Comparison

MapRadius vs Notvorrat

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

Head to head
About

MapRadius

Features
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MapRadius β€” Stay in Control, Wherever You Move MapRadius gives you a clear, simple, and privacy-friendly way to understand your surroundings. Create multiple radii, track your movement in real time, and get instant alerts when entering or leaving important zones. Perfect for walkers, cyclists, drone pilots, boaters, RC enthusiasts, or anyone who needs precise geofence awareness. Stay Oriented at a Glance Choose any starting point and instantly visualize a customizable radius. See your distance, direction, speed, elevation, and ETA in real time. Switch between standard, satellite, or hybrid maps for the perfect overview. Build the Zones That Fit Your Life Create as many radii as you need, from your location, an address, or a tap on the map. Name and color-code them to stay organized, and adjust them anytime. Smart Alerts That Work for You Get instant notifications when you enter or leave a zone. Set individual speed limits per radius, notifications adapt to your preferred units. Everything is processed directly on your device for fast and private alerts. NEW: Partner Alerts Stay connected with the people who matter. Two devices can link together and notify each other when one partner enters or exits selected radii. Easy device-to-device pairing Choose which zones trigger notifications Optional alert confirmations Privacy First Your exact location never leaves your device. Only a simple β€œentered” / β€œleft” signal is shared β€” never your position. Private by Design Your locations, movements, and radii stay on your device only. No tracking, no sharing of coordinates, and full control over permissions.

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Notvorrat

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Germany's Federal Office of Civil Protection recommends a ten-day supply. What that means for a household with two adults and two children is written down nowhere. Notvorrat works it out, keeps track of your stock and gets in touch before anything expires. COVERAGE, ALWAYS IN VIEW One number answers the real question: how long will my supply last? The weakest group is always the limit, and the app names it – 200 kg of pasta without water is zero days. BUILT FOR SHOPPING IN GERMANY The figures come from the official German recommendation – this app is for people who live and shop here, including those who moved to Germany and would rather use it in English. Quantities stay in kilograms and litres, and the receipt scanner reads German receipts. LOG YOUR SUPPLY IN SECONDS Nobody enjoys typing in 30 items. Photograph your receipt and Apple Intelligence turns it into suggestions with group, quantity and pack size. A shelf photo captures what is already in the cellar; single packs work by photo, barcode or date scan. You check every suggestion before it is saved. Receipt, shelf photo and photo recognition need iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence. The first two are analysed by Apple in Private Cloud Compute after your consent; from a receipt only item lines without prices are sent. WORKED OUT FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD Adults, children by age group, older people, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and pets. Children count proportionally by energy requirement; drinking water stays at 2 litres per person per day, whatever the age. A REMINDER BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE Every item gets its date – best before or a hard use-by date, because those are not the same thing. The app reminds you in good time, shows what is due on the app icon and repeats expired items daily until dealt with. All scheduled locally, no server, no network. PREPAREDNESS BEYOND FOOD Around 70 entries across six checklists: medicine cabinet, hygiene, power and light, documents, emergency bag and safety at home. Medicines, batteries and the fire extinguisher check carry their own expiry date and are reminded too. The lists adapt: generators only for a house. ROTATION, NOT A BUNKER Anything you use up goes onto the shopping list if you want, together with the gap between requirement and stock. For the supermarket it moves into the Reminders app – shareable with the family. NO ACCOUNT, NO DATA COLLECTION No registration, no advertising, no tracking, no server of our own. Your data stays on your device; if you want, it syncs through your private iCloud. Barcode scanner, date scan and photo recognition work entirely on the device – the only exceptions are receipts and shelf photos. MORE FEATURES β€’ A short emergency guide, available without a network β€’ Export and restore a backup – always free β€’ A preparedness period from 3 to 28 days β€’ Dark mode, large text and VoiceOver NOTVORRAT PRO Everything that matters for safety is free: the requirement calculation, stock with expiry dates, reminders and the app icon badge, all checklists and backups. A one-off purchase – no subscription – unlocks convenience: barcode and date scanner, receipts, shelf photos and photo recognition without a limit (without Pro: one receipt, one shelf photo, five photo captures), iCloud sync, the widget, several reminder lead times at a time you choose, the vegetarian and vegan tables, and unlimited custom checklist entries. PLEASE NOTE Notvorrat is a private, independent app and is not connected to the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food or any other authority. It reproduces their publicly available recommendations. The age-based scaling, the vegetarian and vegan variants and the quantities for pets are derived from them and marked in the app as not official. In an emergency, only the instructions of the responsible authorities apply. The app is no substitute for medical or nutritional advice.

Screenshots

MapRadius4 screens
Notvorrat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapRadius at none against Notvorrat's 4. MapRadius also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Notvorrat sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MapRadius asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapRadius ships an update weekly, Notvorrat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
MapRadius versus Notvorrat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapRadiusNotvorrat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKunftia GmbHStefan Hoelting

In-app purchases

None

MapRadius

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Notvorrat

One-time4
  • Small coffee$1.00
  • Coffee$2.00
  • Large coffee$4.00
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  • Notvorrat Pro$8.99

Questions

Is MapRadius free?
MapRadius is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notvorrat free?
Notvorrat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MapRadius or Notvorrat have ads?
Neither MapRadius nor Notvorrat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapRadius or Notvorrat?
MapRadius ships an update weekly, and Notvorrat every 5 days. Most recently, MapRadius was updated on October 15, 2026 and Notvorrat on October 31, 2026.

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