Sidewalk vs Thought Relay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Thought Relay
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
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.
Sidewalk ships an update every 10 days, Thought Relay monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sidewalk | Thought Relay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | shrtlist.com | Myworkingmemory LLC |
In-app purchases
Sidewalk
- All Access (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- All Access (Yearly)$49.991 Year
Thought Relay
No in-app purchases









