# Sticky Notes text widget

> Add text notes to home screen

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ru.angryrobot.textwidget](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ru.angryrobot.textwidget)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ru.angryrobot.textwidget`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Angry Robot
- **Category:** PERSONALIZATION
- **Downloads:** 56,827
- **Rating:** 3.78 / 5 (616 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-20
- **First published:** 2023-03-20
- **Publisher country:** RU
- **Size:** 39 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.angryrobot.textwidget)
- **Website:** [https://angryrobot.ru/](https://angryrobot.ru/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://angryrobot.ru/textwidget/policy/](https://angryrobot.ru/textwidget/policy/)

## Description

The Sticky Notes Text Widget Chrome extension allows users to create and add customizable text notes directly to their device's home screen. Perfect for reminders, motivational quotes, or learning foreign words, this flexible widget supports a variety of backgrounds, fonts, and a dark theme to reduce eye strain. Users can personalize text size, color, and alignment to suit their needs. Additionally, sticky notes can automatically change their content on touch or at set intervals for dynamic updates.

## Rankings

- #283,960 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `ru.angryrobot.textwidget.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users find Sticky Notes text widget simple, customizable, and very useful for displaying notes on the home screen. Positive points include nice colors, transparency options, and versatility. However, multiple reviews complain about frequent and intrusive full-screen ads that disrupt typing and usability. Some users report bugs with widgets disappearing after updates and desire features like backup, programmable tap actions, and better font size options. Overall, while the core functionality is praised, the aggressive advertising and lack of certain features frustrate many users.

### Pros

- Simple and powerful sticky note widget for the home screen
- Highly customizable with various text styles, colors, and transparency options
- Useful for organizing apps, displaying quotes, and reminders
- No annoying ads as per some users and easy to use
- Allows creating transparent notes right on the home screen

### Cons

- Intrusive full-screen ads appearing frequently, sometimes after every few taps
- Ads disrupt the usability heavily, making it nearly unusable for some users
- Lack of backup or export/import feature to save notes
- Widget tap behavior opens settings instead of being programmable or cycling through notes
- Widgets created disappearing or issues after updates leading to loss of data

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ru.angryrobot.textwidget)