GPSnote vs Citybikes Vienna
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPSnote
Pinpoint locations on a map to add notes, descriptions, and details. Automatically capture location information and organize all your annotations in a searchable list. Sync across devices and easily export your data.
- Add notes by tapping, current location, or search
- Reposition notes easily
- Automatic country and city details
- Organized list of all notes
- Global search for locations
- iCloud sync across devices
- Export notes via File Sharing
- Open notes directly in Maps for navigation
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• Add Notes Anywhere – Drop a pin by tapping the map, using your current location, or searching for any place • Move Notes Freely – Reposition notes effortlessly as your ideas evolve • Automatic Location Details – Country and city are added automatically using precise reverse geocoding • All Notes, One List – View and manage every saved note in a clear, organised list • Global Search – Find locations anywhere in the world and attach notes instantly • iCloud Sync – Your notes stay perfectly in sync across all your devices • Easy Export – Export notes via File Sharing using Finder or iTunes when connected to a computer • Built-in Directions – Open any note directly in Maps for turn-by-turn navigation
Citybikes Vienna
Find and navigate to nearby bike-sharing stations in Vienna. See real-time availability of bikes and parking spots, plan your route, and check weather conditions for your ride. An eco-friendly way to explore the city.
- Real-time bike and box availability
- Interactive map of stations
- Route calculation to stations
- Street View for station location
- Weather information
- Station utilization heatmaps
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Find an available bike, the nearest air pump and the best bike lane in Vienna in seconds. Citybikes shows every WienMobil Rad station with live availability, plus more than 100 air pumps, repair stations and tube vending machines and the city's cycling network. Whether you live in Vienna or are visiting: everything you need for cycling in the city is on one map. THE RIGHT BIKE NEAR YOU • Available bikes, e-bikes and bikes with child seats at every station, live • Battery level of every e-bike before you head out • Tap the legend and the map shows only what you are looking for • The best station nearby is suggested automatically FIND AN AIR PUMP, TOOLS OR A SPARE TUBE • More than 100 air pumps across Vienna, including the repair stands at WienMobil stations • Repair stations and tube vending machines for a flat on the go • Opening hours, operator and cycling directions in one tap BIKE LANES ON THE MAP • Separated bike paths, painted bike lanes and shared sections in different colours • Show or hide each type on its own • A short explanation of what to expect on each PLAN BEFORE YOU GO • Typical availability of every station by time of day • Get notified as soon as a bike becomes available at your station • Walking distance and time to the station • All locations as a searchable list, sorted by distance ABOUT WIENMOBIL RAD WienMobil Rad is operated by nextbike and offers more than 3,000 bikes at stations all over Vienna, around the clock. Rent and return at any station. IN 7 LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Русский Note: Citybikes is an independent project and is not affiliated with WienMobil, nextbike, Wiener Linien or Gewista. Bike service and bike lane data: City of Vienna, data.wien.gv.at (CC BY 4.0). No liability is accepted for the accuracy or timeliness of the data. Privacy policy: https://pertiller.tech/datenschutzerklaerung
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Citybikes Vienna at Free against GPSnote's $0.99. Citybikes Vienna also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). GPSnote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (5 vs 2). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Citybikes Vienna is free to download; GPSnote costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Citybikes Vienna holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of GPSnote's written reviews are positive against 50% of Citybikes Vienna's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPSnote | Citybikes Vienna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (12 ratings) | 4.1 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vlad Alexa | David Pertiller |
Customer experience
GPSnote
Citybikes Vienna
Bugs and requests
GPSnote
Reported bugs
27 issues- Crashes every time trying to search a location
- Points (pins) get lost
- Cannot place any notes on iPhone
- App doesn't load properly
- App crashes upon search
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- App crashes when you search
- Crashing every time trying to add a city to pin
- App crashes when searching a city
- App crashes on iPhone and iPads when hitting search
- App stopped working with iOS 7
- App crashes when opened
- App force closes after hitting search
- App crashes on open
- App doesn't seem to work on iOS 6
- Nothing happens when pressing 'yes' for 'do you want to create a note'
- App simply does not work
- App crashes constantly (free version)
- Search doesn't always work
- Map zooms out too far every time
- Display jumps to somewhere else on the planet sometimes
- Notes say '(null)'
- Google Maps seems damaged after installing this app
- Problems with German umlauts make the app a torture
- Map zooms out to about 500 miles
- Transition from satellite view to map view can be inconsistent
- Low memory warnings
- App is unusable due to low memory warnings
Requested features
27 requests- Add different colors to pins
- Option to send all information to email at once
- Add ability to create backup files via email
- Optional inner country boundaries (states, provinces)
- Ability to place markers with GPS coordinates
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- Built-in GPS format converter
- Add ability to add pictures to pins
- Show distance from each pin
- Ability to make many layers to filter notes
- Improve search functionality
- Make house numbers visible for every lot
- Sync to Foursquare
- Display date for pins
- Display lat/long rather than place name on pin
- Ability to view list of all pins with information
- Ability to export the list of pins
- Search function to pull in addresses
- Integrate with 411, address book, or Google Maps
- Ability to move pins
- Handwrite notes
- Add longitude and latitude coordinates to pin locations
- Add hybrid view
- Option to add additional fields to notes
- Option to have multiple pin colors
- Ability to calculate fastest route between stops
- Add ability to add locations manually
- Allow opening route in GPS apps (Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps)
Citybikes Vienna
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPSnote
No in-app purchases
Citybikes Vienna
No in-app purchases
