A Microsoft Sticky Notes alternative, matched to what you need
Need a Microsoft Sticky Notes alternative? Match the app to the limit you hit: notes on top, notes tied to your work, undo, or notes kept off your mailbox.
Out of sight, out of mind? Notes that show up where you need them
A note you cannot see is a note you forget. How to keep notes where you will see them: on the window or web page they are about, at a place, or at a time.
Can Mac Stickies sync to iPhone?
Mac Stickies has no sync and no iPhone app. How to get your stickies onto your iPhone, and which sticky notes apps sync between Mac and iPhone.
Record and transcribe a meeting on Android
How to record a meeting and get a transcript on Android: what Pixel's Recorder does, where TackNote fits, and which one suits your phone.
How to put a sticky note on a web page in Chrome
Chrome can bookmark a page or save it to your reading list, but it cannot put a note on the page itself. Here is what Chrome offers, and how to tack a note to any web page.
Sticky notes on a Chromebook
What a Chromebook offers for notes out of the box (Google Keep, Cursive, the reading list), what each is good for, and how to put a note on a web page.
The Sticky Notes equivalent on a Mac, for Windows switchers
Microsoft Sticky Notes has no Mac app. What Windows switchers can use instead: Stickies, Sticky Notes on the web, or notes tied to your work.
The best sticky notes app for Windows, and how to pick one
Microsoft Sticky Notes, Stickies, Notezilla, Simple Sticky Notes and TackNote compared on price, sync and notes that stay with your work.
Your Windows sticky notes disappeared. Here is how to get them back
Microsoft Sticky Notes gone missing? The usual causes, Microsoft's own steps to get the notes list and synced notes back, and how to stop it happening.
How to keep a note on top of a window in Windows 11
How to keep a note on top of one specific window, document or browser tab in Windows 11, and why always-on-top is not the same thing.
Sticky notes per virtual desktop on Windows 11
Keep different sticky notes on each Windows 11 virtual desktop, or have one note follow you to all of them, even after a restart.
Record a meeting and get notes on your iPhone
How to record a meeting on iPhone and get a transcript, decisions and to-dos on one note, transcribed and summarized on the phone. Coming to iPhone this month (October 2026).
Notes that remind you at a place on iPhone
Tie a note to a place on iPhone so it finds you when you arrive, with the checklist, photo or recording still on it. Coming to iPhone this month (October 2026).
The Post-it app for Mac is going away. What to use instead
3M retires the Post-it app on September 29, 2026. How to export your boards first, and which Mac sticky notes app fits the way you used it.
A free sticky notes app for Mac, and when free is enough
Your Mac already has three free sticky notes options: Stickies, Notes and Freeform. What each one does well, and when a paid app is worth it.
Your Stickies vanished after a restart. Here is how to get them back
Stickies keeps each note as a file in a folder you can restore. Where macOS stores them, how Time Machine brings them back, and the fix when notes exist but will not show.
How to pin a note to a browser tab on your Mac
A note about one web page should not follow you to every other page. Here is how to tie a note to a single tab in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Firefox, Edge, or Brave.
Notes that stay on screen without getting in the way
Always on top notes solve the burial problem and create a clutter problem. Here is the middle path: notes that appear only when the work they belong to is in front of you.
Your Mac sticky notes disappeared. Here is what happened
Sticky notes vanish on a Mac for a handful of predictable reasons: Spaces, full screen apps, restarts, and Stickies own database. Here is how to get them back.
Why sticky notes disappear in fullscreen on a Mac
Take an app fullscreen and your sticky note vanishes. That is not a bug, it is how macOS Spaces work. Here is the real cause, why the usual workarounds fall short, and what actually fixes it.
Why almost no Mac app knows which document you have open
macOS tells an app which window is in front and what its title is, and almost nothing else. Here is what we ran into building notes that follow the exact tab, document, or conversation you are actually looking at.
Apple Notes vs sticky notes on the Mac
Apple Notes is a filing cabinet. Sticky notes are a bulletin board. They solve different problems, and using the wrong one is why your reminders keep getting missed.
The best sticky notes app for Mac, and how to pick one
Most Mac sticky note apps solve the wrong half of the problem. Here are the five things that actually matter, and an honest look at where each option lands.
Stick your notes to your work, not your desktop
Your desktop is the one surface you almost never look at, which is exactly where most notes end up. Here is what changes when a note is stuck to the work it belongs to instead.
One Week In
A week after launching: an honest update on what shipped, how the trial actually works, and what's coming next.
How to keep notes visible while editing in DaVinci Resolve on Mac
Resolve fills the whole screen, so your reminders get buried on the desktop. Here's how to pin a note to a specific project and page so it shows up exactly where the work is.
The problem with Apple Stickies (and what to use instead)
Stickies are great until the app you're working in goes full-screen and your note vanishes behind it. Here's why that happens, and a note that knows where it belongs.
Per-tab notes in Google Sheets: stop losing your place
A note that sticks to one sheet tab, not the whole document. Bind a reminder to a single Google Sheets tab so it appears only when you're on the rows it's about.