Comparison

Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 vs UniteTrip

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

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About

Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁

Navigate Shenzhen's metro system offline with this comprehensive guide. It displays station names in both English and Chinese, offering clear maps and zoom capabilities. Never get lost in the city's extensive subway network again.

Highlights
  • Offline metro system map
  • English and Chinese station names
  • Up-to-date route information
  • Pan and zoom capabilities
  • Small app size
  • Quick station locator
Features
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Shenzhen's metro, drawn as a map you'll want to keep. Whale's Shenzhen Metro puts the whole Shenzhen Metro — 19 lines and 380 stations, everything open in 2026 — on a paper-and-ink map made for this app, with every station named in English, Chinese and pinyin. Works offline. Free. THE MAP Cream paper, ink lettering, a touch of vermilion: a map that reads like the city instead of a diagram. Every line in its official colour, with its number repeated along the line so you never lose track of which one you're on. Interchanges carry badges for every line that stops there, each terminus is named, and the rivers, lakes and shoreline are drawn in. Window of the World, Shenzhen Bay Park, Lianhuashan Park, Huaqiangbei and Dongmen are marked where they really are. It's drawn as vectors, so pinch in as far as you like — it stays crisp. FIND A STATION • Type any station in English, Chinese or pinyin — "Civic Center", "市民中心" or the first few letters all work • The whale flies you there and points at it • Your recent stations are remembered PLAN A ROUTE • Tap a station, then another: the fewest-stops route is drawn bold with everything else dimmed • Transfers and a journey-time estimate on the card — Shenzhen North to Window of the World, for example • Share the route as text to a friend, or to your notes READ THE SIGNS • Every station card shows the Chinese name, pinyin with tone marks, and English • Tap the speaker to hear the name spoken aloud • Highlight a single line to trace it from end to end MADE FOR TRAVEL • Fully offline: no roaming, no VPN, no account, nothing to download after install • Day or night: the paper map, or ink on slate — your choice in About • iPhone and iPad • Free, supported by one small banner WHAT'S ON THE MAP Lines 11 and 20 to Bao'an Airport, the Line 2/8 through-service to Xiaomeisha, Lines 12, 13, 14 and 16, the Longhua trams, the Pingshan Sky Shuttle, and the Hong Kong border crossings at Luohu, Futian Checkpoint and Shenzhen Bay. 76 interchange stations, all with badges. GOOD TO KNOW Is it up to date? Yes — 19 lines and 380 stations as of 2026, including this year's openings. Station positions come from OpenStreetMap; the design and layout are ours. Learning Chinese? Every station card links to HSK Hero, our recognition game for the 5,000 HSK words — the same studio, the same care. Going to other cities? Whale's Metro Maps cover Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Zhengzhou. The More Cities tab links to each. Who makes it? Handtechnics, a small independent studio that has been making Chinese travel and learning apps since 2012. Download it before you land. 一路平安!

About

UniteTrip

This app serves as a digital companion for organized group travel, offering features like shared itineraries, group chat with offline capabilities, and a consolidated photo album. It also manages trip finances, registrations, and family details, ensuring all trip information is accessible on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Group trip itinerary
  • Offline trip chat
  • Shared photo album
  • Trip balance and payments
  • Registration management
  • Family travel management
  • Face ID login and security
Features
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UniteTrip is the companion app for group trips run on UniteTrip: pilgrimages, retreats, tours and mission trips organized by parishes, ministries and travel groups. Sign in with the account your organization gave you (or create one) and everything about your trip is on your phone: • Itinerary - every day's plan, with your own private notes and the events you're joining. • Trip chat - talk with the whole group, share photos, react and reply. Works offline: messages send when you're back on Wi-Fi. • Photos - the trip's shared album, with comments. • Balance - what your trip costs, what you've paid and what's still owed, trip by trip. • Registration - register yourself and your family for a trip, and update your registration answers. • Family - manage the people you travel with. • Sign in with Face ID, keep the app locked, and see every device you're signed in on. • Notifications when you're mentioned or replied to, when a registration is approved and when a payment is recorded -- with quiet hours, and a per-chat setting. Trip chats are private to the people on the trip and moderated by the trip's organizers. You can report any message, photo or comment, and block anyone whose posts you don't want to see. UniteTrip is free for travelers. Trips are created by the organization that runs them -- on unitetrip.com, not in the app.

Screenshots

Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁4 screens
UniteTrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: UniteTrip at none against Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁's shown. UniteTrip also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 against 5.0 for UniteTrip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniteTrip has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 ships an update every 18 months, UniteTrip every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 versus UniteTrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁UniteTrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings)
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHandtechnicsKen Paulsen

Customer experience

Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

UniteTrip

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁

No in-app purchases

None

UniteTrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 free?
Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UniteTrip free?
UniteTrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 or UniteTrip?
Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 and UniteTrip are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 or UniteTrip have ads?
Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 shows ads; UniteTrip does not.
Which is updated more often, Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 or UniteTrip?
Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 ships an update every 18 months, and UniteTrip every 4 days. Most recently, Shenzhen Metro Subway Map 深圳地铁 was updated on November 7, 2026 and UniteTrip on November 6, 2026.

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