MapDraw App vs Map Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapDraw App
Annotate images from maps or your own photos with text, lines, and pins. Plan layouts for roofs, roads, and buildings. Save your visual notes directly to your device.
- Draw on map images
- Annotate uploaded photos
- Add text, lines, and pins
- Map roof, road, and building layouts
- Save drawings to device
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Draw on an image captured from a map, or upload a photo to draw on. Map out roof structures, road layouts, building layouts, etc using text, lines, and pins. Save drawings to your device.
Map Canvas
This app allows users to sketch, annotate, and plan routes directly on a world map. It supports importing and exporting geographic data files and offers tools for drawing and pathfinding. Users can also share their map creations online.
- Draw and annotate on world maps
- Pathfinding tools
- Import GeoJSON and GPX files
- Export data for sharing
- Journaling and illustration on maps
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Map Canvas is a tool for planning, journalling and illustration on Apple map. This app comes with a set of tools for drawing, annotating and pathfinding. Data can be imported as GeoJSON and GPX files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapDraw App at none against Map Canvas's 3. MapDraw App also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Map Canvas's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 18 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, 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. Map Canvas sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MapDraw App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Map Canvas holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Map Canvas has 100 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of MapDraw App's written reviews are positive against 79% of Map Canvas's.
MapDraw App ships an update every 18 months, Map Canvas fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapDraw App | Map Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.5 (100 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bobby Westman | Ka Chun Wong |
Customer experience
MapDraw App
Map Canvas
In-app purchases
MapDraw App
No in-app purchases
Map Canvas
- 3-Days Free TrialFree
- Map Canvas Watch App$0.99
- Donation$2.99
