Comparison

Map Marker vs Flash Backyard MY

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

Head to head
About

Map Marker

Organize your favorite places with custom markers, descriptions, and photos. Create folders, search for locations, and even measure distances and areas. Collaborate with friends and sync your maps across devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable map markers
  • Organize markers into folders
  • Search and create markers from locations
  • Measure distances and areas
  • Cloud sync and collaboration
  • Import/export KML/KMZ files
  • Custom fields for markers
Features
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This app uses Google Maps and other sources in order to allow you to place markers even without internet connection. If you have any issues with the app, please contact me by email, I will most likely be able to help. Features: • Set a title, a description, a date, a color, an icon and pictures for each marker, and move them freely on the map • Organise your markers into different folders • Browse and organize your markers easily from the text-searchable markers list • Search places from various sources and create a new marker from the result • Open a marker's location in any other map application already installed • Navigate to a marker's location with the integrated compass • Display and copy marker GPS coordinates to clipboard with one click • Display a marker's address if available • Create path-markers and measure their distance easily • Create polygon-surface-markers and measure their perimeter and area easily • Create circle-surface-markers and measure perimeter and area easily • Create GPS tracks recorded from your device location • Share a captured image of the current map • Share markers as KML files • Import markers from a QR code • Import/export markers from/to KML or KMZ files • Import your Google Maps favorite locations (those marked with a star) • Exported KML files are compatible with most other map softwares such as Google Earth • Custom fields for markers: Checkbox, Date, Email, Text, Multi-choice, Phone, Web link • Create templates for custom fields per folder: the child markers will inherit their parent folder's custom fields Premium features: • Save your markers on the cloud with WebDAV, Google Drive or Dropbox • Collaborate with your friends by sharing your map cloud folder with them: anyone with access to the map folder can modify it and changes will be synced to everyone using the folder • Restore previous versions of your cloud map folder • One time purchase for a lifetime upgrade on your Apple account with an unlimited number of iOS devices • No ads Used permissions: • Get your location => to locate you on the map • Access to external storage => to export, save and import to/from files

About

Flash Backyard MY

This app assists business owners in streamlining their daily operations. It provides tools to manage various aspects of business management efficiently.

Highlights
  • Business operations management
  • Streamline daily operations
  • Manage business aspects
  • Efficient business tools
Features
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Flash Backyard, helping business owners manage their business operations.

Screenshots

Map Marker4 screens
Flash Backyard MY3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flash Backyard MY at none against Map Marker's 1. Flash Backyard MY also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Map Marker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flash Backyard MY asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Map Marker ships an update every 2 months, Flash Backyard MY every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Map Marker versus Flash Backyard MY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMap MarkerFlash Backyard MY
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (343 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings343 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BIEROFLASH EXPRESS CO.,LTD

Customer experience

Map Marker

All ratings339 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive87.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative8.8%

Flash Backyard MY

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Map Marker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Markers disappearing after updates
  • Inability to delete individual markers
  • Compatibility issues with newer OS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to rearrange marker order
  • Option to print or export maps
  • Improved search and filtering
  • Sync across devices and accounts
  • More marker/icon customization

Flash Backyard MY

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Map Marker

One-time1
  • Map Marker premium$11.99
None

Flash Backyard MY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Map Marker free?
Map Marker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flash Backyard MY free?
Flash Backyard MY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Map Marker or Flash Backyard MY have ads?
Neither Map Marker nor Flash Backyard MY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Map Marker or Flash Backyard MY?
Map Marker ships an update every 2 months, and Flash Backyard MY every 3 weeks. Most recently, Map Marker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Flash Backyard MY on November 3, 2026.

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