Comparison

Visual Drive vs Paper Maps

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

Head to head
About

Visual Drive

This app analyzes your driving dynamics using phone sensors and an optional tag to provide feedback for safer driving. It logs your trips and offers detailed insights into maneuvers, helping you improve your driving skills. The app is designed for eligible customers and requires user verification.

Highlights
  • Automatic driving detection
  • Driving dynamics measurement
  • Low-power battery usage
  • Trip summaries and details
  • Maneuver feedback
  • Low-power trip logger
  • Visual Drive Tag device support
Features
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Visual Drive gives you feedback about your driving, helping you become a safer and better driver. Visual Drive automatically detects when driving starts and stops, and uses the phone’s sensors to measure your vehicle’s driving dynamics. It uses low-power sensing methods to reduce battery consumption. The app shows you trip summaries, details on maneuvers, and gives you useful feedback to become a better driver. It also acts a low-power logger of all of your driving trips. This version of the application supports the Visual Drive Tag device. By linking seamlessly with the smartphone app, the tag accurately calculates vehicle maneuvers. The Visual Drive tag requires a bluetooth connection. Visual Drive runs in the background and uses GPS. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Visual Drive is intended for customers only. We request email, name and phone number to verify eligibility. Some customers may be asked to enter policy number and group ID (these fields are optional).

About

Paper Maps

This app allows you to view and edit digital maps with support for various file formats. You can customize maps by adding placemarks, recording tracks, and drawing shapes. It also offers real-time annotation sharing and useful tools like a theodolite.

Highlights
  • View PDF, TIFF, KAP, KML files
  • Cloud integration (iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox)
  • Add placemarks and record tracks
  • Draw lines and shapes
  • Real-time annotation sharing
  • Theodolite and georeferencer tools
Features
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The best digital maps viewer and editor ever made for a mobile device! - View PDF, TIFF, KAP, KML - Integrated with iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, - Customize your map - add placemarks, record tracks, draw lines and shapes - Share annotations with other users in real time - A lot of useful tools: theodolite, georeferencer and more!

Screenshots

Visual Drive4 screens
Paper Maps3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Drive at 5.0 against Paper Maps's 3.9. Visual Drive also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Paper Maps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Paper Maps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Visual Drive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Drive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paper Maps has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Visual Drive's written reviews are positive against 43% of Paper Maps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Drive ships an update every 3 months, Paper Maps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Visual Drive versus Paper Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual DrivePaper Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB59 MB
Age rating12++4
DeveloperAioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co.,Ltd.Abbro Inc

Customer experience

Visual Drive

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Paper Maps

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Visual Drive

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Paper Maps

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time6
  • Map$0.99
  • Map$1.99
  • Map$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Map$3.99
  • Map$4.99
  • Unlock data export$4.99

Questions

Is Visual Drive free?
Visual Drive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paper Maps free?
Paper Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Drive or Paper Maps?
Visual Drive is rated higher. Visual Drive averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Paper Maps averages 3.9 from 13 ratings.
Do Visual Drive or Paper Maps have ads?
Neither Visual Drive nor Paper Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Drive or Paper Maps?
Visual Drive ships an update every 3 months, and Paper Maps every 3 weeks. Most recently, Visual Drive was updated on September 19, 2026 and Paper Maps on September 14, 2026.

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