Comparison

ArchiMaps vs Acarta

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

Head to head
About

ArchiMaps

Discover and explore architectural landmarks with detailed guides and curated routes. Navigate by map or list, filter by historical period or function, and plan your visits to significant buildings worldwide.

Highlights
  • Interactive architectural maps
  • Themed ArchiRoutes
  • Filter by historical period/function
  • Route planner
  • Favorites tool
  • Detailed building facts
Features
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ArchiMaps is the definitive architecture guide. Each of our maps is focused on a certain author, city or region, and features up to 300 architecture works. *Easy and functional* ArchiMaps has two main navigation modes: map and list. Map allows you to search architecture works by their geographic location and relate them with your own position; list shows buildings sorted by proximity, date, or alphabetically. From both of them, you can access a facts screen of each architecture work. Buildings displayed on the app can be filtered by historical period, main function, or through a search field. Finally, the route planner helps you find your way to the selected building. A favorites tool is also available, allowing you to save a selection of preferred works for later visit or consult. *ArchiRoutes* Inside each ArchiMap, several ArchiRoutes offer themed selections of buildings centered on an architectural movement, a prominent author or a specially interesting area to visit, pointing out the architectural hot spots. Some ArchiRoutes have a general approach, while others go in depth on more specific issues. ArchiMaps does not focus only on modern or contemporary architecture, but on every style and historical period. Each map spans from the earlier relevant buildings present on the site, to the most recent works. *A growing and accurate database* ArchiMaps has been developed by architects, and the compilation of works is made up by experts on architectural history, based on reliable and credited sources. Our database is in continuous expansion: we are always developing new maps, updating existing ones or adding new ArchiRoutes. For a better control of the displayed info and keeping a coherent and balanced whole inside each map, the app does not accept user-generated content, although proposals and suggestions are welcome. Photographs can also be submitted by users through a direct access from the building facts screen. We hope ArchiMaps would be useful in your next travel, study trip, or just for learning more about the architecture of your city.

About

Acarta

Features
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Your architectural field guide. Who designed the building you are standing in front of? When, and why does it look the way it does? Acarta is a field guide to architecture, public art, and landscape architecture: 16,000+ places, with photographs and the story behind the facade. Know what to look at next Open the app and there is already something to go see. Buildings near you, themes to follow, walking tours ready to start. Each suggestion says why it is there: because you like functionalism, because it is ten minutes away. Read the building in front of you Tap a pin: architect, year, style, story. One place leads to the next. A water tower in Oxelösund gets as much room as an opera house in Paris. Walks and road trips Follow curated architecture walks stop by stop. Put your own places on a map and Acarta draws the route. Driving somewhere? See what is worth a stop along the way. Log the places you visit Check in where you stand, or backdate last summer's trip. Photographs, notes, badges for the styles and cities you cover. Over the years it becomes a map of everything you have seen. 7,500+ architects and artists Their works, and the places where you can stand in front of them. Follow an architect the way you would follow a director. Bring your friends Their check-ins and photographs land in your feed. Follow a friend before a trip, come home with their map of what they loved. A living field guide Users add places, refine dates, upload photographs. Every contribution is credited. The guide gets better every week because of people who look closely. Free to read. Every description, photograph and biography, for everyone. Free to check in and to follow friends, too. With Acarta Pro you also get whole cities offline and unlimited maps of your own, and you help us improve the guide. Terms: https://acarta.app/terms Privacy: https://acarta.app/privacy

Screenshots

ArchiMaps4 screens
Acarta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArchiMaps at none against Acarta's 2. ArchiMaps also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). Acarta's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price and ads 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. Acarta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. ArchiMaps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ArchiMaps ships an update every 2 months, Acarta every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ArchiMaps versus Acarta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchiMapsAcarta
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunciona Soluciones Informáticas, SLVäder AB

In-app purchases

None

ArchiMaps

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Acarta

Subscriptions2
  • Acarta Pro$7.997 Days
  • Acarta Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ArchiMaps free?
ArchiMaps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Acarta free?
Acarta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ArchiMaps or Acarta have ads?
Neither ArchiMaps nor Acarta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ArchiMaps or Acarta?
ArchiMaps ships an update every 2 months, and Acarta every 2 days. Most recently, ArchiMaps was updated on October 3, 2026 and Acarta on October 20, 2026.

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