Comparison

Visit Italy vs Italy Map Guide

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

Head to head
About

Visit Italy

Navigate Italy's major cities and historical sites with this comprehensive travel guide. Discover 240 points of interest, check weather forecasts, and get local transport information. Easily locate hotels and nearby attractions on an interactive map.

Highlights
  • Interactive map with 240 sights
  • Hotel location integration
  • Weather forecasts
  • Public transport information
  • Digital postcard sending
  • Detailed sight information
Features
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Italy, a European country with a long Mediterranean coastline, has left a powerful mark on Western culture and cuisine. Its capital, Rome, is home to the Vatican as well as landmark art and ancient ruins. Other major cities include Florence, with Renaissance masterpieces such as Michelangelo’s "David" and Brunelleschi's Duomo; Venice, the city of canals; and Milan, Italy’s fashion capital. This app is designed specifically to assist visitors navigate around interesting sights within Florence, Lucca, Milan, Naples, Pisa, Pompeii, Rome, Sicily, Venice as well as places of interest. There are 240 sights included in the app with purple pin-drops showing their locations on the map. Once your hotel details are entered, you can easily find what interesting sights are around the hotel you're staying through the map pin-drops. The app also allows you to check the weather conditions, send postcards to family and friends, enter your hotel information by keying in the address or obtain from your contacts, visitor information, modes of transport, and restaurants. As this app accesses the internet, an internet connection is required for the app to work. Features: Map - The map is mainly centred around Florence, Lucca, Milan, Naples, Pisa, Pompeii, Rome, Sicily and Venice. It uses four coloured pin-drops. Purple pins shows all 240 sights. Red pins shows the location of hotels you've entered, green pins shows the locations that you wish to find, and the blue pin shows your current location. When you are in Italy, the 'Locate' button will pin-point your current location with a blue pin-drop. There is also a 'Find' button that allows you to find an address or place that you've entered and this location is shown with a green pin-drop. Sights - All 240 sights are listed. When you select a sight, a summary of the sight will be displayed including the address, opening times and entrance fees. You have the option to visit its website, display map location, give a rating for the sight or mark it as visited. Hotels - You can enter the name and address of a hotel or get one from your Contacts. When you press the 'Save' button, the hotel will be shown on the map. This will provide an indication of how far the sights are from your chosen hotel address. More than one hotel addresses may be entered. You can then go back to the Map section to see the locations (shown by red pin-drops) of these hotels. You can also save the hotel details to your contacts. Weather - This website shows 1 to 14-days forecast on the current weather conditions in Florence, Milan, Rome, Venice, etc. Postcard - You can send a postcard to your loved ones or friends with an attached photo of the sight you're visiting. Select the 'Sight' photo to send, enter the email address, type your email message, press either 'Send', 'Cancel', 'Delete Draft' or 'Save Draft'. Transport - Obtain information on public transport - fares, information, etc. Choose from icons for Florence, Milan, Naples, Pisa, Rome and Venice. Places - Shows the nearest location of places like restaurants, supermarket, banks, medical centres, etc. on the map based on your current location. It also shows driving direction or walk direction on the map between your current location and the selected place. Directions - This takes you to a website where you can obtain directions (by car, bus, walk, or cycle) to where you want to go. It will initially show your current location. Visitor Information - Obtain information on events, things to see and do, where to stay, etc. Restaurants - Find restaurants by price, number of stars, etc. with option to book a table.

About

Italy Map Guide

Navigate Italy with turn-by-turn directions for walking, biking, or driving. Discover popular spots, book accommodations, and access local offers. Connect with other travelers through a local chat feature.

Highlights
  • Offline map downloads
  • Turn-by-turn navigation (walking, bike, car)
  • Discover popular places and bookmark favorites
  • Access local offers and activities
  • Book accommodations online
  • Augmented reality navigation arrows
  • Local chat with other travelers
Features
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A complete guide to find interesting places, plan a trip and easily reach the places you like, simply to use map navigation turn by turn. - You can set navigation type to: walking , bike or car. - A list of most visited places are available, you can also add your bookmarked places, and plan a trip and recall it when you are in the city. - Taking photo or make movie while navigate on the map, with augmented reality arrow that guide you in to turn by turn directions. - Access to thousand of special offer and activities to do near the place you are. (require internet connection) - Obtain best price accommodations and booking on line, for example hotel for tonight or this week - Download only the map you need maintain free memory of your device. all updated maps are available on the cloud for future download. - Use a local chat to communicate and meet others people. You can filter people by language and country of residence... may find other countrymen visit the same city you are. you need this to have the best tourist trip experience. ========================================= Subscription: - Title : Pro Version; - 3 day try for free than monthly auto-renewable subscription or weekly auto renewable subscription; - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of use: http://www.offline-map.biz/info/terms.html Privacy policy: http://www.offline-map.biz/info/privacy.html ========================================= TRY FOR FREE! Enjoy Offline Maps NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED

Screenshots

Visit Italy4 screens
Italy Map Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Italy Map Guide at Free against Visit Italy's $2.99. Visit Italy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 75 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

Italy Map Guide is free to download; Visit Italy costs $2.99 up front. Italy Map Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 7 days. Visit Italy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Visit Italy against 1.0 for Italy Map Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visit Italy ships an update every 5 months, Italy Map Guide every 75 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Visit Italy versus Italy Map Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisit ItalyItaly Map Guide
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 75 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica TunnicliffeSECURE PASSWORD MANAGER

Customer experience

Visit Italy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Italy Map Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Visit Italy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Italy Map Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Version$12.997 Days
  • Guide Pro Version Try Free3 Days trial$29.991 Month

Questions

Is Visit Italy free?
Visit Italy costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Italy Map Guide free?
Italy Map Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visit Italy or Italy Map Guide?
Visit Italy and Italy Map Guide are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Visit Italy or Italy Map Guide have ads?
Neither Visit Italy nor Italy Map Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visit Italy or Italy Map Guide?
Visit Italy ships an update every 5 months, and Italy Map Guide every 75 months. Most recently, Visit Italy was updated on November 2, 2026 and Italy Map Guide on November 3, 2026.

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