Comparison

Sidewalk vs Thought Relay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sidewalk

Visualize your contacts on a global map. Search, filter, and zoom to find individuals based on their physical addresses. Your contact data remains entirely private, stored only on your device.

Highlights
  • Contact mapping on world map
  • Search by name, address, organization
  • Filter by address label
  • Zoom to nearest contact
  • On-device data storage
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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See your contacts and prospects on one map. Sidewalk turns your Contacts into a live map — every client, lead, and prospect, pinned exactly where they live and work. Built for salespeople, realtors, insurance agents, and anyone else who works a territory instead of a desk. • See your whole book of business at a glance — spot clusters, gaps, and who's nearby before you head out • Search contacts by name, address, or organization — find everyone near a street, city, or ZIP in seconds • Filter by address label (home, work, school, other) • Syncs automatically as you add or update contacts — no manual data entry, no separate CRM to maintain • Zoom to your nearest contact when you're out in the field • Completely private — your contacts never leave your device Works with contacts from iCloud, Google, Exchange, and any other account synced to your iPhone. Note: only contacts with a physical address appear on the map. Questions or concerns? Please contact us at shrtlist@gmail.com Terms and Conditions: https://www.privacypolicies.com/terms/view/6f6c8ab24f7ef21d441f9249cc81e9d1

About

Thought Relay

Features
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Catch the thought before it disappears. Thought Relay is a fast, focused notebook for ideas that arrive in the middle of everything else. FREE CORE, UNCHANGED • Capture, edit, search, pin, share, and delete notes • Organize with Inbox, Next, Ideas, Words, and Life channels • See live word count • Work without an account OPTIONAL iPHONE FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds voice capture, the original audio kept with the note, on-device transcription when the device supports it, per-note locking with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode, and live character count. If on-device transcription is unavailable, Thought Relay still saves the recording and note. OPTIONAL APPLE WATCH FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds spoken capture from your wrist, Quick Checklists that stay in step with the paired iPhone, recent-note glance, and a Speak a thought complication. Buy the Watch features from Thought Relay on the paired iPhone, then open the Watch app. A Watch recording stays queued until the iPhone confirms the note was saved. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Thought Relay has no account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Notes, recordings, transcripts, checklists, and the local purchase-funnel event log are not uploaded to Myworkingmemory. Watch content travels only between the paired Apple devices using WatchConnectivity. Locked note contents never go to Watch. Thought Relay is a general-purpose notes app. It is not a medical product and does not diagnose, treat, or manage ADHD or any other condition. Terms | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-terms.html Privacy | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-privacy.html

Screenshots

Sidewalk4 screens
Thought Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thought Relay at none against Sidewalk's 2. Thought Relay also leads on device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Sidewalk's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sidewalk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Thought Relay asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sidewalk ships an update every 10 days, Thought Relay monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sidewalk versus Thought Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSidewalkThought Relay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developershrtlist.comMyworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sidewalk

Subscriptions2
  • All Access (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • All Access (Yearly)$49.991 Year
None

Thought Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sidewalk free?
Sidewalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thought Relay free?
Thought Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sidewalk or Thought Relay have ads?
Neither Sidewalk nor Thought Relay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sidewalk or Thought Relay?
Sidewalk ships an update every 10 days, and Thought Relay monthly. Most recently, Sidewalk was updated on September 24, 2026 and Thought Relay on October 7, 2026.

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