PurpleMap vs Nemo Places
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PurpleMap
This app provides offline maps for Europe, allowing users to easily tag and search for locations. It supports dark mode and offers integration with popular map services.
- Offline European maps
- GPS location centering
- Tagging favorite locations
- Search integration (Naver, Kakao, Google)
- Dark mode support
- English and Korean language support
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Remember every place that matters with PurpleMap. Save restaurants, cafés, shops, travel spots, and personal memories as photo markers on your map. Add a name, category, address, and photo so each place is easy to recognize and find again. Features: - Save places with photos and notes - Organize places by category - Browse saved places on a map or in a searchable list - Use your current location to create a marker - Full Dark Mode support Build your own personal map, one memory at a time.
Nemo Places
Create and share custom maps of your favorite locations with notes, photos, and time-bound pins. Organize spots with emoji categories and import/export data from various formats. Your places are private by design, with no accounts or tracking required.
- Save places with notes and emoji categories
- Time-bound pins for temporary events
- Automatic photo integration from device
- Shareable map links for web and iOS
- Import/export Google My Maps, GeoJSON, KML, KMZ
- Private by design, no accounts needed
- Full VoiceOver and Voice Control support
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Save the places you love. Share a map that stays current. Build a personal map of favorite cafés, weekend plans and places worth coming back to. Share the places you choose with a link, or follow a friend's map right alongside your own. SHARE ONCE, KEEP IT CURRENT Choose "Share and keep updated" to create a link that follows your edits. Add a place, change a note or remove a spot, and anyone who opens the link sees the latest version. They can explore it without installing Nemo. You pick which places go out, and you can stop sharing anytime. FOLLOW A FRIEND'S MAP Keep a friend's shared map on yours. Their places appear next to your own, clearly marked, and refresh as they make changes. Get directions, or save your own copy of the ones you love. SAVE A PLACE IN SECONDS Long-press anywhere on the map to save a place. Add a name, notes and an emoji category: coffee, parks, bookstores, date spots, or whatever matters to you. FIND YOUR NEXT STOP The Visible places list shows how far each place is from you. Nothing saved in view? "Show nearest saved place" takes you to the closest one. Long-press a place in the list for Directions. On iPad in landscape and on the Mac, keep the list pinned as a sidebar that follows the map while you explore. PLANS THAT EXPIRE Give a place an expiration date for pop-ups, festivals or weekly markets. An orange clock badge marks it until it expires and hides on its own. PHOTOS FROM THIS PLACE Open a saved place to see photos you took nearby, from your own Photos library. Photos stay on your device and are never included in shared maps. SEND A COPY, TOO Send a snapshot link that anyone can explore or forward. Friends who use Nemo can save a copy of your places to their own map. IMPORT & EXPORT Bring in places from Google My Maps, GeoJSON, KML or KMZ files, and export yours anytime. ON iPHONE, iPAD AND MAC Works without an account. Optional sign-in syncs your places across your devices. No ads and no cross-app tracking. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver and Voice Control support. Respects Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nemo Places at every 2 days against PurpleMap's every 42 months. Nemo Places also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PurpleMap against 5.0 for Nemo Places. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
PurpleMap ships an update every 42 months, Nemo Places every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PurpleMap | Nemo Places |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Kim | Guillermo Kardolus |
Customer experience
PurpleMap
Nemo Places
In-app purchases
PurpleMap
No in-app purchases
Nemo Places
No in-app purchases








