About Stick Picks

A cigar collector's journal — built and run by one person.

Quick Answer

Stick Picks is an iOS journal and humidor catalog for adult cigar collectors, built and operated by an independent developer. The app does not sell tobacco, show tobacco ads, or promote tobacco use. It is a private reference for tracking what you own, what you have logged, and what your collection is worth.

Who runs Stick Picks?

Stick Picks is built and operated by Bob Guillow, an independent developer. There is no investor, no parent company, and no advertising network behind the app. Decisions about features, privacy, and direction are made by one person, and that person answers the email at support@stickpicks.app.

What is Stick Picks?

Stick Picks is an iOS app that does four things for adult cigar collectors: catalogs the contents of your humidor, scans cigar bands to identify what you own, tracks the value of your collection over time, and gives you a private journal for every cigar in your collection. The reference catalog grows over time and is corrected by users when something is missing or wrong.

What Stick Picks is not

It is not a retailer. The app does not sell cigars or any tobacco product.
It is not a marketplace. There are no listings, no buy/sell flows, no auctions.
It does not show tobacco ads. There are no ads of any kind in the app.
It is not a recommendation engine for tobacco use. The app exists to help people who already collect cigars keep their collection organized.
It does not collect health, location, or financial data. See the privacy policy for the full breakdown.

How Stick Picks makes money

The core app is free. A Pro subscription unlocks advanced collection tracking and journaling features. That is the entire revenue model. Subscriptions are managed through Apple, so payment information never touches Stick Picks' servers.

Editorial standards

Articles published on this site are written by Bob Guillow based on first-hand experience as a collector and on cited primary sources (manufacturer catalogs, industry reference books, the FDA, the IRS for valuation context, and other public sources). When a fact comes from somewhere other than direct experience, it is linked. When something is an opinion, it is labeled.

Articles are dated, and the date is updated only when the content actually changes — not just to make the page look fresh.

Health notice

Cigar smoking carries significant and well-documented health risks. Stick Picks does not promote tobacco use. The U.S. Surgeon General's warnings apply to every product referenced in the catalog. The app's full health disclaimer is in the Terms of Use.

Contact

Press, partnership, or product feedback: support@stickpicks.app. There is no DM channel — email is the canonical contact.