Comparison

Aruba Smart Map vs Ruta Valluna

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Ruta Valluna

Features
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Recopilamos toda la información referente a la cultura, hotelería, gastronomía de los 42 municipios que componen el Valle del Cauca, buscando incentivar el turismo y activar la economía local, mediante los recursos disponibles

Screenshots

Aruba Smart Map4 screens
Ruta Valluna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ruta Valluna at none against Aruba Smart Map's shown. Ruta Valluna also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Aruba Smart Map's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aruba Smart Map ships an update every 3 weeks, Ruta Valluna every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Aruba Smart Map versus Ruta Valluna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAruba Smart MapRuta Valluna
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB45 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAruba Smart Map Inc.mario martinez

In-app purchases

None

Aruba Smart Map

No in-app purchases

None

Ruta Valluna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aruba Smart Map free?
Aruba Smart Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ruta Valluna free?
Ruta Valluna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aruba Smart Map or Ruta Valluna have ads?
Aruba Smart Map shows ads; Ruta Valluna does not.
Which is updated more often, Aruba Smart Map or Ruta Valluna?
Aruba Smart Map ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ruta Valluna every 2 months. Most recently, Aruba Smart Map was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ruta Valluna on October 25, 2026.

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