Comparison

Pin Reminder vs Stream Note

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

Head to head
About

Pin Reminder

Features
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Drop a pin on the map to set the exact spot your reminder should watch for. The store entrance address search never quite finds, the building your office is in, the back gate of the park. Pin Reminder does one thing: location reminders. What you create here goes into the built-in Reminders app, and iOS delivers the alert. There's no new to-do app to learn. β€’ Aim with the pin at the center Move the map until the center pin sits where you want it. Search to get close, then cover the last few meters by hand. β€’ Watch the radius as a circle Drag the slider from 100 m to 1 km and the range is drawn on the map as a circle. Presets for 100 m, 500 m, and 1 km β€” and the values you used recently β€” are one tap away. β€’ When you arrive, or when you leave Choose "when I arrive here" or "when I leave here". After you save, one button adds the opposite reminder, so a single place can cover the way in and the way out. β€’ Five favorites, one tap to save Keep the places you go often as favorites. Save the radius, the arrive or leave trigger, and the reminder title along with them, and from then on a single tap is the whole flow. β€’ Home screen widgets for a shorter path Keep your favorites out on the home screen. If a favorite has a title saved with it, tapping the widget finishes the reminder right there; if not, you start with that spot already pinned. The small widget holds one place over a map of it, the medium holds four, and the large holds five. Touch and hold a widget to pick which favorites go on it, and a favorite with an emoji shows that emoji in the widget too. β€’ Every option from Reminders Title and notes, plus the list to save into, priority, a time alert, and repeats (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly). Once saved, you can open it in Reminders right away. β€’ Easy on the battery iOS handles the location trigger. This app doesn't follow your location in the background β€” it checks your location only while you're using it. Good moments for it β€’ Passing the grocery store on the way home β€” buy milk β€’ Leaving the office β€” take the laptop charger β€’ Arriving at a client's office β€” bring out the signed contract β€’ Getting home β€” pick up the package Support β€’ iPhone Β· iPad (iOS Β· iPadOS 18.0 or later) β€’ ν•œκ΅­μ–΄ Β· English Β· ζ—₯本θͺž β€’ VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion supported β€’ A banner ad appears at the bottom of the screen Access to Reminders is required. Location access is optional β€” without it you can still drop a pin by searching or moving the map. Drop one pin. Instead of trying to remember, let the place bring it back to you

About

Stream Note

Features
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The simplest notes, focused on today. Stream keeps your notes not in folders, but in a stream of days. Write today, then flick back through the days that have flowed by. β€’ Needle scrubber β€” one bar, one day. A single drag skims through your past days and jumps straight to any date. β€’ Checklists & markdown β€” bold, bullets, and checkboxes saved as plain text. β€’ Show on Lock Screen β€” pin notes and to-dos as a Live Activity and check them off right there. β€’ Lock Screen control β€” open Stream instantly from a Lock Screen button. β€’ Tags & filters β€” follow a single stream with one #tag. β€’ Markdown export / import β€” your data is always yours, in plain text. All notes are stored on your device only.

Screenshots

Pin Reminder4 screens
Stream Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stream Note at none against Pin Reminder's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pin Reminder ships an update every 3 days, Stream Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Pin Reminder versus Stream Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPin ReminderStream Note
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShin JunHoMuhyun Park

In-app purchases

None

Pin Reminder

No in-app purchases

None

Stream Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pin Reminder free?
Pin Reminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stream Note free?
Stream Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pin Reminder or Stream Note have ads?
Pin Reminder shows ads; Stream Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Pin Reminder or Stream Note?
Pin Reminder ships an update every 3 days, and Stream Note every 5 days. Most recently, Pin Reminder was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stream Note on October 29, 2026.

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