Simple Sticky Notes vs Stickier

Simple Sticky Notes

• Windows users who want reminders stuck to the desktop
• Short checklists and quick notes that stay in view while working
• Offices that need a notes tool that is free for commercial use

Stickier

• Mac users who want floating sticky notes that sync through iCloud
• Keeping a short checklist on top of other windows
• Showing a note in an iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen widget

Simple Sticky Notes

• Windows only: it runs on Windows 7 through 11, including Arm64 versions of Windows 10 and 11.
• Notes are kept in a local Notes.db file, and moving them to another PC is done with the backup and restore functions.
• Restoring a backup permanently deletes every note currently in the app, including trashed ones.
• The freeware license allows the maker to place announcements of its other products in the software.

Stickier

• It runs on Apple devices only: the site lists a macOS app and an iOS app, with no Windows, Android or web version.
• The Mac app is free, but the iPhone and iPad app is a separate $4.99 purchase on the US App Store.
• Sync runs through iCloud; the site and the store listings name no other sync service.
• The Mac app requires macOS 13.1 or later, and Stickier Mobile requires iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or later.

Simple Sticky Notes

Desktop sticky notes

Double-clicking the tray icon adds a note to the desktop. Each note can be hidden, recolored and given its own opacity.

Alarm reminders

A note can be given an alarm so that it reminds you of a task at a set time.

Checklists

Checkboxes turn a note into a checklist, with indented child items that follow their parent when it is checked or unchecked.

Note Explorer

One window shows all notes, searches them, sorts them into notebooks and gives access to deleted notes.

Print, export and share

Notes can be printed, exported as text or RTF files, and shared to Twitter and WhatsApp.

Themes, sounds and dark mode

The site's Store offers note themes and alarm sounds that install by double-clicking an .ssnex file, and the app has a dark mode.

Stickier

Sticky note windows

On the Mac each note opens in its own window, which can be collapsed, kept always on top of other windows, and lined up with a snap-to-grid option.

iCloud sync

Notes save automatically and sync through iCloud between Macs, iPhones and iPads. Custom note colors sync across devices as well.

Note revisions

A revisions button on the note toolbar shows recent revisions of a note, and a Restore button replaces the current text with an earlier revision.

Formatting, bullets and checkboxes

Notes take bold, italic, underlined and struck-through text and web links. Bullets and checkboxes repeat on the next line and can be indented.

Menu bar and quick note shortcut

The Mac app offers optional menu bar access and a global shortcut key for quick notes. A second shortcut can show the notes list window.

Widgets on iPhone and iPad

Stickier Mobile shows notes in Home Screen, Today View and Lock Screen widgets, and the widget text size can be changed in Settings.

Simple Sticky Notes

• Simple Sticky Notes$0

  The full Windows app. Themes and sounds from the site's Store are added as extension files, with no prices shown.

Stickier

• Stickier$0

  The Mac app, free on the Mac App Store with no in-app purchases listed. Requires macOS 13.1 or later.

• Stickier Mobile$4.99

  one-time purchase (US App Store)

  The iPhone and iPad companion app, with Home Screen, Today View and Lock Screen widgets. Supports Family Sharing; requires iOS 16.4 or later.