Toover vs maps.earth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toover
Navigate globally with turn-by-turn directions in over 20 languages. This app offers worldwide mapping and routing capabilities.
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Worldwide navigation
- Support for over 20 languages
- Global mapping
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Navigation and turn-by-turn directions around the world with support for over 20 languages.
maps.earth
Discover the world with low-stress directions powered by OpenStreetMap. This open-source application prioritizes user privacy by not displaying ads or selling data, focusing solely on providing a pleasant mapping experience.
- World exploration
- Low-stress directions
- OpenStreetMap powered
- Ad-free experience
- Data privacy focused
- Open source
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Explore the world and get low stress directions powered by OpenStreetMap. maps.earth is built on open source. We never show you ads or sell your data. We just want a nice map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Toover at 4.0 against maps.earth's 3.2. Toover also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). maps.earth's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Toover holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Toover's written reviews are positive against 33% of maps.earth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Toover ships an update every 2 days, maps.earth monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toover | maps.earth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ADOC | Michael Kirk |
Customer experience
Toover
maps.earth
In-app purchases
Toover
No in-app purchases
maps.earth
No in-app purchases
