Pinbox vs SpotKeeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinbox
Easily save and organize important locations into custom maps for any purpose. Record places you've been, want to go, or need to remember, with added notes and photos. It's your private space for all your essential spots.
- Create custom maps
- Add pins with notes and photos
- Organize places by category
- Simple, intuitive interface
- Private bookmarking
- Export pins to other map apps
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Featured by Apple in “Best New Apps”! Plan your next trip, mark places you want to go, and remember your favorite spots. Across town or across the world, you’ll never forget another place with Pinbox! Add pins where you are, where you’ve been, or where you want to go. Pinbox makes it easy to quickly record and organize your important places into distinct maps for every activity, occasion, or geographic region. Unlike other apps, Pinbox doesn’t force you to save all your places on a single map. You can make one map for your favorite local restaurants - make another map for your next business trip or vacation - and make another map for errands you need to run this weekend. The possibilities are endless! Pinbox is about you and your places. It’s not a social network. You don’t have to create an account or enter your Facebook details to use the app. Your maps aren’t cluttered with random places bookmarked by strangers. Pinbox is simply the best app for privately bookmarking places that are important to YOU! FEATURES • Simple, easy-to-use interface • Drop a pin for each place you want to remember • Add photos, notes, and other details to each pin • Choose from seven different pin colors • Organize your pins into separate maps • See your location in relation to your pins • Send maps to other Pinbox users • Send pins to Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Transit for directions • Display maps in Standard, Hybrid, or Satellite • Save up to 5,000 pins total EXAMPLES OF MAPS YOU MIGHT CREATE • Travel planning • Favorite restaurants or restaurants to try • Customer locations/sales calls • Friends and family locations • Real Estate listings • Favorite hiking/biking trails • Secret fishing spots • Dog-friendly places • Parking spots • Favorite stores • Multi-stop errands • Potential photoshoot locations • The list goes on and on and on… Still not convinced? Here are a few of our favorite reviews… “Pinbox is one of those simple apps that does one thing so well it feels frictionless”. -- Stephen Grassie “The interface is gorgeous - I would say that it looks like something Apple designed”. -- Macaddict “I have been using this to keep track of all the places the kids and I go so they can see how spread out our world is and they can see where all we have gone. Will use it forever”. -- 1Cool Daddy “This app is extremely useful and so simple to use. A lifesaver for keeping track of locations”. -- Davies Photo “I love this app. It is exactly what it claims to be. I have wanted this app since the smartphone was invented. So simple, and so many uses”. -- T1Man Using Pinbox on an iPod Touch or an iPad: Like other map apps, Pinbox uses GPS to determine your location. iPods and Wi-Fi-only iPads do not have a GPS receiver. On these devices, Pinbox provides your approximate location using information based on your proximity to known Wi-Fi networks (when on and available). The more accurate the available information, the smaller the circle identifying your position on the map. This feature is not available in all areas. Known Wi-Fi networks are predominantly in urban areas. An internet connection is required to load maps, look up addresses, and search. Although Pinbox can be installed on iPads, it’s not formatted for the larger iPad screen - it runs doubled like all other iPhone apps. Pinbox is the result of a collaboration between Scott D. Smith and Paul Burd. We sincerely hope you like it!
SpotKeeper
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SpotKeeper is an iOS app to save all the places you love. You can easily save locations for your favorite places to eat, places you want to return, or that special place where you played in a creek as a child. SpotKeeper is great for hunters, fishermen, foragers who want to return to that special honey hole again and again. Save Spots in Lists with distinct color and icon combinations. Sort and filter lists to find that special place. Share spots with friends or get directions in Apple Maps. Sync your spots and lists across all your Apple devices with iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pinbox at every 3 months against SpotKeeper's every 12 months. Pinbox also leads on chart position (#20 vs unranked) and price ($3.99 vs $5.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Pinbox costs $3.99 and SpotKeeper $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pinbox ships an update every 3 months, SpotKeeper every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinbox | SpotKeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (123 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seasonal Spring | smallPond Technologies, LLC |
Bugs and requests
Pinbox
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatibility with newer iPhone screens
- Lack of landscape mode support
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to rename individual maps
- More color options for pins
- Filtering and sorting options for pins
- iPad version with full-screen support
- Ability to import/export data (e.g., CSV)
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- Sync pins across devices
SpotKeeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinbox
No in-app purchases
SpotKeeper
No in-app purchases








