Comparison

Web Canvas vs StackPatch

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

Head to head
About

Web Canvas

Organize your online research on an infinite canvas. Instead of managing browser tabs, visually connect websites, images, and notes in a single workspace. Pan, zoom, and arrange your findings to understand complex topics.

Highlights
  • Infinite zoomable canvas
  • Visual organization of websites and notes
  • Spatial navigation instead of tabs
  • Connect research items with lines
  • Save and share research sessions
  • Full web browsing capabilities
Features
Read full description

Drowning in browser tabs? Web Canvas gives the web room to breathe. Instead of juggling tabs, create an infinite canvas where websites, images, and your own notes live together in your own visual workspace; pan, zoom, and connect everything you're researching in one place. WORKING CANVAS • Pan and zoom freely across your workspace • See all your research and browsing at a glance • Navigate spatially instead of linearly through tabs • Turn on a canvas grid to stay oriented as you pan and zoom • Recenter with one tap to snap back to where you started • Sessions: name, save, and reload your canvases; return to your research anytime • Share a saved session link; tap it to reopen that canvas on your device VISUAL BROWSING • Add multiple browser windows to your canvas • Images show in your workspace • Sticky notes: jot a thought right next to the site it belongs to • Connect any two items with a line to map how your research fits together • Color-code anything: give windows a color to group by theme, priority, or status • Arrange everything exactly how you think DESIGNED FOR RESEARCH & EXPLORATION Whether you're researching a project, planning a trip, or diving deep into a topic, Web Canvas lets you organize the web your way. Keep related websites close together, leave yourself a note about why something matters, create visual clusters of information, and never lose track of that one tab again. NATURAL GESTURES • Drag windows anywhere on the canvas • Pinch to zoom in and out • Pan with one finger to navigate and the canvas glides to a smooth stop • Two-finger trackpad swipe to pan on iPad • Full-screen mode for focused reading • Read Mode / Lock: follow links in place without new windows POWERFUL FEATURES • Share a URL from another app and open it on your canvas in one step • Full web browsing and your favorite search engines • Search history that remembers your journey • Dark mode support • Optimized for both iPhone and iPad • Smooth 60fps animations MAKE IT YOURS • Pin and reorder the toolbar buttons you use most • Choose your primary color and theme • Pick your default search engine • Start of RTL handling and translations Perfect for: • Research projects and deep dives • Visual learners and thinkers • Anyone drowning in browser tabs • Students organizing study materials • Designers collecting inspiration • Writers gathering references Your research deserves more than a list of tabs. Give it space to breathe.

About

StackPatch

Features
Read full description

StackPatch helps people with crowded address books repair duplicate records without losing context. It scans contacts on the device, groups likely duplicates by matching names, phone numbers, email addresses, and close-name similarity, then gives you a clear merge preview before changes are written. Bulk cleanup is the main workflow: review grouped records, merge the useful fields into one primary contact, ignore groups that should stay separate, or move unwanted records into a local recycle bin. Deleted records are snapshotted before removal so they can be restored if a cleanup pass goes too far. The app is built for private, practical maintenance. Contacts stay on the device, and you can export the whole address book as a VCF or CSV file through the iOS share sheet to keep your own copy. Settings covers export and the retention window for recycle-bin cleanup. Highlights - Find duplicate groups by name, phone, email, and close-name similarity. - Merge useful fields while keeping a preview of the resulting contact. - Move contacts to a local recycle bin before permanent removal. - Restore individual records or the full recycle bin. - Export the current address book as VCF or CSV. - Set the retention window for automatic recycle-bin cleanup.

Screenshots

Web Canvas4 screens
StackPatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

Web Canvas and StackPatch are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Web Canvas versus StackPatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb CanvasStackPatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCurious Cat Consulting, LLCGiang Nguyen Truong

In-app purchases

None

Web Canvas

No in-app purchases

None

StackPatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web Canvas free?
Web Canvas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StackPatch free?
StackPatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Web Canvas or StackPatch have ads?
Neither Web Canvas nor StackPatch shows ads.

Other comparisons