Comparison

Sticky Notes vs GPSnaps

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Notes

Pin notes and to-do lists directly to your Home and Lock Screens for quick access. Organize tasks, customize backgrounds with colors or photos, and choose from various fonts. Ideal for reminders, class notes, and visualizing goals.

Highlights
  • Pin notes to Home and Lock Screens
  • Organize tasks by category
  • Customize backgrounds with photos
  • Cute font options
  • Character count display
  • Undo/Redo functionality
Features
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Sticky Notes is a notepad app you can use just like sticky notes. Pin your memos to the Home Screen so you can see them anytime and edit with a single tap. Now with checklists, bullet lists, numbered lists, and headings — organize shopping lists, to-do lists, tasks, and schedules all in one app. We hope you'll give it a try. ■ App highlights - Pin memos to your Home Screen or Lock Screen for instant access anytime - Show a note on the Lock Screen without placing a widget - Manage shopping and packing lists with checklists — tick items right from the widget - Sort memos by purpose to manage to-dos for work or school - Customize the background with colors or photos to make a notepad that's truly yours - Choose cute fonts and freely adjust the text size ■ Organize with lists and headings Keep shopping lists, to-do lists, and packing lists as checklists. Checked items get a strikethrough, so you can see what's left at a glance. - Checklists — tap to tick off, right from your Home Screen widget - Bullet and dash lists — line up tasks and things to buy - Numbered lists — for steps, recipes, anything where order matters - Headings — use Title, Heading, and Subheading to break up longer notes - Everything looks the same on iPhone, iPad, widgets, and Apple Watch ■ Powerful customization - Background of your choice (color, notebook (grid, lined), photo, or pattern) - Switch fonts (handwriting-style and cute fonts available) - Adjust text size, line height, and letter spacing - Change text color - Set your own photo as the background ■ Suggested uses - Keep your schedule, to-dos, and tasks in plain sight on the Home Screen - Build a shopping list as a checklist and tick items off at the store - Pack for a trip with a checklist you tick as you go - Lay out steps or recipes as a numbered list - Break long notes into sections with headings ■ Handy memo features - Character count helps you gauge length for social posts or assists with writing - Undo or redo your latest input with a single tap - Copy the memo's contents with one tap - Share memos to other apps or run various actions from the share sheet ■ Show a Note Large on Your Lock Screen Notes you only need to check for a while — like a shopping list or a packing list — are handy to show on the Lock Screen. Just glance at the screen; there’s no need to unlock. Unlike a widget, you don’t have to set aside space in advance. Show the note from the menu when you need it, and end it once you’re done. - Switch by situation: a shopping list while you shop, a packing list while you travel - You can show several notes at the same time - When you edit the note, the Lock Screen updates too - For notes you want to keep visible all the time, a Lock Screen widget is a better fit ■ Fully optimized for iPad - The note screen is optimized for the iPad's larger display - Full support for window resizing. Side by side with another app or scaled down, the layout adapts to the width automatically - Works with Split View, Slide Over, Stage Manager, and windowed apps - Use the whole screen in portrait or landscape - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets work on iPad too - Keep a note open next to whatever you're reading or looking up ■ Widget types - Memo widget - Memo list widget - Lock Screen-only widget - Apple Watch widget ■ Get more with Premium Upgrade to Premium to keep the simple feel and unlock even handier extras. Benefit 1. All ads removed Benefit 2. Set your own photos as memo backgrounds (use wallpapers from your favorite anime or manga, family photos, anything you love) Benefit 3. The memo list widget becomes available *The one-time Pro plan supports Family Sharing, so when one family member buys it, everyone in the family can use Premium features. ■ Subscription Please review the following for subscription terms: - Privacy Policy: https://rands-app.com/privacy-policy-en/ - Terms of Use: https://rands-app.com/terms-en/

About

GPSnaps

This application allows users to create and manage survey projects, recording GPS points, altitudes, and headings. It integrates with photos and exports data in CSV format for easy import into GIS systems.

Highlights
  • Create and manage survey projects
  • Record GPS points with latitude, longitude, altitude, and heading
  • Log points automatically or when taking photos
  • Save projects to iCloud Drive or photo library
  • Export data in CSV format for GIS import
  • Manage individual points within projects
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Quick, accurate, yet fully featured, this is the survey tool that is always in your pocket. Create projects and record and classify features and routes as you pace out the landscape. Points can be recorded in any of three ways: Single points at the press of the button, automatically at regular timed intervals, or as you take a photograph. The project keeps track of all the recorded points and records the Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and Heading plus the links to any photographs. The project can be saved direct to the iCloud drive or to the photo library. The data is also saved direct to the iCloud drive or sent via email using the universal CSV standard, for easy import into many GIS type systems or similar. Projects are easily managed and edited from the project list and new projects are created by simply giving them a name and pressing 'Start' Existing projects can be loaded and further points can be added. The individual points that make up a project can easily be managed from a list, where they can also be deleted, re-loaded and appended. For more details please visit the support pages.

Screenshots

Sticky Notes4 screens
GPSnaps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sticky Notes at Free against GPSnaps's $4.99. Sticky Notes also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). GPSnaps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sticky Notes is free to download; GPSnaps costs $4.99 up front. Sticky Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. GPSnaps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sticky Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Notes has 522 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Sticky Notes's written reviews are positive against 67% of GPSnaps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Notes ships an update weekly, GPSnaps every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Sticky Notes versus GPSnaps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky NotesGPSnaps
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (522 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings522 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota YamashitaRobert Smith

Customer experience

Sticky Notes

All ratings521 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative28.9%

GPSnaps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Sticky Notes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Newly created notes not showing up on home screen
  • Duplicated notes with same content
  • Inability to change default font and background settings
  • Disappearing notes after app updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow text formatting (bold, italic, underline)
  • Add checklist/to-do list functionality
  • Implement iCloud sync and cross-device support
  • Provide option to remove app branding from widget
  • Add ability to set reminders/alarms for notes

GPSnaps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Sticky Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Plan$2.491 Month
  • Ad Hiding$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Tip$1.00
  • Generous Tip$5.00
  • Greatest Tip$10.00
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  • Lifetime Plan$39.99
None

GPSnaps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Notes free?
Sticky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPSnaps free?
GPSnaps costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Notes or GPSnaps?
Sticky Notes is rated higher. Sticky Notes averages 4.6 out of 5 from 522 ratings, while GPSnaps averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sticky Notes or GPSnaps have ads?
Sticky Notes shows ads; GPSnaps does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Notes or GPSnaps?
Sticky Notes ships an update weekly, and GPSnaps every 8 months. Most recently, Sticky Notes was updated on October 27, 2026 and GPSnaps on October 12, 2026.

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