MapSwipe vs Sprinkle Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Analyze satellite imagery
- Identify settlements and infrastructure
- Support humanitarian missions
- Contribute to mapping projects
- Crowdsource data for aid organizations
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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.
Sprinkle Smart
This app monitors local weather forecasts to prevent unnecessary sprinkler use. It sends notifications when rain is expected, helping you save water and money by skipping watering days. The app provides multi-day outlooks for extended rainy periods.
- Automatic daily forecast checks
- Rain notification alerts
- Multi-day rain outlook
- Apple Watch app support
- Zip code location only
- Ad-free experience
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Sprinkle Smart checks the rain forecast for you — so your sprinklers don't run on a day it's about to pour. Just enter your zip code once. Sprinkle Smart checks the forecast automatically and sends you a free notification when rain is expected, so you know to skip watering that day. If rain is expected for several days in a row, it tells you how long to leave your sprinklers off. FEATURES - Automatic daily forecast checks — no need to open the app - Morning notification with the day's forecast and a clear "skip watering" or "sprinklers OK" call - Multi-day outlook — know how many days to leave sprinklers off during a rainy stretch - Sign in with Google or create a free account - Apple Watch app — check the forecast right from your wrist - No location permission needed — just your zip code - Simple, ad-free, and respects your privacy Save water. Save money. Let Sprinkle Smart watch the sky so you don't have to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sprinkle Smart at 5.0 against MapSwipe's 4.5. Sprinkle Smart also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). MapSwipe's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sprinkle Smart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapSwipe has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of MapSwipe's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sprinkle Smart's.
MapSwipe ships an update every 6 weeks, Sprinkle Smart daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapSwipe | Sprinkle Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | British Red Cross | Pete Organics |
Customer experience
MapSwipe
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In-app purchases
MapSwipe
No in-app purchases
Sprinkle Smart
No in-app purchases
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