ArcGIS AppStudio Player vs SuperMap iTablet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArcGIS AppStudio Player
Instantly view and test mapping applications created with ArcGIS AppStudio. Sign in with your ArcGIS credentials to access and evaluate your own creations or those shared with you before distribution.
- View mapping applications
- Test app creations
- Sign in with ArcGIS credentials
- Download shared applications
- Evaluate before distribution
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AppStudio Player lets you instantly view mapping applications created with ArcGIS AppStudio. It offers you a great way to quickly test your own creations before you build and distribute them. To get started: 1. Install the ArcGIS AppStudio for Player app 2. Open and sign in with your ArcGIS Online or Enterprise credentials. 3. Select, download and test the mapping applications you have created or that have been shared with you.
SuperMap iTablet
This professional GIS app offers extensive tools for mobile data collection, analysis, and processing. Features include map browsing, cartography, AR mapping, 3D scene visualization, and custom development capabilities.
- Map browse and cartography
- Indoor and outdoor navigation
- AR map integration
- Field data collection
- 3D scene visualization
- Data analysis and processing
- Customizable interfaces
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SuperMap iTablet is a professional GIS App for mobile sides. It provides multiple modules for data collection, analyses, and processing including map browse, cartography, indoor and outdoor navigation, AR map, navigation collection, field collection, emergency plotting, 3D scene, and so on. Besides, it supports custom developments. SuperMap iTablet allows you to make maps with your fingers. It serves more than 20 kinds of thematic maps like area maps, stairs maps, rose maps, etc. You can customize color schemes, ranges, and legends for your maps. Apart from these abilities, iTablet supports switching between a marked map and an investigation map. You can switch the display of your map from a vertical orientation to horizontal orientation and vice versa. AR Map module has the ability to integrate videos and GIS, fuse maps and real-word scenes, and project kinds of spatial data like vector data, models, images, terrain, special effects, POI, websites, and so on. Moreover, the module can not only recognize, detect, and classify targets, but also measure areas, distances, and heights. The data processing module supports a series of data analyses (like buffer zone analysis, overlay analysis, network analysis, etc.), four registration algorithms, and 6 projection transformation methods. Also, it allows you to copy and reset the coordinate system of data. The navigation collection module allows you to collect data by drawing manually or recording traces. The field collection provides multiple collection templates and supports collecting data by picking up points with satellites, hands, and gestures. Furthermore, you can edit objects like merging or splitting them. The plotting module supports drawing and importing diverse symbols like military symbols, multiple arrows, and infrastructure symbols. The scene view module supports various 3D data including fine models, oblique photography models, BIM, and terrain. You can perform a flythrough after enabling a flying route with the module. Apart from all modules we mentioned above, SuperMap iTablet has the capacity of cooperation of cloud sides and mobile sides, managing your account, data resources, friends, feedback, and all sharing. In the meanwhile, you are allowed to access public resources provided by SuperMap Online and browse SuperMap technical communication forum. SuperMap iTablet supports custom interfaces. Such as you can customize its title, icon, and home page. At the same time, you are allowed to develop and load plugins as needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArcGIS AppStudio Player at 100% against SuperMap iTablet's 0%. ArcGIS AppStudio Player also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). SuperMap iTablet's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ArcGIS AppStudio Player holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArcGIS AppStudio Player has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ArcGIS AppStudio Player's written reviews are positive against 0% of SuperMap iTablet's.
ArcGIS AppStudio Player ships an update every 3 months, SuperMap iTablet monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArcGIS AppStudio Player | SuperMap iTablet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (12 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ESRI | SuperMap Software Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
ArcGIS AppStudio Player
SuperMap iTablet
In-app purchases
ArcGIS AppStudio Player
No in-app purchases
SuperMap iTablet
No in-app purchases
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