Aruba Smart Map vs MapChick's Isla Mujeres
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
MapChick's Isla Mujeres
Plan your Isla Mujeres vacation with this offline travel guide. Discover hotels, attractions, restaurants, and more. Upgrade for full access to all island experiences and dining options.
- Offline operation to avoid roaming charges
- Directory of hotels and rental properties
- Information on island services and transportation
- Listings for restaurants, beaches, and attractions
- Tips for maximizing your vacation experience
- Optional data-linked features like peso converter
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MapChick's Isla Mujeres is designed to work entirely offline to prevent surprise International roaming charges (external links to Facebook pages, navigation, etc. will use data). After downloading the app, you’ll be asked to download our database of information to your device. This allows us to provide frequent updates without the need to download the entire app again. Download the free version and start planning your vacation in paradise with a directory of nearly 300 hotels and rental properties (including map locations), plus information about the island, the Cancun airport, ferry service, using pesos, great beach reads, and making phone calls. Love what you see in the free version? Upgrade to the paid version and unlock all the attractions and dining experiences this magical island has to offer: Restaurants, 200+; beaches and beach clubs, 30+, attractions and art, 120+; shopping, 100+; services and medical, 90+; transportation, 40+. Plus, each of the above categories includes tips and information to help you get the most from your Caribbean vacation. Optional app features that will use cellular data roaming or WiFi: • External links to restaurant menus. We currently have about 50 restaurant menus available for you to explore, but if we downloaded them all to your phone you wouldn't have much storage left for vacation photos. • Peso converter (included with paid version). This feature requires data to access current exchange rates. • External links (Example: Facebook, web sites, email, phone calls). • App updates from the database (WiFi connection recommended).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aruba Smart Map at none against MapChick's Isla Mujeres's 2. Aruba Smart Map also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). MapChick's Isla Mujeres's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. MapChick's Isla Mujeres sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Aruba Smart Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
MapChick's Isla Mujeres holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 63 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Aruba Smart Map's written reviews are positive against 81% of MapChick's Isla Mujeres's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aruba Smart Map ships an update every 3 weeks, MapChick's Isla Mujeres every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aruba Smart Map | MapChick's Isla Mujeres |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (38 ratings) | 4.5 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 81.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #120 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aruba Smart Map Inc. | MapChick Apps |
Customer experience
Aruba Smart Map
MapChick's Isla Mujeres
Bugs and requests
Aruba Smart Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MapChick's Isla Mujeres
Reported bugs
2 issues- Map view stuck looking at the water
- Unexpected recurring subscription fees
Requested features
2 requests- More detailed information on services, including price ranges
- Ability to browse the map to find services without a subscription
In-app purchases
Aruba Smart Map
No in-app purchases
MapChick's Isla Mujeres
- 1 year Full Access$14.991 Year
- One Year Subscription$14.99
Questions
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