Now on Google Play · v1.25

Sticky notes that float on top of any app.

Write a note, tap "Float on screen", and it stays visible above your trading app, your browser, your calendar — wherever you are. Stretch it to half the screen or shrink it to a bubble. 100% on-device. No ads. No accounts. No tracking.

100% on-device No ads, no tracking No account needed Android 7.0+
Why StickyHover

Notes apps make you switch context. StickyHover doesn't.

Built for traders, students, doctors and freelancers who work across multiple apps and need their notes to follow.

Always visible

Notes float as draggable, resizable windows on top of every app. Move them. Resize them. Shrink them to a bubble and park them in a corner.

100% private

Zero analytics, zero trackers, zero accounts. Your notes never leave your phone. Backups go directly to your Google Drive.

Built for speed

Cold-starts in under a second. OCR runs on-device. Works without an account or a connection. No login, no signup, no setup screens.

What's newv1.25
  • Floating notes resize freely — from a one-line strip to half the screen — and scroll both ways
  • Minimized notes: 8 shapes in 3 sizes, including edge tab, corner fold and hairline Pro
  • Undo, redo, formatting and text size in a bar pinned right above the keyboard
  • Quick-add bubble: pick its icon; it never gets stuck in a corner again Pro icons
  • Day, date and time on every note — list, reading view, floating, widget, shared cards
  • Long notes share as multi-page image cards; voice memos show on widgets and shared cards
  • A clear message if Pro isn't purchasable in your region yet, with Retry
See it move

Three things no other notes app does.

Pure CSS demos of the real behaviour — no video, nothing loaded from anywhere.

Resize to a strip, or to half the screen

Drag the corner. The note keeps every line and scrolls both ways.

Free · v1.25

Shrink a note to almost nothing

Sphere, pill, edge tab, corner fold — 8 shapes, 3 sizes, your note's colour.

Pro · Sphere is free

The toolbar rides the keyboard

Undo, redo, bold, heading, highlight and text size — always one tap away while you type.

Free · v1.25
Premium floating effects — Pro

Notes that fold into bubbles — and float around your screen.

Collapse any floating sticky into a tidy chat-head bubble, fling it anywhere, tap to bring it back full size. Multiple notes, multiple colours, all live on top of whatever you're doing. Here's the effect playing:

1

Float over anything.

The core of StickyHover — and most of it is free.

Free

One floating note, every app, every time.

Tap the float button. Your note becomes a draggable window on top of whatever app you're using — with its title, date and a scrollbar when the text runs long. Stack as many as you want with Pro.

  • Drag anywhere on screen
  • Resize by dragging the corner — from a one-line strip to half the screen
  • Set opacity per note — free
  • Per-app context: show only on your trading app, hide on WhatsApp (Pro)
A yellow sticky note floating over the Android home screen, with a quick-add bubble at the left edge
Free New in v1.25

From a one-line strip to half the screen.

Drag the corner and a floating note now resizes freely in both directions — down to a single line, up to half your screen. Whatever size you pick, the whole note stays readable: scroll up and down, and sideways too, right inside the sticky. The window never moves while you scroll.

  • Shrink to a one-line strip that stays out of the way
  • Grow up to half the screen for long notes
  • Two-way scrolling with slim scrollbars
  • The size you choose is remembered per note
A floating note shrunk to a compact one-line strip with vertical and horizontal scrollbars, next to the home-screen search bar
Pro

Five notes on screen. Or fifteen.

Stack a checklist, a trip plan and a photo note side by side — each with its own size, colour and position. Turn on Card deck and three or more notes fan into a tidy cascade at one corner; tap any card's title to bring it to the front.

  • Unlimited floating notes at once
  • Each remembers its own size and place
  • Card deck cascade when 3+ notes are open
  • Glass blur, spring drag and edge snap on every note
Three floating notes of different colours and sizes spread over the home screen The same three notes fanned into a card-deck cascade
Pro New in v1.25

Shrink a note to almost nothing.

Minimize a floating sticky and choose what it becomes: a sphere, a flat dot, a pill with the note's first word, a folded sticky corner — or something tiny that docks to the screen edge and stays out of the way: an edge tab, a corner fold, a micro dot or a hairline. Three sizes each, always in the note's own colour.

  • 8 minimized shapes × 3 sizes
  • Edge tab, Corner and Hairline dock to the nearest edge
  • Tap to bring the note back full size
  • Sphere stays free for everyone
Three notes minimized into pills labelled Sunset, Grocery and Weekend over the home screen The same notes minimized into small spheres with their initials
Free

A quick-add bubble that's always one tap away.

Switch on the floating bubble and keep it on screen over any app. Tap it and a fresh note pops up ready to type — perfect for catching a thought the moment it strikes. Since v1.25 it parks half off the edge when idle, never gets stuck under the navigation bar, and you can pick its face.

  • Floating button over any app
  • Tap to start a new note instantly
  • Drag it anywhere — it tucks to the edge
  • Icon styles: Plus (free), Pencil, Sticky or Spark (Pro)
Floating effects settings showing the quick-add bubble toggle and four bubble icon styles
Free

Edit a floating note right where it floats.

No more hopping back into the app. Tap the pencil on any floating note to change the text, switch its colour, copy, paste or share — all without leaving the app you're already in.

  • Type straight into the floating note
  • Pick from 10 paper colours on the spot
  • Copy, paste and share in a tap
  • Jump to the full editor whenever you want
In-place editing of a floating note with colour swatches, copy, paste and open buttons, keyboard open
Pro

Pop a note onto the screen — only on the apps you choose.

Show a trade plan only when your broker app is open. Hide a personal checklist when WhatsApp is. Granular per-app rules that just work.

  • Pick from your installed app list
  • Modes: Always show / Show only when / Hide when
  • No accessibility service required (uses Android Usage Access)
  • Reads only the foreground package name — never window content
Per-app context sheet with Always show, Show only when and Hide when options
Pro

5 premium floating effects, on every note.

Make your floating stickies feel alive. Glass-blur backgrounds, physics-based drag, magnetic edge snap, tap-to-collapse into a bubble, and a card-deck cascade when 3+ notes are open. Toggle each one independently.

  • Collapse to bubble — shrink any sticky into a Messenger-style chat-head
  • Glassmorphism — frosted-glass blur (Android 12+)
  • Spring drag — release a note and it flings with momentum
  • Edge snap — magnetic dock to nearest screen edge with haptic tick
  • Card deck — fan 3+ notes into a tidy cascade at one corner
Floating effects settings with Glassmorphism, Spring drag, Edge snap and Card deck toggles
Pro

Your call script, on screen the moment the phone rings.

Mark a note "Show during phone calls" and it floats automatically when a call starts — a script, a checklist, the landlord's list of things to ask. Set its opacity so the dialler stays readable underneath, or minimize it to a sphere until you need it.

  • Auto-float a chosen note on incoming and outgoing calls
  • Per-note opacity slider so the dialler stays readable
  • Per-app context and reminders live in the same panel
Note editor panel showing opacity slider, Show during phone calls toggle and per-app context
Free

Capture a note from anywhere — nothing to open.

The Quick Settings tile and the notification drop a ready-to-type floating note straight onto your screen. Share text from any app — a link, an address, a message — and it lands in a new sticky. From a webpage, a chat or your home screen, you're writing in a second.

  • One tap from the Quick Settings tile
  • "New note" action in the notification
  • StickyHover in every share sheet — shared subjects become titles
  • Lands as an editable floating note: type, colour and save
A freshly captured floating note with the colour picker open Android share sheet with StickyHover as a target
2

Write the way you think.

Type it, tick it, say it, sketch it, photograph it.

Free New in v1.25

Undo, redo and text size — right above the keyboard.

Everything you reach for while typing lives in one bar pinned just above the keyboard: undo, redo, bold, italic, heading, highlight and an Aa button for text size. It stays put however long the note gets, so you never scroll back to the top to fix a typo.

  • Undo / redo always one tap away — smart grouping undoes a word, not a letter
  • Aa menu: 14 Small to 24 Large, applied instantly and everywhere the note appears
  • Bold, italic, heading and highlight in the same bar
  • Keeps the caret in view as the keyboard opens
Note editor with the keyboard open and a toolbar pinned above it showing undo, redo, formatting and text size
Pro

Bold it. Highlight it. Make it readable.

Lightweight formatting that lives right in your text: bold, italic, headings and a marker-style highlight that adapts to the paper — it stays visible on yellow, white and even dark notes.

  • One-tap toolbar: bold, italic, heading, highlight
  • Highlight auto-adjusts to light or dark paper
  • Renders on cards, floating notes and the widget
  • Plain text underneath — exports stay clean
A blue note with a bold heading line and a highlighted word, tagged #work
Free

Turn any note into a tick-off checklist.

One tap converts a note into a checklist — or start fresh from the Checklist template. Tick items off right in the read view and they strike through. Switch back to plain text whenever you like.

  • Tap to check — items strike through as you go
  • Convert any note to a checklist, and back to text
  • Renders as a checklist on cards, floating notes and the widget
  • Free for everyone
Green grocery checklist with two items ticked and struck through
Free

Start faster with built-in templates.

The + button offers ready-made starting points, so you're never staring at a blank note. Pick a Shopping list, Meeting notes or a Daily plan — or a blank checklist — and just fill in the blanks.

  • Shopping list, Meeting notes, Daily plan
  • Blank note or blank checklist
  • Pre-formatted structure, ready to edit
  • Free for everyone
New note sheet offering Blank note, Checklist, Shopping list and Meeting notes
Pro

Dictate instead of typing — the mic stays on.

Tap Voice typing and just talk. Your words drop into the note as you speak, and the mic keeps listening through your pauses until you tap Stop — no more cutting off after two seconds. Recognised on your device for privacy.

  • Speak your note — text appears live as you go
  • Mic stays open through pauses; you decide when to stop
  • On-device speech recognition (Android 13+)
  • Append to any note, hands-free
Note editor in Listening mode while dictating into a coral note
Pro

Record a voice memo, right in the note.

Tap record, speak, done. The clip attaches to the note and plays back from the edit screen, the read view, the list, the widget, the shared card — and even the floating overlay. Audio is stored only on your device.

  • One-tap record; playback anywhere the note shows
  • Plays inside the floating overlay too
  • Re-record or remove in a single tap
  • Stored locally — never uploaded
Purple podcast note with a Play voice memo button showing 0:28
Pro

Draw it. Sign it. Drop it in a note.

Sketch a quick diagram or sign with your finger on a clean canvas — six ink colours, adjustable brush, eraser and undo. The drawing saves straight into your note as a movable sticker and shows everywhere the note appears, including the floating overlay.

  • Finger or stylus drawing on a full-screen canvas
  • 6 colours, adjustable brush width, eraser, undo, clear
  • Perfect for signatures, diagrams and quick sketches
  • Saved as the note's image — floats with the note too
A white note with a hand-drawn signup flow diagram placed beside the text
Pro

Your photo, exactly where you want it.

Attach a photo and it appears on the note instantly — right in the editor. Drag it anywhere, pinch to make it bigger or smaller, and it stays exactly there: in the note, in the floating sticky, and in every share. Tap it in the saved note to view it full-screen.

  • Photo shows the moment you attach it — no save needed first
  • Drag to move, pinch to resize, all in the editor
  • The floating note shows the same placement
  • Tap the photo in the saved note to view it full-screen
Orange note with a sunset photo placed beside four short lines of text
Free

Scan a handwritten note → instant sticky.

Point your camera at any printed or handwritten note. We auto-crop, deshadow and turn the text into an editable sticky in seconds. All on your device — the photo never leaves your phone.

  • Camera + perspective correction by Google ML Kit Document Scanner
  • On-device text recognition — no internet needed after first model fetch
  • Lands in the full edit screen with colours, fonts, reminders, tags
  • Free for everyone
Scan handwritten note dialog
Free

Open a note to read it. Tap to edit it.

Tapping a note opens a clean, full-screen reading view first — no more accidental edits. Hit the pencil when you actually want to change something. Pin, float, share or delete straight from the read view.

  • Distraction-free, full-page read view
  • Separate edit mode — tap the pencil or the note body
  • Drag an embedded image or drawing to any position in the note
  • Pin, float, share or delete straight from the read view
Full-screen read view of a yellow note with pin, float, share, delete and edit actions
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Make it yours.

Paper that feels like paper — and an app that matches your phone.

Free

Washi tape, gradients and a colour for every mood.

Ten preset papers — including a deep slate that flips the text to white — plus any custom hex colour and eight fonts, from serif and mono to cursive and handwritten, all free. Pro adds 8-angle gradients and six washi tape styles to dress up any note.

  • 6 washi tapes: kraft, gold, stripes, dots and more (Pro)
  • Slate paper with automatic white ink
  • Custom hex picker (free) + linear gradients (Pro)
  • Per-note font and text size
Pink gradient note in a cursive font with a gold washi tape strip Custom colour sheet with RGB sliders and a hex field
Pro

8 premium themes + 4 launcher icons.

Switch the whole app's look in one tap. Midnight (OLED black + gold), Sakura, Forest, Cosmic, Mocha, Ocean, Lavender and Rose Gold are Pro; Sunshine and Dynamic, which follows your wallpaper on Android 12+, are free. Match your home-screen icon to the theme.

  • Midnight Pro — OLED-friendly, saves battery on Samsung / Pixel
  • Sakura — soft pinks, optimized for light mode
  • Forest — calm mint and moss, easy on the eyes
  • Cosmic — deep indigo + violet, dark-mode favourite
  • Mocha, Ocean, Lavender, Rose Gold — coffee, teal, purple and blush palettes
The notes grid in the Midnight theme on OLED black The notes grid in the pink Sakura theme
Free New in v1.25

Every note knows when you wrote it.

Day, date and time now sit on every note — in the list, in the reading view, on the floating sticky, on the widget and on shared image cards. Long notes share as multi-page image cards instead of being cut off, and a note's voice memo shows on the widget and the shared card too.

  • "Sat, 29 Aug · 10:36 pm" on every surface
  • Long notes → multi-page image cards, nothing truncated
  • Voice memos visible on widgets and share cards
  • Your grid, your order: long-press and drag cards; pinned notes stay on top
Home grid of colourful notes — checklist, photo, drawing, locked note — each with a day, date and time stamp
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Never lose a thought.

Remind, find, lock, back up, share.

Pro

Reminders that talk back to you.

Pick a date, time, recurrence. Pick a custom alarm sound from your ringtones. Pick from 7 vibration patterns. Or have your phone read the note out loud when the alarm fires — perfect for driving or accessibility.

  • Per-note alarm sound — from any ringtone on your phone
  • 7 vibration patterns: Subtle, Standard, Strong, Pulse, Heartbeat, Knock, Silent
  • Voice readout — "your sticky talks back" via on-device TTS
  • Once, daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly + snooze 5 / 15 / 60 min
  • Survives reboot via Android AlarmManager
Reminder panel set for Sat, Sept 5 at 9:00 am with repeat options, sound, vibration and voice readout on
Free

Tag it. Find it in one keystroke.

Tag any note with any label and filter the board with a tap. Search covers titles, content and tag names — including the text inside checklists.

  • Tag chips across the top of your board
  • Global search across titles, content and tags
  • Results update as you type
  • Unlimited notes, all searchable
Board filtered by the #work tag showing one note Search for 'tide' returning the Sunset note
Pro

Some notes are nobody's business.

Lock any note behind your fingerprint or screen lock. The content disappears from the list, the widget and notifications — just a quiet "Locked" card until you unlock it.

  • Fingerprint or device PIN — your choice
  • Content hidden everywhere: list, widget, reminders
  • Locked notes never float on screen
  • Relocks automatically when you leave the app
Two note cards: a photo note beside a locked note showing only a padlock and the word Locked
Free

Share any note as a beautiful image card.

One tap turns your sticky into a clean picture card — colours, gradients, washi tape, checklists, your font, your photo, your voice memo chip, everything — ready for WhatsApp, Instagram or anywhere else. Long notes become multi-page cards. Text sharing is still there too.

  • Share as text or as an image — you choose each time
  • The card matches your note: colour, font, size, photo placement
  • Works from the app and from a floating note
  • Nothing uploaded anywhere — the image is made on your phone
Share menu on a note offering Share as text or Share as image Android share sheet previewing the note rendered as an orange image card with the photo
Pro

Cloud backup, restored on any phone.

Back up to your own Google Drive's hidden app folder. Restore on a new phone signed into the same account — every note, every image, every voice memo and reminder back exactly as you left them. Survives factory reset, lost phone, switched device.

  • Encrypted-in-transit upload to your Drive's app data folder
  • Invisible in the Drive UI — only StickyHover signed by the same key reads them
  • Manual export to a JSON file is still free for everyone
  • Every backup is a dated snapshot — keep several, restore or delete any of them
Drive cloud backup screen
Free

Deleted ≠ gone. Undo, or dig it out later.

Every delete shows an instant Undo. Miss it? Notes rest in the Trash for 30 days before they're gone for good — restore or purge them anytime.

  • Undo snackbar on every delete
  • 30-day Trash with one-tap Restore
  • Empty the trash whenever you want
Trash screen with restore buttons Dragging a note card to reorder the grid
Free for everyone

Everything you'd expect, plus a lot you wouldn't.

The free tier isn't a stripped-down demo. It's a real, polished sticky-notes app.

Unlimited notes

Create, edit, pin, delete. Auto-saved. Searchable.

Resizable floating notes

Drag the corner to resize in both directions — from a one-line strip to half the screen. Long notes scroll up, down and sideways inside the window, and the size is remembered.

Toolbar above the keyboard

Undo, redo, formatting and text size sit in a bar pinned above the keyboard — always in reach while you type.

10 colours, 8 fonts

Nine bright papers plus a deep slate that flips text to white. Serif, mono, cursive, handwritten and more.

Custom hex colour

Pick any RGB colour with sliders or a hex code — on any note, free.

Per-note text size

14, 16, 18, 20 or 24 — each note keeps its own size, in the list, floating and on the widget.

Tags + global search

Tag any note with any label. Search across titles, content and tag names.

Per-note opacity

Slide any floating note from solid to see-through so the app underneath stays readable.

Scan handwritten note

Camera → on-device OCR → editable sticky. Free for everyone.

Home-screen widget

2×2 widget shows your latest or pinned note — with its date stamp and voice memo line. One tap to open.

Android backup ready

Phone backup on? Android includes StickyHover's notes automatically and brings them back when you reinstall on the same Google account.

JSON export / import

Full data portability. Move to another phone in 2 taps. Your data is yours.

Read-first view

Open a note to read it full-screen. Editing is a separate tap, so nothing changes by accident.

Checklists

Turn any note into a tick-off list. Items strike through as you check them. Convert back to text anytime.

Note templates

Start from Shopping list, Meeting notes or a Daily plan instead of a blank page.

Drag to reorder

Long-press and drag cards into your own order. It sticks until you change it.

Undo + 30-day Trash

Every delete is undoable. Trash keeps notes for 30 days before letting go.

Quick capture

Share text from any app into a sticky, or use the Quick Settings tile and notification.

Pin what matters

Pin a note to keep it at the top of the list and first in line for the widget.

Edit while it floats

Change the text, colour, copy or share a floating note in place — no need to open the app.

Quick-add bubble

An optional floating button that sits over any app. Tap it to start a new note instantly.

Date & time on every note

Day, date and time on cards, the reading view, floating notes, widgets and shared cards.

Share as image cards

Any note becomes a clean picture card — long notes split into multiple pages. Made on your phone, nothing uploaded.

Collapse to a sphere

Minimize any floating note into a small sphere in its own colour. Tap to bring it back.

★ STICKYHOVER PRO

Pro features for power users.

Monthly or annual with a 7-day free trial — or pay once for Lifetime and keep every Pro feature forever.

Multi-floating notes

Stack five trade plans, three call scripts, a checklist — all on screen at once, each with its own size and place.

Minimized note shapes

Collapse a floating note into a sphere, dot, pill, sticky, edge tab, corner fold, micro dot or hairline — 3 sizes each.

Bubble icon styles

Give the quick-add bubble a Pencil, Sticky or Spark face instead of the plain Plus.

Premium floating effects

Glassmorphism, spring drag, edge snap, collapse-to-bubble, card-deck cascade. 5 effects, toggle each.

Draw & sign

Sketch or sign with your finger — 6 colours, brush sizes, eraser. Saves into the note and floats with it.

Voice memo

Record an audio clip in any note. Plays back from the list, read view, widget, shared card and the floating overlay. Stored on-device.

Voice typing

Tap the mic on the home screen or in the editor and dictate hands-free — it stays on through pauses until you stop. On-device recognition on Android 13+.

Locked notes

Fingerprint or PIN-protect any note. Content hides from the list, widget and notifications until you unlock.

Text formatting

Bold, italic, headings and a paper-aware highlighter — one tap in the editor, rendered everywhere.

Drive cloud backup

Backup to your own Drive's app folder. Restore on any phone with the same Google account.

Premium reminders

Per-note alarm sound, 7 vibration patterns, voice readout — phone speaks the note before the chime.

Per-app context

Show or hide a note based on which app is open. Broker-app only? Done.

OCR bubble

Persistent floating bubble — tap to capture text from anywhere on screen, into a sticky.

8 premium themes

Midnight (OLED black + gold), Sakura, Forest, Cosmic, Mocha, Ocean, Lavender, Rose Gold. Swap the whole app's look in one tap.

4 launcher icons

Match your home-screen icon to the theme — Midnight, Mint, Sakura, or Mono.

Gradients + washi tape

Two-colour, 8-angle gradients on any note, and six washi tape styles — kraft, gold, stripes, dots and more.

Image attachments

Add a photo or screenshot. Drag and pinch it into place; renders inline in the floating overlay.

Auto-float on call

A designated note pops up when a call starts. Perfect for call scripts.

Monthly ₹100 $3.99 · £3.49 · €3.99

7-day free trial, then billed monthly. Cancel anytime.

Annual · Save ~50% ₹600 $19.99 · £17.99 · €19.99

7-day free trial, then billed yearly. The sweet-spot tier.

Lifetime ₹1,000 $39.99 · £34.99 · €44.99

One-time. Every Pro feature. Forever.

Prices set per Google Play regional pricing — local currency on your device. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled in Play at least 24h before period end. Lifetime is a single in-app purchase. If Pro isn't purchasable in your region yet, the app tells you clearly and everything else keeps working.

Privacy you can verify

The app doesn't even know you exist.

No analytics SDK. No crash reporter. No advertising ID. No third-party servers.

Zero data collection

Nothing you write, photograph or record leaves your phone.

No accounts, no logins

The app has no concept of "users". No signup. No password.

OCR runs on-device

Google ML Kit, after a one-time model download. No image ever uploaded.

Voice stays local

Your phone's speech recogniser handles audio. We receive only the text.

Frequently asked

Questions, answered.

Is this really free?

Yes. The free tier is fully usable — unlimited notes, ten paper colours plus any hex colour, eight fonts, per-note text size, tags, search, checklists, templates, undo and redo, per-note opacity, the home-screen widget, JSON export and import, camera scan to text, one floating note with free resize and two-way scrolling, and the quick-add bubble — free forever. Pro is optional: choose a monthly or annual subscription — both with a 7-day free trial — or a one-time Lifetime purchase.

Why does it ask for "Display over other apps"?

That's the Android permission required for any app that wants to render a window on top of other apps — exactly what makes a "floating note" possible. Without it, StickyHover still works as a regular notes app, you just can't float notes. You're never forced to grant it. Step-by-step guide with Settings paths for every phone brand →

What happens to my data when I uninstall?

Uninstalling removes the app's data from the phone — notes, images, voice memos and settings. Back up first and nothing is lost: with a Drive Cloud Backup (Pro), reinstall, open Cloud backup (Drive) on the same Google account and tap Restore to get everything back, images and voice memos included. With a JSON export (free), reinstall and use Import backup — your notes, colours, tags, checklists, pins and reminders return (images and voice memos aren't part of the JSON file). And if your phone's own Google backup is switched on, Android usually restores StickyHover's data by itself when you reinstall on the same account.

How do I back up my notes or move them to a new phone?

Two ways, both to places you own — StickyHover has no servers. JSON export (free): ⋮ menu → Export backup saves one file wherever you choose (Downloads, Drive, an SD card); Import backup reads it on any phone. It carries your text, colours, gradients, fonts, tags, checklists, pins, washi tape and reminders — not images or voice memos. Drive Cloud Backup (Pro): one tap uploads everything, images and voice memos included, to a private app folder in your own Google Drive. Every backup is a dated snapshot, you can keep several, and Restore works on any phone signed in to the same Google account. Only StickyHover can open that folder. Separately, if your phone's Google backup is on, Android also includes StickyHover's data (within Android's 25 MB limit) and restores it when you reinstall on the same account.

"Voice readout" — what is it?

A Pro reminder toggle. When the alarm fires, your phone speaks the note's title and first content line out loud before the chime starts. Useful for driving, accessibility, or just looking like a wizard at your desk. Uses on-device TTS (Samsung TTS or Google TTS, whichever your phone has installed) — no audio leaves your device.

Can I change the app's color theme?

Yes. Two themes are free: Sunshine (the warm-orange classic) and Dynamic, which follows your wallpaper colours on Android 12+. Pro adds eight more — Midnight (OLED black + gold, saves battery on AMOLED screens), Sakura, Forest, Cosmic, Mocha, Ocean, Lavender and Rose Gold. Switch any time without restarting the app. Launcher icons are picked separately: Classic is free; Midnight, Mint, Sakura and Mono are Pro, and the app may close for a moment while Android swaps the icon.

What about my voice when I dictate a note?

Nothing reaches us — StickyHover has no servers. Voice typing uses your phone's own speech recogniser: on Android 13+ with on-device recognition installed the audio never leaves the phone; on older phones it goes to the system recogniser (usually Google's), which may use the network. StickyHover keeps only the transcribed text. Voice memos are recorded and stored only on your device.

Does the OCR / camera scan upload my photo?

No. Recognition runs entirely on your device using Google's ML Kit. StickyHover reads the scan in memory, keeps only the extracted text and never saves the photo into the app. Nothing is uploaded.

How accurate is OCR on cursive handwriting?

Honestly? Printed text and neat block letters come out clean. Cursive is hit-or-miss — that's a limitation of on-device models, and we chose on-device over a cloud model because it's the only way to keep your notes private. The text lands in an editable note, so fixing a missed word takes a second.

Pro prices aren't showing, or I can't buy. What now?

Purchases are handled entirely by Google Play. In some regions Play can temporarily pause purchases while a payments verification completes on our side; since v1.25.0 the Pro screen tells you clearly when that's the case, and there's a Retry button if prices simply failed to load. Everything else in the app keeps working. If it persists, email info@stickyhover.app and we'll sort it out.

What devices is it compatible with?

Android 7.0 (API 24) and above. Most features work on every device; the camera scan, Pro purchases and Drive Cloud Backup need Google Play Services, and the scanner wants at least 1.7 GB RAM (every modern Android has this).

Will there be an iOS version?

Not on the roadmap. iOS doesn't allow third-party floating overlays system-wide (the core feature wouldn't work) and ships its own Stickies/Notes equivalent.

Get StickyHover today.

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