Comparison

Citations vs Little Corkboard

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

Head to head
About

Citations

Effortlessly create website citations with a clean, intuitive interface. This tool offers quick formatting without requiring an internet connection, prioritizing user privacy and simplicity for academic or professional work.

Highlights
  • Simple and easy-to-use interface
  • Quick website citation formatting
  • Offline functionality
  • Designed for Apple platforms
  • Privacy-focused
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Citations’ user interface was designed to be simple and easy to use. Just pick a format from the sidebar, fill out the fields, and tap one button to format the website citation properly. The entire process is seamless and quick, with zero latency or load times. It’s designed beautifully for Apple platforms following Apple Human Interface Guidelines and has support for the latest Apple technologies. Citations runs without an internet connection, too. This means you can cite your sources wherever you may be without worrying about page load times. It works, always. And the best part: Citations is free forever, with no ads, trackers, analytics, or paywalls. It’s made to help you do your best work, and that’s it. It prioritizes simplicity, beauty, and versatility. It’s privacy-conscious in every way — your citations are yours and yours only. Citations isn’t a reference manager, it’s purely a citation creator that generates citations quickly, so its user interface feels un-cluttered and intuitive. It puts privacy and simplicity above all else. Citations is made by an independent developer, with no VC backing, tip jars, or creepy upsells. Beautiful, simple, powerful, and made to help students — that’s Citations. Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.

About

Little Corkboard

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Little Corkboard is the calm family planner for parents juggling school runs, clubs, appointments and everything in between — one shared corkboard the whole family can see. BRAIN DUMP IT Talk or type everything on your mind in one go — "swimming Friday, PE kit Monday, book the dentist" — and Little Corkboard splits it into tidy, dated notes on your board automatically. ONE SHARED FAMILY BOARD Today, Tomorrow Prep and the whole week at a glance. Everyone in the family sees the same plan, stays in the loop, and can tick things off as they're done. ONE SHARED CALENDAR Your own events plus your connected Apple, Google or Outlook calendars, side by side — coloured dots, quick filters for kids, school, activities and events, and a tap-any-day agenda. NEARBY IDEAS Stuck for something to do? Find free, cheap and rainy-day ideas near you, saved straight to your planner. FAMILY GAMES A few simple games and a shared leaderboard — a little fun pinned right alongside the plan. MEDICATION REMINDERS Set who takes what, the dose and the times — for kids, grown-ups and pets. Reminders arrive with Taken and Skip buttons, and everyone in your household can see when a dose has been given, so nobody doubles up. Lock the medication page with Face ID if you like. Free for everyone. Little Corkboard sends reminders only and doesn't give medical advice. SHARED SHOPPING LIST Type what you need, or say your whole list out loud and it's split into items and sorted by aisle. Your family sees the same list, and every tick shows up on their phones while you're still in the shop. Typing and sharing are free; saying your list out loud is part of Plus. LITTLE CORKBOARD PLUS Unlock unlimited brain dumps, unlimited family members, the full Nearby list, voice shopping lists and more with a Plus subscription. Little Corkboard is built for real family chaos — pinned down, one note at a time. Subscription Terms: By subscribing to Little Corkboard Plus, you agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Citations4 screens
Little Corkboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Citations at none against Little Corkboard's 2. Citations also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Little Corkboard's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Little Corkboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Citations asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Citations ships an update every 6 weeks, Little Corkboard every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Citations versus Little Corkboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCitationsLittle Corkboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEshan MarneediMark Peart

In-app purchases

None

Citations

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Little Corkboard

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Citations free?
Citations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Little Corkboard free?
Little Corkboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Citations or Little Corkboard have ads?
Neither Citations nor Little Corkboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Citations or Little Corkboard?
Citations ships an update every 6 weeks, and Little Corkboard every 4 days. Most recently, Citations was updated on November 3, 2026 and Little Corkboard on October 31, 2026.

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