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全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 vs OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~

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

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About

全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜

Discover and navigate to Japan's 100 famous castles with this free app. It displays castle locations on a map with clear icons indicating type and features. Search by keyword, type, or prefecture, and get route guidance to your chosen destination.

Highlights
  • Map display of 100 famous castles
  • Icons for castle types
  • Search by keyword, type, or prefecture
  • Route guidance to castles
  • Save favorite castles
  • Offline functionality for some features
Features
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数千ある日本全国の城・城跡の中から「日本100名城」を地図上に表示し、検索、ルート案内等をする無料アプリです。 100名城を簡単な操作で探すことができ、天守の有無や、山城、平城などの城の種類毎にわかりやすいアイコンで地図に表示します。 キーワードや城の種別、都道府県リストから検索することもでき、検索した施設までのルート案内等も簡単に行う事ができます。 DENSO NaviCon対応カーナビをお持ちの場合は、アプリからカーナビの目的地として設定できます。 【主な機能】 ・日本100名城の詳細情報 ・お城写真(投稿受付、随時追加) ・地図上で100名城の表示 ・お城の種類によりわかりやすいアイコン表示 ・近くのお城スポットを検索 ・キーワード検索 ・リストから検索 ・都道府県から検索 ・お気に入り機能 ・近くの10城表示機能 ・ルート検索(マップアプリ、GoogleMapsアプリ、DENSO NaviCon) ・カーナビ連動機能(DENSO NaviCon対応カーナビのみ) ・画面の縦横対応(iPad版のみ) ・Wifi/3Gなどのネットワークがない状態でも一部機能は利用できます (地図は表示できません) ・訪問の有無 ・LINE/Facebook/Twitterへの投稿機能

About

OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~

Features
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"Where did I go again? When was that?" "My castle photos are buried in Camera Roll." "I started collecting 100 Famous Castle stamps but I have no idea how far I've come." OshiroCho is your castle-hopping companion that takes care of all of this. The digital evolution of the Japanese goshuin-style castle stampbook (御城印帳). > Pick the castle. We do the rest. Choose the castle you visited, and the visit date, weather, temperature, season, and day of week show up filled in. All you add is a photo or two and maybe a short note. You stop feeling like you are "traveling in order to log it" and start actually looking back at memories. > Keep your castle seals together Whether you have been collecting castle seals for years or are just starting, you can save multiple seal photos per visit. Keep regular photos and castle seals organized separately, and move photos between them later. Browse all the seals you have collected on a single screen and let "this one was the limited cherry blossom edition" bring back the trip. > All 200 official castles, ready from day one Japan's 100 Famous Castles + Continuing 100 Famous Castles, all 200 of them, are included from the start. Read about each castle's founding year, lord, surviving structures, and cultural property designations. The official castle numbers are shown too, so this works as a partner to your paper stamp book. > Level up every time you visit The more you visit, the higher you climb: Apprentice Warrior, Pilgrim, Lord, Shogun. Earn badges like "12 Original Keeps Conquered", "Prefecture Complete", and "100 Famous Castles 50%". Hints like "X more to conquer" turn into seeds for your next trip. > See every castle on the map See where you have been and where you have not, all on one map. Search by name or area, narrow down to "12 Original Keeps only", or sort by closest first. > Check official information before you go For castles with available links, open official pages for hours and access, 100 Famous Castles stamps, and castle seals from the castle details. Check changing hours, closures, and availability before your trip. > Works even out of signal All 200 castles' data lives inside the app. In a tunnel, on a mountain ruin, the search and the logging just keep going. Weather and similar info are fetched quietly in the background when you are online. > Switch phones without worry Records sync through iCloud. Pick up your new iPhone and your castle history is right there. > Privacy first Photos and notes stay on your iPhone. The only things that leave the device for weather lookup are the date and a rounded castle location (about 1 km precision), never your current location or anything that identifies you. For people who: - Stop by castles a few times a year and can't remember when - Just started the 100 Famous Castles stamp rally - Have a growing pile of castle seals to organize - Spend forever digging castle photos out of Camera Roll - Want castle hopping to be a little more fun "All your castle visits, logged for you" - start your castle journey with OshiroCho today. Terms of Service: https://oshirocho.turushihara.work/terms Privacy Policy: https://oshirocho.turushihara.work/privacy

Screenshots

全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜4 screens
OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ at monthly against 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜's every 26 months. 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 ships an update every 26 months, OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 versus OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA&Otakeru urushihara

In-app purchases

None

全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜

No in-app purchases

None

OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 free?
全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ free?
OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 or OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ have ads?
Neither 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 nor OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 or OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~?
全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 ships an update every 26 months, and OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ monthly. Most recently, 全国お城マップLite〜日本百名城編〜 was updated on October 14, 2026 and OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ on October 19, 2026.

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