Notezilla

Pros:
Customizable Features
Lightweight
Easy to use
Well-developed/updated
Friendly support team

Cons:
Full-transparency option

In a sea of alternatives to the default "Sticky" notes application, NoteZilla manages to stand out with its customizable features, little-none impact on performance, and easy usability.

Currently, there are countless of apps which try to be 'THE go-to sticky notes' solution. But a lot of these are simply replicas of the default sticky notes built into windows. NoteZilla, however, brings a lot to the table. From simple color customizability, all the way to screen resolution scaling/adaptation. All these features set NoteZilla apart from the competition.

What I like the best about NoteZilla is its capability to look 'less sticky-notes-like'. All other sticky apps seem to have this goal of making the desktop look as if it was built in the 90s. Although NoteZilla sets this old/classic style as default, the customizable features make it possible for the desktop to look fresh and modern.

All in all, NoteZilla is the best 'sticky-notes' alternative out there. (this is if one is willing to pay for its price which in my opinion, is easy to justify. 4.9/5

I've tried every sticky note for Windows that I've been able to track down, free and not, including every one in AlternativeTo, and this is the one I'm staying with for the known future. I use it very heavily all day, I take notes live and revise them in Notezilla and then paste the result into work tickets. Notezilla is the only one so far with the durability and bugless behavior to stand up to my workload. It also handles images startlingly well.

I've had Notezilla ruin my data set of notes via its' sync service.

It ruined every note, and instead of moving notes to trash (that were deleted from another system) it deleted them completely.** I get it, that's a basic sync, **but common logic denotes to not delete, but to trash. ... This developer is stuck in the context of 1995.

This program is VERY basic and not thought out too well at all.
The nested contexts is silly and an outdated paradigm. .. AKA: right clicking various locations in a basic app should provide the entire menu system instead of requiring that I drill into nested levels via different UI elements to access simple things.

While I use Notezilla still, I DO NOT use their sync service. I recommend to avoid their syncing methods and put the portable version into a cloud app to go between computers. .. if you need to have phone app sync, use onenote as they fixed their sync issues years ago.

Regarding outdated paradigm;
the note skins remind me of windows 95.. this tool is outdated and barely useful to multitaking professionals.. but if you want to remember to buy milk.. you're all set. It can remind you about milk.
Lastly,
There's several absurd forum posts where the developer makes nonsense reasons to not improve Notezilla.
We all have more ram and better CPUs now.. how about stepping into 2006 or maybe 2014 ?

[Edited by sanityinacone, June 08]

Notezilla does not have a calendar. Therefore, it is NOT an alternative to EssentialPIM.

I'm a heavy user of Notezilla. I purchased a license for version 7. 10 years ago, I would have given notezilla 5 stars. But, sadly, it hasn't evolved much and version 8 came out in 2013 and they haven't updated it since then!
A major limitation is that many modern apps include voice recording notes nowadays, this one doesn't. The note administration is clunky and awkward to use. It lacks modern features.
Still, even after 7 years sleeping on their laurels and doing nothing to improve the program, Notezilla is still a solid application which is a pleasure to use.

[Edited by javiergil, August 10]

Notezilla is notetaking software, I'm looking for to-do list software.

When the trial version is finished, you will not be able to open the application unless you pay for the license. That is playing dirty.