MyBG vs Aruba Smart Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyBG
Connect with fellow owners of a specific vacation property. Share insights on resort amenities, local services, and personal experiences. Rate your stay and discover valuable information from other community members.
- Share points of interest
- Post comments and pictures
- Rate resort experiences
- Discover owner-shared tips
- Navigate resort areas
- Find local services
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You've invested in your BlueGreen property and use it as much as you can. MyBG helps you navigate the resort area, see what other owners shared about your vacation resort and share your experience with others. Share points of interest, shopping, medical, dental, pharmacy, vet, restaurants, comments, pictures and rate your stay to inform other owners about building, room, cabin, suite and resort experiences. *** Disclaimer *** This application is not associated, affiliated, sponsored or endorsed by BlueGreen Vacations, BlueGreen Properties or any of its affiliates of partners. This app is just written by a guy that wants to share with other owners in a community setting.
Aruba Smart Map
This offline travel guide helps you discover the best places in Aruba, including restaurants, bars, beaches, and points of interest. Find nearby Wi-Fi hotspots, happy hour deals, and save your favorite locations for easy planning. Navigate directly to any destination with integrated directions.
- Offline Aruba map and navigation
- Wi-Fi hotspot locator
- Happy Hour Map for drink deals
- Categorized points of interest
- Place details and contact info
- Save favorite locations
- Event and deal listings
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#1 Aruba Guide. Make the best of your visit with the Aruba Smart Map Mobile Application, the must-have offline travel companion when planning and visiting a trip to Aruba. While using the offline travel guide to find the best places around Aruba, you can use our Wi-Fi map to find the nearest places to get online. And for our cocktail, beer, and other exotic drink lovers, we have created the Happy Hour Map, so you can find the places and hours for the best priced drinks. We have kept everything simple with categories, you can find Activities, Bars, Beaches, Cultural and Popular places, Restaurants, Shopping, Medical Services, Transportation Services, Resorts/Hotels, and General Points of Interest like the airport & Gas Stations. In the Aruba Smart Map we like to keep things simple, on each place you will find yourself a short description, opening hours, a quick list of information that answers frequently asked questions, a contact hub to find more information and of course the navigation button to find your way there. Additionally, you can find under the tab “Events/Deals” any events and/or deals a place may have. You can save any place to your favorites list by selecting the heart on the profile page of any place. You can find all places you have saved in the menu under the “Favorites” button, which are organized per category. This way you can plan ahead of visiting Aruba! In order to use the offline navigation, Wi-Fi & Happy Hour Map, you must download the Offline Google Map of Aruba. We provided very easy instructions on our website or in our in-app tutorial. Aruba Smart Map needs your location to navigate you to places or show you what is near you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MyBG at none against Aruba Smart Map's shown. MyBG also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (965 vs 38). Aruba Smart Map's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 53%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MyBG holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyBG has 965 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of MyBG's written reviews are positive against 83% of Aruba Smart Map's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MyBG ships an update every 12 months, Aruba Smart Map every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyBG | Aruba Smart Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (965 ratings) — better | 4.2 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 965 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jamie Daniel | Aruba Smart Map Inc. |
Customer experience
MyBG
Aruba Smart Map
Bugs and requests
MyBG
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes or won't load
- Login issues and inability to access account
- Bugs when trying to book vacations
Requested features
4 requests- Add more resort information and photos
- Improve navigation and booking flow
- Integrate with BlueGreen website/account
- Provide better support and documentation
Aruba Smart Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyBG
No in-app purchases
Aruba Smart Map
No in-app purchases
Questions
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