Create Own Map vs 3D Offline Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
3D Offline Maps
Navigate and explore the world with detailed 2D and 3D offline maps. Record GPS tracks, save routes, and import/export GPX files for any adventure, even without an internet signal. Plan your trips and mark points of interest for a more comfortable journey.
- Detailed 2D and 3D offline maps
- GPS track recording
- Route planning
- GPX/KML/KMZ import/export
- Waypoint creation and management
- Offline map downloads with unlimited storage
- Compass and barometer
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Detailed 2D and 3D maps for navigation, travel, hiking, and outdoor adventures all over the world. Download maps in advance, use them offline without internet access, record GPS tracks, save routes and waypoints, import and export GPX files, and keep everything important close at hand on every trip. Plan routes, build your own collection of tracks, mark interesting places on the map, share data with friends, and travel more comfortably even where there is no signal. The app supports offline maps with no time limits on storage and contains no ads. Main features: - 9 map types: satellite, vector, and 3D maps. - compatible with Apple Silicon Macs. - background track recording. - compare tracks by speed, elevation, and time at any distance, including gains and delays relative to a selected reference track. - fast and convenient map downloads. - route planner. - step counter with data for the last three months (steps, distance). - elevation for any waypoint. - address search. - coordinate search. - compass. - barometer. - track processing and optimization. - offline map downloads with unlimited storage time. - supports all available ways on your device to import and export tracks and waypoints in GPX, KML, KMZ format. - color gradient by speed and elevation for imported tracks when this data is available. - color gradient by speed and elevation for recorded tracks. - records speed and elevation in tracks. - contour lines in outdoor mode. - extended track information: average and maximum speed, duration, distance, and number of waypoints. - different units of measurement: miles, kilometers, feet, meters. - view one or multiple tracks in any app mode, including while recording another track. - create, edit, and delete waypoints in any mode and anywhere on the map. - selectable icons for waypoints. - track recording quality settings, distance filters, and power saving mode. - points to the selected waypoint and shows the distance to it. - shows the current distance covered and time on route. - quick start and stop of track recording. - several map orientation modes: by device compass, by direction of movement, centered mode, and north-up mode. - map tilt with a two-finger gesture. - quick selection and convenient viewing of saved tracks, waypoints, and downloaded maps. - speed and elevation charts with zooming and scrolling. - link to the user guide in settings. - waypoint photos: take photos, store them, open the waypoint on the map from the photo, and share your shots. - photo geotagging: coordinates and shooting data are saved in the text caption and in EXIF/GPS metadata. - Terms of Service: https://appsupport.store/terms/ - Privacy Policy: https://appsupport.store/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3D Offline Maps at 80% against Create Own Map's 0%. 3D Offline Maps also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 17 months). Create Own Map's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Create Own Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 3D Offline Maps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
3D Offline Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3D Offline Maps has 659 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Create Own Map's written reviews are positive against 80% of 3D Offline Maps's.
Create Own Map ships an update every 17 months, 3D Offline Maps every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Create Own Map | 3D Offline Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (659 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 659 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bita Sobhani | SERGEI BEZDENEZHNYKH |
Customer experience
Create Own Map
3D Offline Maps
Bugs and requests
Create Own Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
3D Offline Maps
Reported bugs
4 issues- 3D offline maps display black and grainy visuals
- Maps require zooming out and back in to clear display
- GPX file download compatibility issues
- Background tracking does not work
Requested features
5 requests- CarPlay support integration
- Map selection icon on main page
- Current/real-time satellite imagery
- Map gradients relative to pitch
- Background tracking functionality
In-app purchases
Create Own Map
- Premium$1.99
3D Offline Maps
- Premium Week2 variants$1.997 Days
- Premium Month3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$12.991 Year
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- Annual Sale$12.991 Year
- Matching to road$0.99
- Lifetime$19.99
Questions
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