Mapaper vs HTML Sandbox 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapaper
This app automatically visualizes your current location on your home screen using live map wallpapers. Set custom trigger rules, such as arriving at home or work, to update the map display.
- Live map wallpapers
- Automatic location visualization
- Custom trigger rules
- Uses system shortcuts for wallpaper setting
- Map data from Mapbox and OpenStreetMap
Read full descriptionHide full description
- Introduction Mapaper is a map live wallpaper app that utilizes the 'set wallpaper' function existing in the system shortcuts app on iOS 14.3. Set your own trigger rule like when arriving at your home or workplace and let Mapaper automatically visualize your location on the home screen. - Copyright Notice Mapaper uses map data from Mapbox and OpenStreetMap and their data sources. To learn more, visit https://www.mapbox.com/about/maps/ and http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
HTML Sandbox 2
Create custom lock and home screens using HTML and various data sources like weather, battery, and calendar events. Download themes from a large community and receive support.
- Custom lock screen design
- Custom home screen design
- Integrate weather data
- Integrate battery status
- Integrate calendar events
- Integrate RSS feeds
- Community theme downloads
Read full descriptionHide full description
The HTML Sandbox app is a productivity tool for the HTML Sandbox shortcut. With the shortcut you can create your own lockscreen and/or homescreen using e.g. weather data, battery status, calendar events, RSS-feeds and much more. Download the HTML Sandbox shortcut from the app. Join our iNNOVATION community with 18k+ members and download your favourite themes. Get 24/7 support from iNNOVATION community.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HTML Sandbox 2 at 4.8 against Mapaper's 3.9. HTML Sandbox 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (53 vs 15). Mapaper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16.0). 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. Mapaper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HTML Sandbox 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
HTML Sandbox 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 53 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Mapaper's written reviews are positive against 85% of HTML Sandbox 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mapaper ships an update every 4 days, HTML Sandbox 2 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapaper | HTML Sandbox 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) | 4.8 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 84.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昊天 郑 | Eric Roembach |
Customer experience
Mapaper
HTML Sandbox 2
In-app purchases
Mapaper
- Full Access$0.99
HTML Sandbox 2
No in-app purchases
