StretchPaper vs Map Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StretchPaper
Unleash your creativity on an expansive, virtually endless digital canvas. This app allows for detailed note-taking, intricate diagramming, and artistic expression without space constraints. Export your work in various formats, customize your tools, and enjoy a seamless drawing experience.
- Infinite canvas
- Note-taking
- Diagramming
- Artistic drawing
- Export as images/PDFs
- Vector manipulation
- Custom pen definitions
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Take notes and draw on an infinite* canvas! Stretchpaper is a new way to take notes, make diagrams, and show your artistic talent. With an infinite canvas, you'll never run out of room. Stretchpaper is both fun and useful! Export your drawings as images or mega-pdfs, manipulate vectors, define your own pens, and more. Works great on the iPad, but works best with the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro! * not actually infinite, but close enough!
Map Canvas
This app allows users to sketch, annotate, and plan routes directly on a world map. It supports importing and exporting geographic data files and offers tools for drawing and pathfinding. Users can also share their map creations online.
- Draw and annotate on world maps
- Pathfinding tools
- Import GeoJSON and GPX files
- Export data for sharing
- Journaling and illustration on maps
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Map Canvas is a tool for planning, journalling and illustration on Apple map. This app comes with a set of tools for drawing, annotating and pathfinding. Data can be imported as GeoJSON and GPX files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Map Canvas at Free against StretchPaper's $2.99. Map Canvas also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (79% vs 50%). StretchPaper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
Map Canvas is free to download; StretchPaper costs $2.99 up front. Map Canvas sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. StretchPaper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Map Canvas holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 98 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of StretchPaper's written reviews are positive against 79% of Map Canvas's.
StretchPaper ships an update every 3 weeks, Map Canvas fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StretchPaper | Map Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (64 ratings) | 4.5 (98 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 98 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infinite State Machine Inc. | Ka Chun Wong |
Customer experience
StretchPaper
Map Canvas
Bugs and requests
StretchPaper
Reported bugs
24 issues- Crashes and lost all work
- App crashes when trying to share/export
- Paste function not working
- Undo doesn't go back far enough
- Delete then undo bug
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- Palm rejection issues
- Finger drawing interferes with pen
- Content disappears
- Strokes disappearing
- Grid is hard to see
- App crashes without saving
- Force closes when sharing to PDF
- Glitchy export
- App shuts down and glitches appear
- Marks moving after undo/redo or app reopen
- Notes shift slightly after reopening
- Cannot load bigger workspaces
- Takes forever to load smaller workspaces
- Developer not responding to support requests
- Export/share brings up nsurl error
- Lines jump on screen
- Color selection buggy
- Cannot inactivate finger writing
- Canvas size limit
Requested features
22 requests- Add 2-finger tap to undo
- Add 3-finger tap to redo
- Disable finger drawing/touch input
- Add ruler/scale feature
- Add shape detection
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- Add text layer/typed text
- Add import vector image
- Add folder system
- Add cloud backup (iCloud/Dropbox)
- Add copy/paste functionality for images/elements
- Add layers
- Add color palette
- Add ability to rename files
- Add straight edge tool
- Add zoom lock feature
- Add quick undo gesture
- Add sync to iCloud
- Add ability to resize canvas to initial state
- Add Spline tools
- Add standard type tool
- Add export to other formats
- Add more zoom levels
Map Canvas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StretchPaper
No in-app purchases
Map Canvas
- 3-Days Free TrialFree
- Map Canvas Watch App$1.99
- Donation$2.99
