Stickies by Coduo FAQ

Stickies by Coduo is a sticky-notes app for the Mac that lives in the menu bar, made by Coduo. It is not Apple's Stickies, it needs macOS 15 or later, and it is not released yet. The answers below come from the app's code, and each says where a limit applies.

Is Stickies by Coduo Apple's Stickies app?

No. Stickies by Coduo is a separate app. Apple's Stickies ships with macOS; Stickies by Coduo is made by Coduo and shares only the word "Stickies" with it.

The two apps do not touch each other's notes. Stickies by Coduo never reads from or writes to Apple's Stickies or Apple's Notes, so using one changes nothing in the other.

What Stickies by Coduo does differently is where a note goes when you are not using it. A sticky is either pinned, floating on the desktop as its own window, or stashed as a thin sliver on the right edge of the screen, where hovering shows its text. The stash page covers how that works.

What Mac do I need?

A Mac running macOS 15 or later. That is the minimum the app is built for, and there is no version for older macOS.

Is Stickies by Coduo available yet?

No. Stickies by Coduo is not released yet, so there is nothing to download or install today. What it will cost is on the plans page.

Where are my stickies kept?

On your Mac, all your stickies live in one file:

~/Library/Application Support/Stickies/stickies.json

The app rewrites that file in one step each time a sticky changes, so the file on disk is always the whole current set. It keeps no version history: an edit replaces the previous text.

Each sticky in the file has a title, a markdown body, its place on screen or in the stash, and when it was created and last edited. The body is plain markdown, so the text is readable in any editor.

Does Stickies by Coduo sync, and do I need an account?

Stickies by Coduo is built to sync your stickies between your Macs through your own private iCloud database, and it needs no Coduo account. Sync uses the Apple Account your Mac is signed in to. Coduo runs no server that stores your notes, and nothing is shared with other people.

How the sync is built, from the code:

• Your stickies go into a zone called Stickies in your private iCloud database, one record per sticky.
• Your Mac saves each change to the local file first and queues it for iCloud in the same step.
• When the same sticky changed on two Macs, the newer edit wins; an older copy arriving from iCloud never overwrites a newer local one.
• Settings shows the state as Synced, Syncing… or iCloud unavailable. "iCloud unavailable" covers no network, no iCloud account and iCloud storage that is full.

If iCloud is not available, the app keeps working on the local file alone. One caution before relying on it: the round trip between two real Macs is still waiting on a hands-on check, so treat sync as built rather than proven until the app ships.

Does it work on iPhone or iPad?

No. Stickies by Coduo is a Mac app only, with no iPhone or iPad version.

Can Stickies by Coduo open at login?

Yes. Settings has a Launch at Login switch under General, which uses macOS's own login-item system. The switch reads its state back from macOS after each change, so if macOS does not accept it, for example because you blocked the app in System Settings > General > Login Items before, the switch stays off.

One detail to know: macOS records the app's location when you turn this on. If you move or rename the app afterwards, it stops opening at login until you turn Launch at Login off and on again from the new place.

Can I bring in my notes from Apple's Stickies?

No. Stickies by Coduo has no importer and does not read Apple's Stickies or Notes. To move a note across, copy its text in Apple's Stickies and paste it into a new sticky.

Expect to lose some formatting on the way. Apple's Stickies supports fonts, pictures and lists, according to Apple's Stickies user guide, read on 2026-09-25, while a sticky in Stickies by Coduo holds bold, italic and strikethrough only.