Comparison

Cartograph vs Create Own Map

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

Head to head
About

Cartograph

Create custom maps to easily navigate and find your way back home. This app works offline and even when your screen is off, ensuring you always have a reliable guide.

Highlights
  • Create custom maps
  • Offline functionality
  • Screen-off operation
  • Easy return navigation
  • Personalized mapping
Features
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Did you ever get lost in the woods, because your map app didn’t show you your way back home? With Cartograph, you can create your own maps. This way, you will be able to reach your way back super easily! Simply start the app when you leave for a walk, and stop it when you reach your destination, or simply when you need to go back. Cartograph works offline and when your screen is off. Start cartographing today!

About

Create Own Map

Create custom offline maps of your surroundings to navigate easily. Mark important locations like home, parking, or favorite spots with custom icons. Ideal for those with poor direction or who dislike reading complex maps.

Highlights
  • Create custom offline maps
  • Navigate without internet
  • Drop and name location pins
  • Assign custom icons to pins
  • Track and draw routes
  • Save and open created maps
  • View street address with internet
Features
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This app helps you create a custom map of your neighborhood and navigate without the need for internet connection or any pre-downloaded map. This app is particularly useful for anybody who has a poor sense of direction, or who can not read maps with so many uninteresting street names and directions. Let's assume you have just moved into a new home and you don't want to get lost when traveling around. This app helps you find your way back home easily. Another practical use of this app is to find where you have parked your car, find your favorite restaurant, store, hotel, or a particular building in a neighborhood. What the app does is that it tracks you and draws your route constantly. You can drop a pin on any location that you are interested in. You can give the pin a name and assign it an icon using a variety of image options. In this way, you will have a clear view of the region you are interested in. You can follow the route to take you back to the departing point. You can save the created map. The next time you can open it and follow the route to take you to the location pins. If the internet connection is available too, then tapping the current location will show you the street address and the address is also saved with the location pins. In order to delete or rename a saved map, swipe the desired row in your map book and select the appropriate action. The premium version enables the save and open features.

Screenshots

Cartograph3 screens
Create Own Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cartograph at 100% against Create Own Map's 0%. Cartograph also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Create Own Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cartograph asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cartograph holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cartograph's written reviews are positive against 0% of Create Own Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cartograph ships an update every 3 days, Create Own Map every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cartograph versus Create Own Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCartographCreate Own Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better1.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCollege de Mont-RoyalBita Sobhani

Customer experience

Cartograph

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Create Own Map

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Cartograph

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Create Own Map

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Cartograph free?
Cartograph is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Create Own Map free?
Create Own Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cartograph or Create Own Map?
Cartograph is rated higher. Cartograph averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Create Own Map averages 1.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Cartograph or Create Own Map have ads?
Neither Cartograph nor Create Own Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cartograph or Create Own Map?
Cartograph ships an update every 3 days, and Create Own Map every 17 months. Most recently, Cartograph was updated on October 7, 2026 and Create Own Map on October 15, 2026.

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