Comparison

Cartographer vs Bancha

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Random map generation
  • Customizable landscapes
  • Sea level adjustment
  • Professional map styles
  • World-building tool
  • RPG campaign aid
Features
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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!

About

Bancha

Features
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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).

Screenshots

Cartographer4 screens
Bancha4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cartographer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Bancha asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cartographer ships an update every 2 weeks, Bancha fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cartographer versus Bancha: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCartographerBancha
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlexander WinnYUAN 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

5 purchases

Cartographer

One-time5
  • Pro Mode$0.99
  • Pro Mode$1.99
  • Pro Mode$2.99
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  • Pro Mode$3.99
  • Pro Mode$4.99
None

Bancha

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cartographer free?
Cartographer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bancha free?
Bancha is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cartographer or Bancha have ads?
Neither Cartographer nor Bancha shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cartographer or Bancha?
Cartographer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bancha fortnightly. Most recently, Cartographer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bancha on November 5, 2026.

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