Comparison

MapSwipe vs MosquitoMax Smart Misting

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

Head to head
About

MapSwipe

Contribute to humanitarian efforts by analyzing satellite imagery. Identify settlements, roads, and rivers in crisis-prone areas to help aid organizations locate vulnerable populations. Your contributions enable faster and more effective delivery of life-saving assistance.

Highlights
  • Analyze satellite imagery
  • Identify settlements and infrastructure
  • Support humanitarian missions
  • Contribute to mapping projects
  • Crowdsource data for aid organizations
Features
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Make a meaningful impact from your phone, one swipe at a time. MapSwipe is part of the Missing Maps project. It is a free, open-source app that lets anyone contribute to humanitarian and development projects in just minutes a day. No mapping experience needed: review satellite imagery, identify features like buildings, roads, and waterways, and help validate map data used by organizations around the world. The data you generate supports humanitarian organizations, researchers, and local communities, making OpenStreetMap data more accessible for disaster response, public health, climate resilience, and sustainable development. How you can contribute: * Find Features: Swipe through satellite imagery to spot buildings, roadways, waterways, and more * Compare Dates: Review before-and-after imagery to detect environmental changes and assess damage * Validate Footprints: Check building footprints and flag areas that need remapping * Check Completeness: Compare mapped data against aerial imagery to find gaps * Assess Images: Review photographs to confirm features and improve machine learning tools * Locate Objects: Mark rooftops, solar panels, trees, and other features to help train machine learning models Your swipes have real impact. MapSwipe is managed by a volunteer-led team with support from the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, HeiGIT, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Togglecorp. Download MapSwipe and join a global community putting the world's most vulnerable places on the map.

About

MosquitoMax Smart Misting

Features
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Connect and manage your device using the iOS app. Connect and pair a new device, rename your device, schedule a spray, cancel a spray and reset the power remotely from the app. Control your device settings to adjust the Nozzles, set the Spray Duration, adjust the Chemical Class, turn Leak Detection On/Off, adjust the valve offset and adjust the No-Spray temperature. You can view your spray history, as well as the history of device alerts. You no longer need to be standing in front of your MosquitoMax sprayer to control it. You can now manage and control it remotely.

Screenshots

MapSwipe4 screens
MosquitoMax Smart Misting3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MosquitoMax Smart Misting at every 4 days against MapSwipe's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, 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

MapSwipe ships an update every 6 weeks, MosquitoMax Smart Misting every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MapSwipe versus MosquitoMax Smart Misting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapSwipeMosquitoMax Smart Misting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBritish Red CrossMosquitoMax, LLC

In-app purchases

None

MapSwipe

No in-app purchases

None

MosquitoMax Smart Misting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapSwipe free?
MapSwipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MosquitoMax Smart Misting free?
MosquitoMax Smart Misting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapSwipe or MosquitoMax Smart Misting have ads?
Neither MapSwipe nor MosquitoMax Smart Misting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapSwipe or MosquitoMax Smart Misting?
MapSwipe ships an update every 6 weeks, and MosquitoMax Smart Misting every 4 days. Most recently, MapSwipe was updated on November 2, 2026 and MosquitoMax Smart Misting on October 31, 2026.

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