MyAnimeList Official vs Tears Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyAnimeList Official
Discover and track anime and manga with this official database app. Find new series, read reviews, get recommendations, and update your progress easily. Stay informed about new releases and trending titles.
- Anime and manga database
- Track watching/reading progress
- Get recommendations
- Seasonal anime page
- New anime announcements
- Trending titles
- Friends' scores and stats
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The official app for your favorite anime and manga database and community! Quickly find information on anime you're watching, read reviews of manga you're planning to read, or get recommendations for similar anime and manga to start next. Use our seasonal anime page to see the best of what's airing now, or marathon the highest-rated anime from previous seasons. Best of all, easily update your episode and chapter progress so your list is never out of date. Our app will help keep you on top of all things anime: • New anime announcements • What's trending now • Friends' scores and stats • Group chats with other fans • Milestones for your favorite series • ...and more.
Tears Map
This app provides a comprehensive map for a popular adventure game, featuring locations like Skyview Towers, Shrines, and Korok Seeds. Users can track their in-game progress by marking discovered items and access additional game content such as meal recipes, weapons, and armor.
- Interactive game map
- Track game progress
- Skyview Tower locations
- Shrine of Light markers
- Korok Seed locations
- Quest markers
- Meal recipes, weapons, and armor data
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Map for Tears of the Kingdom. The map contains lots of data as shown in the screenshots, including Skyview Tower, Shrine of Light, Quest, Korok Seed, Bosses and many other collections. User can mark map data to trace game progress. Meal Recipe, Weapons, Armors are also included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tears Map at 100% against MyAnimeList Official's 47%. Tears Map also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7). MyAnimeList Official's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1K vs 15). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Tears Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyAnimeList Official asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tears Map holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyAnimeList Official has 1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of MyAnimeList Official's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tears Map's.
MyAnimeList Official ships an update every 6 weeks, Tears Map every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyAnimeList Official | Tears Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (1K ratings) | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MyAnimeList Co., Ltd | Weibin Lv |
Customer experience
MyAnimeList Official
Tears Map
Bugs and requests
MyAnimeList Official
Reported bugs
3 issues- Parsing errors when adding anime
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Login issues on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add manga list support
- Implement dark mode
- Allow sorting and filtering of anime list
- Integrate forum and review features
- Display more detailed profile information
Tears Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyAnimeList Official
No in-app purchases
Tears Map
- Remove Ads$3.99
Questions
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