Comparison

PedApp vs TapItNote

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

Head to head
About

PedApp

This app allows pedestrians to wirelessly activate crosswalk signals, providing audible cues for walk phases and clearance times. It offers enhanced features for visually impaired users, including APS identification and location.

Highlights
  • Wireless pedestrian signal actuation
  • Audible walk and clearance phase indications
  • Countdown timer for pedestrian clearance
  • Identification and location of accessible pedestrian signals
  • User selection of desired crossing
Features
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The Polara PedApp is for all pedestrians to wirelessly push/actuate/place a pedestrian call/walk request. Compatible with Polara iNS Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS). Enhanced features for visually impaired pedestrians include identification and location of APS. When activated App will alert pedestrian of nearby APS crossing and allow user to choose desired crossing. Corresponding APS's locate tone will increase in volume and APS will receive a push/actuation signal from the App to place a pedestrian call/walk request. The App can provide audible indications for Walk, Don't Walk, Pedestrian Clearance (including audible countdown if desired) phases.

About

TapItNote

Features
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TapItNote bridges the physical and digital worlds by turning ordinary NFC stickers into invisible digital sticky notes. Whether you are sharing a guest Wi-Fi password, scanning a web link, or creating a hidden maintenance log on a household appliance, TapItNote lets you interact with real-world objects with a single tap of your iPhone. CORE FEATURES • Share With Anyone: Thanks to iOS App Clips, your friends and guests don't even need TapItNote installed. Anyone can tap your sticker to instantly view your custom note or connect to your Wi-Fi via a lightweight, pop-up Clip. • Hardware Security: Protect your physical stickers from tampering. Lock any tag with a 4-character passcode to prevent unauthorized overwrites. Manage your saved passcodes securely using Face ID / Touch ID, and automatically lock new tags the moment you write them. • The Drafting Studio: Don't just write text—design it. Use the built-in Rich Text Editor to apply bold, italics, underline, custom colors, and monospace fonts before flashing your note to a tag. • Background Scanning: You don't even need to open the app! Simply tap your iPhone to a TapItNote sticker from your home screen, and the app will instantly wake up to display your hidden message. • Universal Frictionless Reading: Read TapItNote custom tags, launch web links directly into Safari, intercept generic Wi-Fi tags to import them into your library, or view the raw text of third-party tags. No camera, no QR codes, and no pairing required. • Pro Sharing: Draft beautiful notes and share them anywhere. Generate high-resolution images of your formatted notes for social media, send digital TapItNote web links via iMessage, or send your notes directly to an AirPrint-compatible printer. • 100% Local & Private: TapItNote was engineered from the ground up to respect your privacy. Your data never leaves your device. Notes are written directly to the physical silicon of the tag. There are no accounts, no cloud servers, and zero tracking analytics. BUILT FOR EVERYONE TapItNote is engineered with complete accessibility in mind. The app features total VoiceOver screen-reader support, Dynamic Type integration that scales text perfectly to your system settings, and mathematically tuned WCAG-compliant color contrast in both Light and Dark Mode. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TapItNote requires standard, blank NTAG215 NFC stickers to write new notes. Not sure what to buy? Use our In-App Hardware Guide to find the exact tags you need and learn how to mount them to any surface.

Screenshots

PedApp3 screens
TapItNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TapItNote at every 3 weeks against PedApp's every 8 months. PedApp's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PedApp ships an update every 8 months, TapItNote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PedApp versus TapItNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedAppTapItNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolara Engineering, Inc.Steven Evans

In-app purchases

None

PedApp

No in-app purchases

None

TapItNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PedApp free?
PedApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TapItNote free?
TapItNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PedApp or TapItNote have ads?
Neither PedApp nor TapItNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PedApp or TapItNote?
PedApp ships an update every 8 months, and TapItNote every 3 weeks. Most recently, PedApp was updated on October 19, 2026 and TapItNote on October 14, 2026.

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