ... don't worry! With MemoCool you can take the notes from your fridge in your pocket! MAGNETIZE YOUR IDEAS Enjoy writing down any idea or reminder easily and give personality to your notes with over 100 magnets to choose from, different types of paper, typeface, colors ... even the style of your fridge! CUSTOM MAGNETS Furthermore, with MemoCool you'll discover the artist in you, thanks to custom magnets with Pyssla or Hama beads. Unleash your creativity and make exclusive Pixel Art magnets for your notes! MEMOCOOL FEATURES ◆ Create notes quickly and easily ◆ Reminders with calendar and alarm ◆ Enjoy the most realistic and fun HD visual experience ◆ 108 great magnets to stick your notes. Many more icons to come! ◆ 8 spaces for your Pixel Art custom drawings, with Pyssla and Hama beads design. ◆ 24 types of paper (regular, notebook, parchment, animals) , 36 colors and 4 special effects for your notes. ◆ 12 different typographies, font size and text alignment ◆ 18 fridge styles (retro, cute, vinyl wrap, animal print) ◆ Share your notes through Facebook, Twitter, etc. ◆ Trash recovery function, so you don't lose any notes, so you can always keep your fridge door clean ;) ◆ Free app. Release all features with Memocoins!

About

iNote

Organize your thoughts, tasks, and lists using a vibrant color-coding system. Add images, set reminders, and sync across devices with iCloud. View notes in various layouts and even pin them to your Today Board widget.

Highlights
  • Organize notes by color
  • Attach photos to notes
  • iCloud sync and backup
  • Checklist notes for to-do lists
  • Reminders and calendar view
  • Pin notes to Today Board widget
Features
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iNote Free is a simple and quick sticky notepad app. This helps you organize your notes, memos, messages, emails, shopping lists, check lists and to-do lists by COLOR. Taking color notes with iNote is never easier than before. MANAGE NOTE BY COLOR Each note has a main color so you can group these notes by a color-category in a professional way like: memos, to-do lists, shopping lists, emails, travels, and ideas... ADD IMAGES TO NOTE Notes now can attach photos. All photos are sync with iCloud too. DISPLAY NOTE WITH MANY OPTIONS You can view your notes in grid (like sticky note), quick list, or detail list. This app helps you sort notes by color, remind time, updated time, created time, or title name. So you can view these note quickly and super easily. SYNC WITH ICLOUD, NEVER LOST YOUR NOTE Your notes is sync with your iCloud account, so you can take note on iPhone and use on your iPad and vise versa. You will never lost note because your data is saved on iCloud. BACKUP & IMPORT EASILY You can backup your data, send via email then import them on all of your devices when ever you want. This app supports importing notes from ColorNote app on other devices, so you will never miss your notes. FAST CREATE TODO LIST In the checklist mode, you can take note quickly and re-arrange to-do items easily. When clicking on each item, you can check or un-check as done by a quick tap. Checked item will be slashed like the way you check them on your notebook. REMIND AND CALENDAR With each note, you can add a reminder. Then the app will notify you when the even happens. You can also repeat these events daily, weekly, monthly or yearly depend on your settings. And you can view these events in calendar mode. It will help you have a quick view of events on specific month and day. PIN ON TODAY BOARD WIDGET You now can pin notes on to Today Board up to 12 notes, then you can access these note every where, at any time you need from Notification Center. KEY FEATURES: - Organize notes by color, display with many layout options - Attach photos to note - Sync with iCloud, backup and import notes - Checklist notes for To do list and Shopping list - Remind notes and calendar - Pin notes on Today Board iNote supports up to 12 languages: English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian. The list will be continue updated.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
iNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sticky Notes at 84% against iNote's 49%. Sticky Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.1). iNote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 340). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sticky Notes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and iNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sticky Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNote has 2.4K ratings behind it against 340, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Sticky Notes's written reviews are positive against 49% of iNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update every 2 months, iNote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sticky Notes versus iNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesiNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (340 ratings) — better4.1 (2.4K ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better49.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3402.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNALADEX STUDIOS SLCONG DUC TRAN

Customer experience

Sticky Notes

All ratings340 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative9.7%

iNote

All ratings2,352 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews821 reviews
Positive49.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative36.7%

User reviews

Sticky Notes

From 340 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Cute and fun
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Customizable notes
  • 🎮 Fun mini-games
  • ✨ Creative and whimsical

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔒 No account sync/backup
  • 📵 Intrusive ads
  • 🔄 Lack of rotation support

iNote

From 2.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Color-coded notes for organization
  • 🔒 Ability to lock individual notes
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Seamless syncing across devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and app freezes
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding and editing notes
  • 💸 Excessive ads in free version
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly

Bugs and requests

Sticky Notes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App not opening/loading
  • Notes and data loss
  • Compatibility issues with new OS versions
  • Sharing/exporting problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options
  • Ability to cross off/mark completed tasks
  • Syncing across devices
  • More games and activities
  • Support for stylus/pen input

iNote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes disappearing after updates
  • White text on white background making notes unreadable
  • Inability to rearrange items in checklists

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve search and filtering options
  • Allow custom font and text formatting
  • Provide backup and restore options

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sticky Notes

One-time10
  • PACK LITE$0.99
  • PACK BASIC 50% OFF$0.99
  • PACK BASIC$1.99
Show 7 more
  • PACK POPULAR 50% OFF$2.99
  • PACK POPULAR$4.99
  • PACK PREMIUM 50% OFF$4.99
  • PACK POPULAR$5.99
  • PACK PREMIUM$9.99
  • PACK BEST VALUE 50% OFF$9.99
  • PACK BEST VALUE$19.99
1 purchases

iNote

One-time1
  • ColorNote Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iNote free?
iNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes or iNote?
Sticky Notes is rated higher. Sticky Notes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 340 ratings, while iNote averages 4.1 from 2.4K ratings.
Do Sticky Notes or iNote have ads?
iNote shows ads; Sticky Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or iNote?
Sticky Notes ships an update every 2 months, and iNote every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and iNote on November 2, 2026.

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