Comparison

Mapcode Finder vs Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊

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

Head to head
About

Mapcode Finder

This app provides a short, universal code for any location on Earth, functioning like a worldwide postal code. It allows users to find locations by mapcode, coordinates, or address, and generate routes to them. Mapcodes are designed to be easily communicated and are recognized by major navigation systems.

Highlights
  • Generate short address codes for any location
  • Find locations using mapcodes, coordinates, or addresses
  • Get routes to locations via the Maps app
  • Mapcodes recognized by HERE and TomTom
  • Precise location identification
  • Useful for emergency services and utility companies
Features
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This app provides a short address for ANY location on Earth. Much like a postal code, except its a world-wide postal code. What are mapcodes? Mapcodes are a free and open way to make location on Earth addressable by a short code even if it has no "official" address. For instance, with nothing but your mapcode, a navigation system will bring you to within meters of your front door. This app allows you to get mapcodes for any location on Earth by finding the location on the map, entering its coordinates, or entering its address (if that exists). And, obviously, if you have a mapcode, this app will you show where the location is and allow you to get a route to it (using the Maps app). Mapcodes were designed to be short and easy to recognize, remember and communicate. Shorter than a regular address and simpler than latitude and longitude coordinates. Regular mapcodes are precise to a few meters, which is good enough for everyday use, but they can be extended to almost arbitrary precision. Mapcodes are supported by major map makers, such as HERE and TomTom. For example, the HERE and TomTom navigation apps (also in this AppStore) and millions of satnav devices recognize mapcodes out-of-the box. Just type it in as if it were your address. Who uses mapcodes? Here are some examples of using mapcodes in real life. Emergency services need to quickly reach the strangest places. Not only will a Mapcode get an ambulance to within meters of its target, no matter where, but the short mapcodes can also be communicated clearly even over bad connections (for example in Eastern Cape and South Africa). Many countries are currently considering mapcodes as a candidate for their national postcode. Most countries today only have "zone" codes, where thousands of dwellings share the same code. South Africa was the first to introduce mapcodes to officially support informal dwellings (such as slum dwellings). In countries without an effective addressing system, utility services can not readily come to aid of households or businesses when they are faced with power cuts or water leakages. In Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, electricity and water meters bear mapcodes which aren't just their unique identifier, but acts as the address of that particular house or business. Archeological and botanical finds are (of course) registered very precisely. Many errors are made, however, both in writing down and in copying the unwieldy latitudes and longitudes. Mapcodes are now used to put a human face on coordinates by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Land or building ownership is a relevant and complicated, but vastly under-organized issue in many countries. Several land registry offices are looking into easily and unique identifying parcels of land by their central mapcode whilst others (South Africa, India, USA) have implemented mapcode down to a 1m2 accuracy for urban planning and asset management. Contact the Mapcode Foundation for more information on mapcodes or for questions or feedback on this app. You can reach us at http://mapcode.com and info@mapcode.com.

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Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊

Features
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Self-driving during the trip in Japan is very popular. Many travellers should know well about MAPCODE which is used for quickly locating a place of Japan on the GPS navigation system of the car. So a tool for searching and bookmarking MAPCODEs acts as an important role of your Japan trip. This app, Mapcode+, provides you a way to: - search MAPCODE anytime and anywhere; - search MAPCODE using English/Chinese/Japanese; - check MAPCODE before the trip and bookmark them; - review bookmarked MAPCODE without data network. ------------------------------------------ 日本自駕遊越來越普及,相信租車的人都聽過MAPCODE,MAPCODE的用途是在汽車GPS導航上快速定位目的地,所以查詢MAPCODE這事情在日本自駕遊行程中是不可或缺的。 Mapcode+這程式讓您: - 在旅程中隨時隨地查找MAPCODE; - 支援中/英/日文搜尋地方; - 也可事先查找MAPCODE然後收藏起來; - 在沒有網絡的情況下隨時查閱收藏了的MAPCODE。

Screenshots

Mapcode Finder4 screens
Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Mapcode Finder at 3 against Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊's 1. Mapcode Finder also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Mapcode Finder ships an update every 4 months, Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Mapcode Finder versus Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapcode FinderMapcode+ for 日本自駕遊
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRijn BuveWingshan Lam

In-app purchases

None

Mapcode Finder

No in-app purchases

None

Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mapcode Finder free?
Mapcode Finder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 free?
Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mapcode Finder or Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 have ads?
Neither Mapcode Finder nor Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mapcode Finder or Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊?
Mapcode Finder ships an update every 4 months, and Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 every 3 months. Most recently, Mapcode Finder was updated on September 17, 2026 and Mapcode+ for 日本自駕遊 on September 27, 2026.

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