Cartographer vs Bancha
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cartographer
Create custom maps for your stories or RPG campaigns with this random map generator. Easily adjust landscapes, sea levels, and apply professional styles to visualize imaginary worlds.
- Random map generation
- Customizable landscapes
- Sea level adjustment
- Professional map styles
- World-building tool
- RPG campaign aid
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Designed specifically by and for writers and RPG players, Cartographer is the perfect tool for creating custom maps of alien worlds, fantasy realms, and imaginary landscapes. Simply pick what kind of landscape you're looking for and Cartographer takes care of the rest! Then customize your landscape by adjusting the sea level, turning peninsulas into islands and archipelagos into mountain ranges. Plus, with a suite of custom styles, your map will look professionally crafted from the very moment of its creation. Whether you're trying to visualize a world for your next story or looking for a way to add "dice roll"-stlye randomness to an RPG campaign, Cartographer will have you up and running in no time!
Bancha
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Write down every anime you watch, and keep it for good. ONE SCREEN FOR RIGHT NOW Episodes, hours, titles completed, and the next episodes you can log — all on the screen you open into. WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Watch histories don't stick around forever. Drop a show for a few months, come back, and you have no idea which episode you stopped on — worse for something that ran several seasons, or a few hundred episodes. Note where you got to and when you watched it. It's kept in your iCloud, so it's still there on a new phone or after you reinstall. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Some shows are only in one place, some only in another, and you might switch halfway through. Where you watch doesn't matter — the records all sit in Bancha. You can add things you finished years ago too, so the totals cover everything: titles, episodes, hours. DETAIL WHERE IT COUNTS • Put a date on any single episode — the exact day if you remember it, just the year if you don't • Write your own note on any episode • Rewatching starts a separate run: the first time through and the second keep their own dates and notes THE SHOWS YOU'RE ON • Calendar: what airs next, and how many episodes you're behind • New Episode Alerts for the shows you're following • Logging reminders on the days and time you choose • Watch Summary: episodes, hours and your top genres, as a card you can share BACKUP • No account to sign up for. Export everything to JSON, CSV or MyAnimeList format • Bring a MyAnimeList list over in one go CREDITS Anime data from Bangumi (subject data, CC BY-SA 3.0), bangumi-data (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0). Traditional Chinese titles from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Broadcast times from Syoboi Calendar. Synopses translated and adapted from Bangumi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bancha at none against Cartographer's 5. Cartographer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cartographer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Bancha asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cartographer ships an update every 2 weeks, Bancha fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cartographer | Bancha |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alexander Winn | YUAN JIE LIN |
Bugs and requests
Cartographer
Reported bugs
7 issues- 3D viewer has no interactive controls
- Cannot save 3D planet visualization
- Map visualization loads as blank or partial
- Sea level adjustments sometimes don't work properly
- Sliders behave unpredictably
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- App is laggy and slow
- Map edges don't align when wrapping around
Requested features
17 requests- Manual terrain editing and drawing tools
- Ability to add mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers
- Place structures, buildings, towns, and landmarks
- Different map projections (Mercator, Robinson, etc.)
- Globe rotation and interactive 3D controls
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- Save 3D planet as video or GIF
- Weather and climate features (snow, ice, deserts)
- Zoom in/out and pan across map
- Higher resolution output
- Add text labels for oceans, towns, and regions
- Export to higher quality formats
- Elevation/topography display on 2D maps
- Compass rose and scale indicators
- Integration with other worldbuilding apps
- Ability to edit and save generated maps
- Full-screen map viewing
- Procedural generation customization sliders
Bancha
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cartographer
- Pro Mode$0.99
- Pro Mode$1.99
- Pro Mode$2.99
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- Pro Mode$3.99
- Pro Mode$4.99
Bancha
No in-app purchases









