Comparison

Drive around World Heritages vs Map Widget

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

Head to head
About

Drive around World Heritages

Explore world heritage sites virtually through panoramic driving. Plan real or simulated road trips, search for points of interest, and save your favorite routes. Create movies of your virtual journeys and easily navigate using on-screen instructions.

Highlights
  • Virtual panoramic driving
  • World heritage site data
  • Route planning and saving
  • Searchable points of interest
  • Movie creation
  • Crossroad instructions
  • Alternate route selection
Features
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The latest data of the world heritage is 2026. All world heritages data is included. You can easily plan to drive on the round trip to the world heritages or have fun to drive virtually by continually loading panorama view. Please enjoy a virtual driving to the world heritages by the serial loading of the panorama views. You can search the interesting places and save to iCloud. So you can share the saved directions and places with same appleID on the other devices. The panorama views automatically turns to the traveling direction like a real driving and the instruction pops up at the crossroads. It takes about 10minutes to got to the end of route or to go to 2km/1mile. You can easily see the road conditions along the searched route. You can load the panoramaview tapping on the marker at the center of the wheel. Tap on the right/left side of the wheel and the car marker moves forward/backward to next/previous numbered marker. The route summary(total distance and time) can be displayed tapping “route summary”. You can save the favorite driving routes(directions) and places. •Movie creation You can create the movie during the serial loading of the panorama views and save the movie to Photo Library. •selecting a alternate route Tapping a purple line. •The list of Instructions of the route can be displayed.  The distance at the each instruction is the distance to the next instruction. •Moving a pin. Long press of a pin can move to new location. •Deleting of a pin You can delete a pin by tapping a pin and a displayed trash window. •Deleting a searched route You can delete a route by a long-press and release of a pin. •Viewing the panoramaview of any location On Driver’s View tab you tap on the map and the car marker moves to the tapped location. You can load the panoramaview at the location of the car marker on tapping on the center of wheel or on the map. •Viewing instructions at crossroads Tapping the numbered marker, the instruction pops up. •Changing a map size You can change the map size of Driver’s view tab at settings. •Changing an interval of serial loading You can change the interval of serial loading at Settings tab.

About

Map Widget

Place various maps on your home screen, centered on your current location. Access over 100 map types, including official Japanese geographic surveys and historical maps. Displays distance from home and elevation data.

Highlights
  • Home screen map widgets
  • Current location focus
  • Over 100 map types
  • Distance from home display
  • Elevation display
  • Historical and specialized maps
Features
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●ホーム画面にいろいろな地図をおけるアプリです。 ●現在いる場所を中心にして表示します。 ●国土地理院の地図をはじめとした100種類以上の各種地図が使用できます。 ●ホームからの距離も表示できます。 ●ハザードマップなどもあります。 1.地図の種類 使える地図一例(組み合わせを入れて100種類以上)  国土地理院の各種地図(標準・淡色・白地図・アナグリフ)[無料]  国土地理院の空中写真 [無料]  国土地理院の災害時対応空中写真 [無料]  国土地理院の主題図(土地条件図) [無料]  東京測量図原図ー明治期の古地図ー[無料](首都部の古地図)  関東迅速測図ー明治期の古地図ー[無料](関東広域の古地図)  今昔マップ(谷氏提供:明治から平成の時系列地図)[無料]  植生図(植物の種類など記載した地図)[無料]  シームレス地質図(産総研提供の地質図)[無料]  火山基本図(火山の詳細地形図)[無料]  火山土地条件図(火山の地形分類図)[無料]  湖沼図(釣りなどに使える水深)[無料]  人口集中地区H22(ドローンを飛ばせる場所)[無料]  治水地形分類図(河川周辺の詳細地形分類)[無料]  都市活断層図(活断層の位置や段丘などの位置を表示)[無料]  土地利用図(土地の利用形態の分類図)[無料]  土地条件図 [無料]  OpenStreetMap [無料] 海外でもOK  OpenTopoMap [無料] 海外でもOK ※地図によっては全国をカバーしていないものもあります。地図がない場所は[No Map]の表示となります。 2.位置の更新 位置の更新はおおむね5分から10分程度になります。 通信環境によっては更新できないことがあります。 地図の範囲が現在の位置をカバーしていない場合は、地図の範囲の中心を表示します。 iPadでGPSを搭載していないWiFiモデルでは位置精度が粗くなります。 ウィジェットの右下には標高値も表示しますが、GPSで測定したものです。実際の海抜標高とは誤差が生じます。 3.ホーム登録 ホームの位置を登録しておくと、ホームからの距離(地図中心までの距離)を表示します。 4.ご利用にあたって 本アプリを運用した結果については、著作権者、開発者は一切の責任を負いません。 初回起動時に「位置情報サービスの使用を許可するか?」という表示が出ますが、許可としてください。現在位置の地図を表示するときに必要になります。バックグラウンドでは使用しません。 国土地理院の地図やデータについても、国土地理院のサービス変更や規約変更などに伴って、利用できなくなる場合があります。

Screenshots

Drive around World Heritages4 screens
Map Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Map Widget at none against Drive around World Heritages's shown. Map Widget also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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

Drive around World Heritages ships an update every 3 weeks, Map Widget every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drive around World Heritages versus Map Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrive around World HeritagesMap Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBecomingSystemsTomohiko Sugimoto

Customer experience

Drive around World Heritages

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Map Widget

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drive around World Heritages

No in-app purchases

None

Map Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drive around World Heritages free?
Drive around World Heritages is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Map Widget free?
Map Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drive around World Heritages or Map Widget have ads?
Drive around World Heritages shows ads; Map Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Drive around World Heritages or Map Widget?
Drive around World Heritages ships an update every 3 weeks, and Map Widget every 2 days. Most recently, Drive around World Heritages was updated on November 2, 2026 and Map Widget on November 3, 2026.

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