MiniCarta vs Poi Pinner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiniCarta
Collaborate on a private map by locating and tagging points. Share your map with others and enjoy live syncing for your team. Offers activity-specific icon packs and data export for PRO users.
- Synchronized mapping for groups
- Locate and tag points on a private map
- Share maps with anyone
- Live syncing and team connections
- Activity-specific icon packs (PRO)
- Data export in GIS/Google Earth/Excel (PRO)
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MiniCarta is simple sync'ed mapping for groups. Locate and tag points on a private map. Share with anyone you like. - No hosting costs - Use your device's GPS or pick a point on the map to tag - Live syncing and connections to your whole team - Activity specific icon packs [PRO feature] - Download your data in GIS/Google Earth/Excel and more [PRO feature] - Terms of Use: http://www.minicarta.com/minicarta-terms-conditions.html - Privacy Policy: https://www.azimuth1.com/privacy.html
Poi Pinner
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Poi Pinner helps you to easily make collections of interesting places - points of interest, POIs - with rich, configurable annotations, including photos. Do you have an orchard and want to create a catalogue of trees? Or perhaps you are a botanist who wants to make a collection of discovered herbs? Or simply want to have a database of whatever places are you interested in? Open the app, press the pin button and your current position is detected and recorded with highest possible precision. Then you can add photos to the place, and other information too. You can configure your own form. There are plenty of predefined form field types to choose from, such as a star rating, checkbox, multi value list, a single value selector, text field, and an automatic counter. Key features: - create your own annotation form, using predefined items such as star rating, simple text field, predefined values selector, checkbox, multi value list, automatic counter - document based. You can create and use multiple documents, based on your needs. - you can predefine a custom set of poi titles to choose from, such as tree species in your orchard. This speeds up pin creation considerably. - you can define and switch between multiple forms you or someone else has created - form export/import. Handy if you are a member of a community and want to have a unified dataset with your peers. - custom map tiles urls. Handy if a local map provider has better imagery than Apple. - offline support for custom map tile imagery overlays. (not possible for builtin Apple maps, unfortunately) - two pin creation modes: current position, or center of the map. - import waypoints from gpx file - data export to csv text file (comma separated values) - pdf export of a pin, to get a nicely laid out, printable version. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Poi Pinner at every 2 months against MiniCarta's every 6 months. MiniCarta's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. MiniCarta sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and Poi Pinner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MiniCarta ships an update every 6 months, Poi Pinner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiniCarta | Poi Pinner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Azimuth1, LLC | TapMints |
In-app purchases
MiniCarta
- Minicarta Pro$9.991 Month
Poi Pinner
- Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Year








