Map Canvas vs Sticky Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Map Canvas
Create and share custom maps with drawing, annotation, and pathfinding tools. Supports collaboration via iCloud and offers map templates for illustrations. Import and export geographic data in GeoJSON and GPX formats.
- Drawing, annotation, and pathfinding tools
- Alternative map engine (Google Maps)
- iCloud map collaboration
- Map templates for illustrations
- GeoJSON and GPX file import
- GeoJSON export
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Map Canvas is a collaborative tool for planning, journalling and illustration on Apple Maps. Key features: 1. Tools for drawing, annotating and pathfinding. 2. Google Maps as alternative map engine for browsing. 3. Map collaboration via iCloud. 4. Map templates of countries and regions overlays for illustrations. 5. GeoJSON and GPX files import. 6. GeoJSON export.
Sticky Tasks
Capture visual cues with photos to create task reminders. Set deadlines and receive notifications to ensure tasks are completed, with a completion photo for accountability. This app turns your environment into a simple, effective reminder system.
- Photo visual cues for tasks
- Set task deadlines
- Countdown timer
- Deadline notifications
- Completion photos
- Simple interface
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If you’re someone who keeps sticky notes on your desk, leaves packages near the door so you’ll remember to return them, or lets chores pile up until they blend into the background, this app makes those reminders impossible to ignore. Just snap a photo of the visual cue, name the task, and set a deadline. Sticky Tasks tracks the countdown, tells you when the deadline is coming up, and notifies you the moment you miss it. When you finish the task, take a completion photo to mark it done. No complicated systems. No endless to-do lists. Sticky Tasks works with the way you already remember things - your physical environment. How it works: - Photo your visual cue (sticky note, object, package, mess, anything). - Set a deadline you actually intend to hit. - Watch the countdown so the task doesn’t fade away. - Get notified before and after the deadline. - Finish the task and snap a completion photo for accountability. Perfect for: - People who rely on visual cues to remember tasks - Anyone who loses track of chores, returns, paperwork, or small obligations - People who want a simple tool that actually helps them follow through Turn your environment into an accountability system. Stop forgetting the things that matter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky Tasks at none against Map Canvas's 4. Sticky Tasks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Map Canvas's advantage is ratings volume (110 vs 5) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Map Canvas sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Sticky Tasks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Tasks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Map Canvas has 110 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Map Canvas's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sticky Tasks's.
Map Canvas ships an update fortnightly, Sticky Tasks weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Map Canvas | Sticky Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (110 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ka Chun Wong | Derainged LLC |
Customer experience
Map Canvas
Sticky Tasks
In-app purchases
Map Canvas
- 3-Days Free TrialFree
- Map Canvas Watch App$0.99
- Donation$2.99
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- Map Canvas Premium$4.99
Sticky Tasks
No in-app purchases









