Stickyboard vs Campaign Codex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stickyboard
This app offers a digital whiteboard with an unlimited stack of virtual sticky notes for organizing ideas. Easily rearrange, color-code, and visualize relationships between your thoughts on a zoomable canvas. Share your boards via email as PDFs for collaboration or archiving.
- Zoomable digital whiteboard
- Unlimited sticky notes
- Color-coding options
- Free-form drawing tool
- Email boards as PDF
- Note expose grid view
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD STICKYBOARD 2 INSTEAD! This is the old version of Stickyboard. Please download Stickyboard 2 instead (it's a lot better!): Tap to the Developer page, or search for "Stickyboard 2". Imagine A Giant Whiteboard With A Never-Ending Stack Of Sticky Notes. LIKE REAL NOTES, ONLY BETTER Nothing beats a whiteboard and sticky-notes for capturing lots of loose information and visualizing their relationships. It's easy to rearrange ideas, see the big picture, and discover important patterns. Stickyboard takes that flexibility and adds the convenience and power of your iPad. Don't worry about losing notes after a meeting. Organizing notes are now a snap. It's much easier to carry around, and a lot friendlier for the environment. Put all your ideas on a single board and easily see everything at once by zooming in and out. Use any color coding system you like. Effortlessly drag and drop your notes - unlike paper sitcky notes, they don't fall off after too may moves. Think in the way that works best for you, and for the problem at hand. --- Features: --- + A clean and uncluttered interface with fast and fluid controls only possible on the iPad. + A large, zoomable board to capture all your ideas. Zoom by pinching, and pan by dragging the board. Tap to add a note. Drag notes around with your finger. + It's easy to rearrange ideas, capture their relationships, and discover important patterns. + Four standard colors (yellow, blue, pink, and green), plus 2 special ones (lavender and sunrise). + Free-form drawing with the marker tool. Write, outline, and sketch around your notes. + Email boards as PDF. Easily share with colleagues or archive changes. + Infinitely flexible. Use all your real-world sticky-note techniques (visit our website for tips and resources). + Note expose: Swipe down with 3 fingers to view all notes arranged in a grid. Swipe again to restore. Don't worry, your layout is always preserved. + Tap the qrayon logo to view help, plus get the latest tips & tricks. The Free Edition of Stickyboard comes with one large board, perfect for a single project. It includes most of the major features of the Pro Edition. Upgrade in-place to the Pro Edition at any time to get all the Pro features: + Multiple boards + Multi-colored markers + Project to an external VGA display (requires VGA connector) plus get future Pro upgrades free and support the continued effort of developing even more awesome features and apps. --- Stickyboard is great for: --- • TODOs and reminders • Scheduling and planning • Meeting notes • Brainstorming and organizing your ideas • Doodling and sketching --- We LOVE to hear from you! --- Productivity apps for the iPad are a new and vast frontier with plenty of possibilities. We are committed to building apps that you will find useful for your work and business. Stickyboard is continuously being improved and updated. Visit www.qrayon.com to let us know what you are looking to do, and what features you would like to see in a future release. We love feedback. Follow us on our blog or at twitter.com/qrayon to hear about the latest work we are doing to make the iPad a truly great productivity device. If you find Stickyboard useful, please help us by rating it. Apps live and die by their ratings, and your feedback is very important to us.
Campaign Codex
This app helps Dungeon Masters manage their tabletop role-playing games. It tracks initiative, HP, conditions, NPCs, quests, and notes, all while working offline. It includes a built-in SRD bestiary and allows for custom content creation.
- Initiative and combat tracking
- SRD 5.1 monster stat blocks
- Custom monster creation
- Campaign and session notes
- Quest and NPC management
- Offline functionality
- Party roster tracking
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Run your D&D 5e table from one iPad. Campaign Codex keeps initiative, HP and conditions, NPCs, quests, loot and session notes in one place, and works fully offline. Designed around the larger iPad screen (and fully usable on iPhone), Campaign Codex is a command center for Dungeon Masters and Game Masters. It is built for live sessions where speed, clarity and offline access matter. COMBAT THAT KEEPS MOVING - Initiative order, HP, rounds and conditions with durations - All 334 SRD 5.1 monsters built in, with full stat blocks, no download needed - Monsters roll their own initiative; add a whole group at once (Goblin 1, Goblin 2, Goblin 3) - Encounter difficulty and combat history - Custom homebrew monsters PREP AND RUN YOUR CAMPAIGN - Session prep card: last session's recap, the NPCs the party met, and open plot hooks - Campaign journal with tags and [[wiki links]] between notes, NPCs and quests - Quest tracking for main and side quests, status and rewards - NPC management for relationships, factions, notes and story hooks - Party roster with HP, AC, class, level and backstories - Loot tracking for party treasure and character-owned items - Quick rules reference during play YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS - Everything is stored on your device and works without a connection - iCloud backup and restore - No account, no sign-up, no data collected FREE AND PREMIUM Campaign Codex is free to download and run a one-shot: 1 campaign with unlimited combat and the full SRD bestiary. Campaign Master Premium unlocks unlimited campaigns, NPCs, quests, notes, party members, custom monsters and loot, full combat history and automatic backups. Premium is available monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Whether you are preparing the next session, resolving a combat encounter, checking what happened last week, or tracking the party's latest treasure, Campaign Codex keeps your campaign organized and ready. SRD 5.1 content by Wizards of the Coast LLC, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Campaign Codex is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Campaign Codex at 100% against Stickyboard's 48%. Campaign Codex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Stickyboard's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Stickyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Campaign Codex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Campaign Codex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Stickyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Campaign Codex's.
Stickyboard ships an update fortnightly, Campaign Codex monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stickyboard | Campaign Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qrayon, LLC | CommonGroundTech, LLC |
Customer experience
Stickyboard
Campaign Codex
In-app purchases
Stickyboard
- Upgrade to Stickyboard Pro$4.99
Campaign Codex
- Campaign Codex Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Campaign Codex Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year





