Comparison

pictoMap vs mapic

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

Head to head
About

pictoMap

This app visualizes your photos on a map, marking the exact location, date, and time they were taken. You can easily search your history to redisplay memories and add personal notes to your saved data.

Highlights
  • Display photos on a map
  • Pin shooting positions
  • Search and redisplay history
  • Add memos to saved data
  • Output photos via email
  • Select positioning accuracy and map type
Features
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A notebook written in places and times. Save what you found, where you found it: a location, a time, a photo, a note. Later, retrace it on the map and along the timeline, in the order it happened. That is all pictoMap does. ■ Save it on the spot Three ways in: take a photo on the spot, save the location only, or bring photos in from your library. When a photo from your library carries its location and the time it was taken, pictoMap uses them, so there is nothing to type. If a photo has no location, you can place it on the map afterwards. Choose how the camera saves: review each photo and add a note before saving, or save the moment you press the shutter and add details later. The camera has zoom, flash, and front and back cameras. After recording, you can rotate or crop a photo. ■ The map and the list move together A day's records line up on the map as numbered pins, joined in time order. Pick a pin and the list follows; pick a row and the map follows. On iPad the map and the list sit side by side. ■ Group with tags Tag records "Kyoto trip" or "October inspection" and everything under that tag is drawn on one map, across as many days as it took. A three-day trip or a week of site visits becomes a single route you can follow. ■ Find it again Search by the text of your notes, by place name, by tag, or by date range. ■ Material for a report (Premium) Export any range of records as a PDF, plain text, or CSV, laid out in time order. The PDF can include a cover page, page numbers, and a route map that joins your records in order, giving you a starting point for a site report or a training write-up. (Creating the route map requires an internet connection.) Photos can be exported all at once, named in record order. You can preview the finished PDF before buying. ■ Camera modes for site visits (Premium) Continuous keeps the camera open and saves each photo as its own record, for going from place to place. Batch gathers the photos you take while the camera is open into a single record, for taking several shots in one place. ■ Your data stays yours Records are kept on this device and, if you use iCloud, in your own iCloud. There is no account and no sign-in. You can also export a backup file and keep it yourself. ■ Also - A single record can hold several photos - Choose a standard map, satellite imagery, or both together - Pick location accuracy and photo quality from three levels each - New photos are saved as HEIC when that makes them smaller, and Settings shows how much space pictoMap uses on this device - When you share a photo, its time and note are written into it; you choose whether the location is too - Works with VoiceOver, larger text sizes, and Dark Mode No ads. Recording, the map, search, iCloud sync, and backups are free. Exporting reports and the Continuous and Batch camera modes are unlocked with a one-time in-app purchase, pictoMap Premium (included at no cost if you downloaded pictoMap before version 3.1).

About

mapic

Features
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地図で自分を表現する。チェックインのいらない、新感覚の訪問記録・旅行記です。 ## mapic とは mapic は、旅行や日常のおでかけで撮った写真を選択するだけで、地図に「ピック」して、自分だけの地図を作成できるアプリです。 これまでの人生で訪れた場所も、これから行きたい場所も、すべて地図上で一元管理して、「探索率」を確認したり、時系列で見たりできます。 チェックインに追われる必要はもうありません、旅の帰り道に、写真をまとめて選択するだけで、自動で行った場所ごとに整理して「旅行記」を作成できます。 他のチェックインアプリにはない、あとからまとめて記録できる自由さと、圧倒的な機能の豊富さで、モバイルアプリと Web 版の両方に対応しているので、URL で行った場所や旅行記を共有できます。 **「地図で自分を表現する」** ## 主な機能 ### ピック 写真を選択するだけで、地図に「ピック」して、自分だけの地図を作成 ### まとめてピック 旅先の写真をまとめて選択するだけで、自動で行ったスポットごとに整理してピックできます ### リアルタイムモード mapic でタイムラインを探索しながら、スマホを上に向けると、傾きを検知して素早くその場の写真を撮ってピックできます ### マップ 地球全体を 3600 \* 3600 分割したタイルマップで、訪れた場所を一目で確認でき、「探索率」を表示します ### 旅行記 複数のピックをまとめて旅行記を作成。旅の帰り道に、写真をまとめて選ぶだけで旅行記が完成します ### タイムライン 自分の・フォローしているユーザの・現在地周辺の、ピックを時系列で表示。タイムラインとドーム状の地図を組み合わせた特徴的な UI が mapic のアイデンティティです ### ソーシャル フォローやいいねができます。地図で自分を表現する新しい「地図 SNS」です ### シェア・X (Twitter) 連携 mapic は、モバイルアプリと Web 版の両方に対応。URL で自由に行った場所や旅行記を共有できます! また、Twitter, Swarm, Instagram に素早くシェアする機能があります ## リンク * **公式ウェブサイト**: [https://mapic.me](https://mapic.me) * **プライバシーポリシー**: [https://mapic.me/privacy](https://mapic.me/privacy) * **利用規約**: [https://mapic.me/tos](https://mapic.me/tos) ## ライセンス © 2025 mapic. All rights reserved. ## クレジット **mapic 運営事務局** designed by Taniii [@taniiicom](https://x.com/taniiicom) ** X, Twitter, Instagram, Google Maps, Foursquare, Swarm は各社の商標または登録商標です

Screenshots

pictoMap4 screens
mapic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mapic at none against pictoMap's 1. mapic also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. pictoMap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mapic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

pictoMap ships an update every 5 months, mapic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
pictoMap versus mapic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpictoMapmapic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRYUICHIROU SHIMONOTomohiro Tani

In-app purchases

1 purchases

pictoMap

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

mapic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pictoMap free?
pictoMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mapic free?
mapic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do pictoMap or mapic have ads?
Neither pictoMap nor mapic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, pictoMap or mapic?
pictoMap ships an update every 5 months, and mapic every 3 days. Most recently, pictoMap was updated on October 16, 2026 and mapic on October 14, 2026.

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