Spicker vs ResearchGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spicker
This app helps students create digital notes for memorization. It allows for colored markers, adjustable font sizes, and quick access via a watch complication. Learn and review your notes conveniently on your Apple Watch and iPhone.
- Create digital notes
- Color-coded markers
- Apple Watch and iPhone compatibility
- Adjustable font size and color
- Quick access via watch complication
- Native watchOS 2 app
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Spicker - The Ultimate Companion for Students Spicker is German an means "crib" and that's what Spicker is, a cheating aid for stundents. Making a crib is a well know technique to memorize things because you have to deal with the subject you have to learn. Hopefully you learn that much with this tool so that you don't have to cheat in a test - and that's what I recommend you: Never cheat in a test! The features: • Add notes on your iPhone • Give the notes a colored marker • On both Apple Watch and iPhone • Adjust the font size and color on your Apple Watch • Have your notes on your wrist at any time • Learn where and when you want • Use the complication to get quick access to your notes • Enjoy nice animations • Native watchOS 2 App • Created with the latest technology Follow me on Twitter: @N1C0_MUC
ResearchGuide
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ResearchGuide is a platform dedicated to scientific research. It is designed to help researchers access recent and updated journals. The site includes a search engine that allows users to find papers by keyword, topic, or author, and a directory of journals that are indexed by the platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ResearchGuide at Free against Spicker's $1.99. ResearchGuide also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Spicker's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
ResearchGuide is free to download; Spicker costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spicker ships an update every 4 months, ResearchGuide every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spicker | ResearchGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nicolo Stanciu | Monark IT |
In-app purchases
Spicker
No in-app purchases
ResearchGuide
No in-app purchases
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