Comparison

YouMap vs thingz

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Personalized world view
  • Customizable maps
  • Community creation and joining
  • Seamless content sharing
  • Robust privacy controls
  • POI search and post pins
Features
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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.

About

thingz

Organize and rediscover your saved content from various apps and websites. Easily share recommendations with friends and discover what they're saving. Never forget a great find again.

Highlights
  • Centralized saving from multiple sources
  • Automatic organization of saved content
  • Content resurfacing at opportune times
  • Easy sharing of recommendations
  • Discover friends' saved content
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Welcome to thingz. Most of what you save gets lost. That restaurant you wanted to try. That product you meant to buy. That idea you swore you'd remember. Buried in screenshots, saved posts, and browser tabs. Rediscover what you save with thingz. Find it when it matters and recommend what works with the people you trust. How it works: — Save from anywhere: Capture places, products, videos, links, and ideas from the apps you already use — Stay organized automatically: Saves are sorted into searchable collections, no filing required — Create from real experiences: Turn a place, product, or moment you've actually tried into a recommendation worth sharing — Add context: Save notes, photos, and details so you remember why something mattered when you come back to it — Find it when you need it: Your Loop resurfaces what you saved at the right time — Recommend what works: Share places, products, and experiences you've tried and loved Save it. Try it. Recommend it. Built on real experiences, ready when you need them.

Screenshots

YouMap4 screens
thingz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: thingz at none against YouMap's shown. thingz also leads on ratings volume (768 vs 9) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). YouMap's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 58%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for YouMap against 4.8 for thingz. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: thingz has 768 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of YouMap's written reviews are positive against 58% of thingz's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YouMap ships an update every 3 weeks, thingz every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
YouMap versus thingz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYouMapthingz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings)4.8 (768 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better57.9% of reviews
Number of ratings9768 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB283 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperYouMapLikepost

Customer experience

YouMap

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

thingz

All ratings768 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

YouMap

No in-app purchases

None

thingz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YouMap free?
YouMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is thingz free?
thingz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YouMap or thingz?
thingz is rated higher. YouMap averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while thingz averages 4.8 from 768 ratings.
Do YouMap or thingz have ads?
YouMap shows ads; thingz does not.
Which is updated more often, YouMap or thingz?
YouMap ships an update every 3 weeks, and thingz every 8 days. Most recently, YouMap was updated on October 14, 2026 and thingz on October 15, 2026.

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