Comparison

Contact Map vs Create Own Map

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

Head to head
About

Contact Map

Visualize your contacts' addresses and create custom maps with unlimited pins, emojis, and images. Organize locations, search for places, and share your maps with others. Offers synchronization and backup options for seamless data management.

Highlights
  • View contacts' addresses on map
  • Create unlimited custom maps and pins
  • Add emojis and images to pins
  • Import contacts and contact groups
  • Share maps and pins
  • Search for locations and businesses
  • Synchronize across multiple devices
Features
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• The Contact Map offers you countless possibilities. You can view your contacts' addresses on the map, create pins anywhere on the map or at your location, search for locations, and more. • Create unlimited maps and place as many pins, emojis and images as you want on each map. There are no limits.* • The Contact Map gives you the perfect overview of all your places. Features: • Create an unlimited* number of maps • Create unlimited* pins, markers, emojis and images - 9 pin colors / 9 marker colors / emojis / images - At the current location - At any location - Move pins on the map • Import contacts - All contacts - Selected contacts - Update contacts - Contact groups** - Selected contacts from contact groups** • Share maps with your friends • Information about each pin - Title and subtitle (optional with current date) - Images - Notes - Distance to current location - Coordinates - Address is loaded automatically and can be edited manually - Show address directly on the map • Synchronization** and backup** - Create an account and connect up to 5 devices of your choice simultaneously. - Create backups of all or selected maps. - Synchronize the maps and pins of your devices. • More features: - Search function - search for cities, restaurants, shops and more - phone numbers and websites are displayed directly if available - List of all pins with search function - alphabetically, by distance, by date or sorted as desired - Export CSV documents of your pins** - Import pins using CSV documents** - Merge maps* - Combine maps - 3D Touch shortcut for quick marking of the location - Create pins on the Apple Watch - Choice between the Apple map and Google Maps - Location and compass function - Show map in 3D - Share pins - Navigate to pins in the maps app or on Google Maps - Set the preferred map type (standard, satellite, hybrid) - Night mode (iOS 13 and higher) - Various settings _________________ Contact Map Premium & Business - Thanks to Contact Map Premium you get the following additional features: Unlimited pins, unlimited maps, send / download maps up to 1'000 pins - Thanks to Contact Map Business you get the following additional features: Unlimited pins, unlimited maps, send / download maps up to 8'000 pins, contact group import, CSV export / import, synchronize your devices, secure backup of all data, account for up to 5 devices - Your subscription will automatically renew for the price and period listed above until you cancel it in your iTunes account at least 24 hours before it expires. - A subscription that has already begun cannot be cancelled for the current term, but only for the next term. - If you choose not to subscribe to Premium / Business or cancel your subscription, you can continue to use the Contact Map for free. _________________ *In the free version you can place up to 10 pins per map and create up to 3 maps. To create more, you need a Premium or Business subscription. **For these functions you need a business subscription. Privacy policy: https://www.livantis.ch/privacy-policy-maps-apps Terms of use: https://www.livantis.ch/terms-of-use-maps-apps By using the Contact Map, you agree to our privacy policy linked in the App and on the App Store. © 2023 Livantis GmbH

About

Create Own Map

Create custom offline maps of your surroundings to navigate easily. Mark important locations like home, parking, or favorite spots with custom icons. Ideal for those with poor direction or who dislike reading complex maps.

Highlights
  • Create custom offline maps
  • Navigate without internet
  • Drop and name location pins
  • Assign custom icons to pins
  • Track and draw routes
  • Save and open created maps
  • View street address with internet
Features
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This app helps you create a custom map of your neighborhood and navigate without the need for internet connection or any pre-downloaded map. This app is particularly useful for anybody who has a poor sense of direction, or who can not read maps with so many uninteresting street names and directions. Let's assume you have just moved into a new home and you don't want to get lost when traveling around. This app helps you find your way back home easily. Another practical use of this app is to find where you have parked your car, find your favorite restaurant, store, hotel, or a particular building in a neighborhood. What the app does is that it tracks you and draws your route constantly. You can drop a pin on any location that you are interested in. You can give the pin a name and assign it an icon using a variety of image options. In this way, you will have a clear view of the region you are interested in. You can follow the route to take you back to the departing point. You can save the created map. The next time you can open it and follow the route to take you to the location pins. If the internet connection is available too, then tapping the current location will show you the street address and the address is also saved with the location pins. In order to delete or rename a saved map, swipe the desired row in your map book and select the appropriate action. The premium version enables the save and open features.

Screenshots

Contact Map4 screens
Create Own Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Contact Map at 51% against Create Own Map's 0%. Contact Map also leads on rating (3.6 vs 1.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 17 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Contact Map sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Create Own Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contact Map holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Contact Map's written reviews are positive against 0% of Create Own Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contact Map ships an update fortnightly, Create Own Map every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Contact Map versus Create Own Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact MapCreate Own Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (19 ratings) — better1.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews51.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas SchottenBita Sobhani

Customer experience

Contact Map

All ratings19 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive51.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative46.2%

Create Own Map

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Contact Map

Subscriptions4
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Business$39.991 Month
  • Premium1 Month trial$59.991 Year
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  • Business1 Month trial$249.991 Year
1 purchases

Create Own Map

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Contact Map free?
Contact Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Create Own Map free?
Create Own Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contact Map or Create Own Map?
Contact Map is rated higher. Contact Map averages 3.6 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Create Own Map averages 1.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Contact Map or Create Own Map have ads?
Neither Contact Map nor Create Own Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contact Map or Create Own Map?
Contact Map ships an update fortnightly, and Create Own Map every 17 months. Most recently, Contact Map was updated on September 24, 2026 and Create Own Map on September 7, 2026.

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