Free Map Tools vs Pinged
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Free Map Tools
This app offers a suite of map-based utilities for measuring distances, calculating areas, and visualizing radii. It can also determine travelable distances within a set time and find antipodal points on the globe. Useful for planning, analysis, and geographical exploration.
- Measure distance and area
- Plot radius around a point
- Calculate travelable distance/time
- Find distance between two locations
- Locate antipodal points
- Find zip/postcodes within a radius
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Free Map Tools is a collection of tools based on maps. These tools allow you to perform various functions for a wide range of applications. You can measure distances and areas. You can also send or share the map as an image to indicate the area, route or radius you have plotted. The Radius Around Point tool lets you plot a distance radius on a map. You specify the centre point, the radius and other features such as colour. You can then visualise the radius to see the area covered. The Measure Distance tool lets you plot a route on a map and find out the distance covered in various units. It also uses your GPS sensor to plot the route automatically. The Area Calculator Tool lets you draw an area on the map and find the measurement of the area enclosed. The Find How Far I Can Travel tool will show how far you can drive or walk within a set time. For example, how far can I get if I drive for 60 minutes from my current location. How Far is it Between allows you to find the road and crow-flies distance between 2 addresses. It also shows both routes on the map. The Map Tunnelling Tool allows you to find out where on the globe your antipodal point is. You can also find the antipode of any custom location. Country Specific Tools ———————————————- For the following countries: ∙USA ∙UK You can use the following tools: ∙The zip/postcodes found inside a radius ∙The distance between two zip/postcodes
Pinged
This utility app helps visualize GPS coordinates and map areas of interest. It can receive location data via email, automatically map points, and notify users of updates. Share locations with teams and set up geofence notifications for movement.
- Map GPS coordinates
- Visualize radius around points
- Receive location data via email
- Automatic mapping of locations
- Share pings with teams
- Geofence movement notifications
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Pinged by Badge Apps provides practical resources for many applications where mapping GPS coordinates and a visualizing a radius around those points can be helpful. Pinging a phone? Pinged can receive location data from external sources over email and automatically map the locations and notify you of updates. Share pings with your team, plot points of interest or even receive geofence related movement notifications. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pinged at 4.7 against Free Map Tools's 4.0. Pinged also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Free Map Tools's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pinged holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 23 respectively.
Free Map Tools ships an update fortnightly, Pinged every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Free Map Tools | Pinged |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (61 ratings) | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GV Software Solutions Limited | Aaron Benzick |
Customer experience
Free Map Tools
Pinged
Bugs and requests
Free Map Tools
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes frequently
- Track My Route feature doesn't work
- Elevation tool is missing/not functional
- Radius map saving/emailing issue
- Inaccurate travel time estimates
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- Air miles feature not working
- No postcode input option
- App does not work on iPad
- Map radius tool is inaccurate
Requested features
13 requests- Calculate distance of each leg
- Add elevation tool
- Improve contrast for route saving
- List for saved routes
- Improve 'how far can I travel' algorithm for UK roads
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- Add German language option
- In-app purchase to remove ads
- Add sea level riser tool
- Show highways on map
- Track up vs top down map view
- Chevron blue arrow for direction
- ETA at truck driving speeds
- Population tool
Pinged
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Free Map Tools
No in-app purchases
Pinged
No in-app purchases









