Comparison

AR Books LibrARy vs Map Minded

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

Head to head
About

AR Books LibrARy

This application brings printed books to life with augmented reality. Scan a code from your book to unlock interactive AR content, viewable by pointing your device's camera at specific pages. Requires a physical book to function.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality content activation
  • Device camera integration
  • Interactive AR experiences
  • Requires physical book purchase
  • Code-based content unlocking
Features
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A printed book is required for the application to work. You can access the Augmented Reality (AR) contents after entering the code for the book in the application. After activating the publication, point the rear camera of your device at the marked part of the printed book to display the augmented reality contents. Further information regarding the application and the AR contents can be found on our website: https://store.arbookslibrary.com/

About

Map Minded

Test your global knowledge with engaging geography games. Explore landmarks, identify flags, rebuild continents, and uncover fascinating facts about every country. Track your travels and learn about the world in a fun, challenging way.

Highlights
  • Landmark identification challenges
  • Flag painting and guessing games
  • Continent rebuilding puzzles
  • Capital city and country quizzes
  • Hidden traveler scavenger hunt
  • Detailed country information
  • Personalized travel journal
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HOW MAP MINDED ARE YOU? Race across the globe, hunt down famous landmarks, rebuild continents, paint national flags and discover fascinating facts about every country on Earth. Whether you're a geography expert, a curious traveller or simply enjoy a good challenge, there's always somewhere new to explore. LANDMARK CHALLENGE You have 80 seconds to locate 10 famous places from a collection of more than 1,000 landmarks. Drop your pin anywhere on the map and discover how far away you were. Every kilometre counts — can you finish the round with the smallest total distance? PLAY WITH FLAGS • Paint the Flag — Recreate national flags one section and colour at a time. • Drop the Flag — Place each flag into the country where you think it belongs. • Guess the Flag — Identify countries from their flags using multiple-choice or text-entry challenges. BUILD THE WORLD Choose a continent and fit its countries back into place. Start with visible country borders in Easy mode, then attempt the more difficult continent outline-only challenge. Each misplaced country shows exactly how far away your guess landed. TEST YOUR GEOGRAPHY • Guess capital cities from their countries. • Guess countries from their capital cities. • Play with multiple-choice answers or type them yourself for a tougher challenge. • Race through the alphabet and name countries or capital cities beginning with each letter. • Identify countries from their silhouette. • Drag from letter to letter around the circle to spell the hidden country. FIND THE HIDDEN TRAVELLER (WOLLY) Search the world map for a tiny glass disc hiding somewhere on Earth. Find it, identify the country or ocean, then watch it scurry off to a new location. Follow its direction and distance clues, reveal hints when you need them and use hot-or-cold searches to close in on its hiding place. HEAD SCRATCHERS Ten questions with no clock on them at all. Which five countries end in the letter L? Which of the 195 capitals comes first alphabetically? Name the seven -stans. You are never handed the answer. You are told something true about every guess — where a capital sits in the alphabet, how many letters a country has, which vowel it is missing — and left to work out the rest. Take a hint if you want one. Some of them take days. EXPLORE THE WORLD Tap any country to discover its population, cities, history, geography, fun facts and more. Measure distances between any two places, see the great-circle route across the globe, tap the map to reveal precise coordinates and unravel the world's time zones. KEEP YOUR TRAVEL JOURNAL Record the countries you have visited and when you visited them. See your travels highlighted on the world map and discover what percentage of the world you have explored. WATCH THE WORLD GROW A live population estimate on the main menu gives you an ever-changing glimpse of our remarkable planet. BUY IT ONCE That is the whole arrangement. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no adverts, and nothing held back to unlock later. No account and no sign-in either, and nothing about you is collected or sent anywhere. Apart from one optional button that fetches the newest population figures, it all works perfectly well in aeroplane mode. Twelve geography games. More than 1,000 landmarks. A whole world of information. How much of the world can you discover?

Screenshots

AR Books LibrARy4 screens
Map Minded4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AR Books LibrARy at Free against Map Minded's $3.99. AR Books LibrARy also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Map Minded's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AR Books LibrARy is free to download; Map Minded costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR Books LibrARy ships an update monthly, Map Minded daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AR Books LibrARy versus Map Minded: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR Books LibrARyMap Minded
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMultilearn Digitális Tartalomszolgáltató és Kiadó Kft.Andrew Oakley

Customer experience

AR Books LibrARy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Map Minded

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AR Books LibrARy

No in-app purchases

None

Map Minded

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AR Books LibrARy free?
AR Books LibrARy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Map Minded free?
Map Minded costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do AR Books LibrARy or Map Minded have ads?
Neither AR Books LibrARy nor Map Minded shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AR Books LibrARy or Map Minded?
AR Books LibrARy ships an update monthly, and Map Minded daily. Most recently, AR Books LibrARy was updated on October 14, 2026 and Map Minded on October 18, 2026.

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