Comparison

Valley Metro vs Fillmap

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

Head to head
About

Valley Metro

Plan your transit journeys in metro Phoenix with real-time bus and light rail tracking. Easily manage fares, earn savings with Smart Fare, and receive service alerts for a seamless travel experience.

Highlights
  • Smart Fare payment and savings
  • Step-by-step trip planning
  • Real-time bus and light rail location
  • Service alerts and notifications
  • Save favorite stops and routes
  • Account loading and transaction history
Features
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The Valley Metro app is your tool for taking transit in the metro Phoenix area. Smart Fare makes taking transit even easier – load your account, scan every time you ride and the more you ride, the more you save! You’ll never pay more than the Smart Fare daily, weekly and monthly fare. Trip planning helps you get where you want to go with step-by-step navigation and real-time location for bus and light rail. Features: - Load your account and scan the QR code at the purple fare reader - View your transaction history - Set up autoload or load your account with cash at select retail locations - Plan your trip with step-by-step navigation - Locate your bus or train in real time - Save your favorite stops and routes - Get service alerts and account notifications

About

Fillmap

Easily mark visited regions on a world map, adding notes, dates, and photos to your travel memories. Organize your experiences by category or year, and leverage automatic data input from your photos. Share your progress across devices with iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Mark visited regions on a world map
  • Add memos, dates, and photos to entries
  • Organize by custom categories and year
  • Automatic date and location from photos
  • iCloud sync for multi-device management
  • One-tap batch registration with 'AutoFill'
Features
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'Fillmap-World’ is a simple app to fill regions over a map of the World. You can keep track of places that you have visited. ▼Simple operation Just tap on the region to register a record. Let's fill in the map of the world as much as you can! ▼Easy management You can save a memo or date/time along with photos so that you won't forget your happy memories. ▼Register categories as many as you want You can register categories as many as you want, and display and manage the map for each category. You can also display the map by year. ▼Helpful input assistance function! Automatically set the date and location information of the photo in the record! You can also register from the 'Photos' app on iOS. ▼Useful function of data linkage! You can share the data with multiple iOS devices via iCloud. You can manage the memories on any devices. ▼One tap batch registration! Easy to get started with 'AutoFill' function. It reads all iOS photos and register records by year and region. Let's start 'Fillmap-World’ by this function! ▼For recording! For planning! Versatile app! This app can be used for recording memories, studying, travel planning, etc. Please use the app however you like. ▼About Pay Contents This app include some pay contents. - Title of auto-renewing subscription Hide Ads - Length of subscription 1 month - Price of subscription USD $0.99 per month - Restore in case of model change You can restore the pay contents you have purchased when you change the iOS model. Open the 'Hide Ads' screen via 'Settings' and tap 'Restore' button to log in the iTunes with the same Apple ID when you purchased the contents. - How to confirm the purchase state You can confirm the purchase state of Hide Ads and its expiration date in 'Hide Ads' screen. - Cancel subscription You can cancel the Hide Ads as follows: Go to 'Settings' of iPhone > 'Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App Store' on the top > 'Subscriptions' > Select this app and tap on 'Cancel Subscription'. - Automatic continuous charges Subscription will be automatically renewed unless it is canceled before 24 hours of the expiration date. The charges will be incurred within 24 hours of the expiration date. - Attention Cancelation is available only at 'Settings' of iPhone. Charges of the month cannot be canceled. Charges will incur via the purchaser's Apple account. - Terms of Use https://gosyuin-map.seesaa.net/article/481770892.html - Privacy policy https://gosyuin-map.seesaa.net/article/481953721.html

Screenshots

Valley Metro4 screens
Fillmap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fillmap at 100% against Valley Metro's 25%. Fillmap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Valley Metro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Fillmap sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Valley Metro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fillmap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Valley Metro has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Valley Metro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fillmap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Valley Metro ships an update every 4 months, Fillmap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Valley Metro versus Fillmap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterValley MetroFillmap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperREGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYTateaki Uehara

Customer experience

Valley Metro

All ratings10,266 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive25.2%
Neutral8.4%
Negative66.5%

Fillmap

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Valley Metro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Brightness glitches
  • Login/authentication issues
  • Disappearing bus locations
  • Unreliable schedule updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add monthly/weekly pass options
  • Integrate with Apple Wallet
  • Improve real-time tracking accuracy
  • Provide more fare payment options

Fillmap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Valley Metro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fillmap

Subscriptions1
  • Hide Ads1 Month trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Valley Metro free?
Valley Metro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fillmap free?
Fillmap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Valley Metro or Fillmap?
Fillmap is rated higher. Valley Metro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Fillmap averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Valley Metro or Fillmap have ads?
Fillmap shows ads; Valley Metro does not.
Which is updated more often, Valley Metro or Fillmap?
Valley Metro ships an update every 4 months, and Fillmap every 2 months. Most recently, Valley Metro was updated on November 8, 2026 and Fillmap on November 3, 2026.

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