VINwiki vs RC Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VINwiki
Document your vehicle's complete history, including maintenance, upgrades, and mileage. Share your car's story with photos and service records to build its value. Follow friends' cars and see their automotive journeys.
- Create vehicle history reports
- Contribute to vehicle histories
- Curate vehicle history reports
- Add photos and mileage updates
- Document service records
- Track car maintenance and upgrades
- Follow friends' car journeys
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VINwiki is here to change automotive history. It is a platform that invites users to create, contribute to, and curate vehicle history reports. Tell your car's story with photos, mileage updates, service records, and everything that makes it your own. Build value in your car by documenting all of the maintenance, upgrades, and modifications that you perform. Follow your friends and the cars you love so that you can see what happens to them. VINwiki is a great tool to keep track of what your friends do to their cars and where they end up down the road. Come with us on this journey to offer a new perspective on the cars that we love.
RC Map
Connect with fellow RC car enthusiasts to discover and share local driving spots. Find venues for crawlers, trail trucks, comp rigs, and bashers. Join the online community to enhance your hobby.
- Discover local RC driving venues
- Share driving spot information
- Connect with other RC car enthusiasts
- Find venues for various RC car types
- Join online community discussions
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Come and hang out and meet new people online. We have a Facebook Group online you can join and find and share local venues to drive your tiny truck. RC (remote control) crawlers, trail trucks, comp rigs, or bashers, all invited to come and join in the fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VINwiki at 4.8 against RC Map's 3.6. VINwiki also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 9) and review sentiment (63% vs 43%). RC Map's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
VINwiki holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VINwiki has 4.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of VINwiki's written reviews are positive against 43% of RC Map's.
VINwiki ships an update monthly, RC Map every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VINwiki | RC Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.1K ratings) — better | 3.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VINwiki, Inc. | All In Networks |
Customer experience
VINwiki
RC Map
Bugs and requests
VINwiki
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login and registration issues
- Posts and data disappearing
- Inability to view personal posts and history
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to edit and delete posts
- Implement push notifications
- Improve search and filtering functionality
- Add support for international users and vehicles
- Optimize for iPad and larger screens
RC Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VINwiki
No in-app purchases
RC Map
No in-app purchases
