YouMap vs Auglinn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YouMap
Create a personalized map of places and people important to you. Customize your maps with various tools and collaborate with communities based on shared interests. Share insights and control your privacy settings for a tailored experience.
- Personalized world view
- Customizable maps
- Community creation and joining
- Seamless content sharing
- Robust privacy controls
- POI search and post pins
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YouMap is the social mapping platform designed for people who actually go places. Whether you are planning a cross-country road trip with friends, tracking the best hidden ramen spots in the city, building a local guide for your neighborhood, or mapping the causes and interests your community cares about. YouMap turns your interests into a living, breathing community. Most maps are static and generic. YouMap is different. Every map starts as a blank canvas where you and your community can add posts, and share what's happening in real time. It is one part social network, one part community builder, and entirely yours. BUILD YOUR WORLD, YOUR WAY • Custom Communities: Create maps for anything from “Best Dog Parks” to “Secret Skate Spots” to causes your community advocates for. • Collaborate with Friends: Invite others to add their own posts, photos, and tips. • Pro-Level Tools: Post templates give your map structure and style. Use custom post templates to make your map’s content richer. New maps come with basic built-in templates so contributors can start posting right away. • Hyper-Local Discovery: Find maps created by locals and experts who know the area better than any algorithm. FROM FIRST POST TO THRIVING COMMUNITY Don’t worry about a blank screen. Our Map Setup wizard guides you through every step of building your community identity, setting the rules, and growing your audience. You bring the ideas; we provide the structure. KEEP YOUR WORLD ORGANIZED With a redesigned sidebar and an infinite-scroll library, your maps are always one tap away. Join other creators, travelers, and locals building a more human map of the world.
Auglinn
Create and explore interactive maps using augmented reality. Share notes, questions, and stories tied to real-world locations, transforming your surroundings into a living canvas of information and ideas.
- Augmented reality note dropping
- Create interactive location-based maps
- Share notes publicly or privately
- Explore nearby points of interest
- Conduct location-based surveys
- Submit feedback to local government
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Build your living map with Auglinn, by dropping notes and questions outdoors, using AR. Using augmented reality, Auglinn revolutionizes how we connect with our surroundings by sharing these meanings. Imagine turning every street, park, and corner into a canvas where you can create living maps in which you share your stories, information, and ideas. Whether it's a favorite spot, a hidden gem, a gathering point, a story, a complaint, or a personal reminder, Auglinn transforms the physical world into a living history. All of this is possible by simply dropping a virtual box onto real locations. These boxes automatically appear on a map and can be seen publicly, by a private group, or only by yourself. In Auglinn, you can: - Create personal or professional interactive maps by leaving notes outdoors with AR (or via Auglinn Skyview, the web tool of Auglinn). - View requests or plans from communities organized around a topic about a place. - Explore interesting and useful information about nearby locations across various topics and interests (like locations of famous movie scenes, outdoor gyms, child-friendly restaurants, pet-friendly cafes, buildings with a story, best fishing spots etc.). - Collect favorite spots of your friends and influencers, and unearth hidden gems with exclusive maps curated by communities. - Discover ideas, suggestions, or feedback from communities about locations on a map. - Follow your favorite maps or share maps with others. - Take professional notes and conduct surveys about a site while you are outdoors. - Submit complaints and suggestions to your local government without the need to describe the address or attach a photo. - Answer questions from municipalities, universities, and companies about different locations, some of which may offer rewards. How you use it: DROP A NOTE (social or individual): Place a virtual note box outside. Your notes can be your ideas, stories, knowledge, suggestions, feedback, or just personal notes about a location. When you drop your box, the app automatically takes a photo, and you can add one more photo if you like. You can keep your note to yourself, or post it to 'Spaces' (different worlds created by others based on interests). You can choose a time for your note to expire as well. Once it expires, your note becomes visible only to yourself. Every space has a map. DROP A QUESTION: Place a virtual question box outside with your question and answer choices, and post it to a space. Municipalities and companies may use this as a remote survey, which can be used as a poll about a specific place (like the hygiene of a toilet or a queue in front of a store). CREATE SPACES: You can create your own space, which can be public, view-only, or private. Each space is a world. Your space is your world. Feel free to design your space the way you like, with the type of notes that you want! EXPLORE SPACES: Explore the spaces and the boxes nearby on a map or in augmented reality. Find boxes based on interests, share experiences, and engage with like-minded individuals. Some of the famous spaces are: - #World’sOldestCafes - #WherePresidentsAte - #EthicalRestaurants - #SpeakeasyBars - #Worldwar2-Munich Auglinn operates using GPS and is designed for outdoor use, as GPS functionality is optimized in outdoor environments. Today, Auglinn starts with notes and questions, the most basic form of a living will. Tomorrow, the possibilities are endless. Enrich your experiences and contribute to a living history that spans generations. The future of augmented reality is now, and Auglinn is your ticket to a world of immersive experiences. Why Auglinn? Because every corner has a story. Your story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: YouMap at free against Auglinn's ad-supported. Auglinn's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
YouMap ships an update monthly, Auglinn every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YouMap | Auglinn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | YouMap | Hour Hand OU |
Customer experience
YouMap
Auglinn
In-app purchases
YouMap
No in-app purchases
Auglinn
No in-app purchases









