Comparison

Nomadago vs Mapmelon

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

Head to head
About

Nomadago

Connect with friends and fellow travelers to plan adventures and share your journeys. Track visited countries on a personal map, discover new connections, and coordinate meetups.

Highlights
  • Personal travel community
  • Travel journal with world map
  • Find and connect with other users
  • Location sharing with friends
  • Create and manage travel plans
  • Crossing paths alerts
Features
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Nomadago is the hub for your traveling network. We make staying connected with friends easy or finding new ones along the way! Check out where a friend is going next month, invite the crew to a week in London, or discuss which apartment is best in Lima. Nomadago is a nomad’s social network. So what makes Nomadago useful? PERSONAL TRAVEL COMMUNITY Add your friends and never lose touch with the people that you meet traveling. Create your network of traveling friends and easily plan when you’ll see each other next. TRAVEL JOURNAL Track all the places you’ve been and the trips you’ve been on. Nomadago will display a personal map of all the countries you’ve visited and give you a percentage of the world that you have seen. FIND FRIENDS Connect with other Nomadago users by posting your plans to the community, outside of your friend network. Or check out other users' public plans to see if you’ll be in the same area. LOCATION SHARING Share your current location and see where all your friends are currently using the world map COUNTRY SEARCH Search for plans in a specific country to see all your friends who are currently in that country or will be on future dates. CALENDAR CREATION You are able to build out your travel calendar for as far in advance as you would like. This calendar can be seen by all of your friends so they know what you're up to. You can also check out their calendar. PLAN EDITOR Make plans to add to your calendar, set the location of where you are going, invite your friends to the plan, and discuss the trip in the comments. PLAN FEED Check out the feed to see all new plans being posted by your friends. Comment on any plans if you are interested in joining. FUTURE LOCATIONS Change the dates on the map to see where all of your friends plan to be on upcoming dates. This will give you ideas on your next location to go to and when to go. CROSSING PATHS ALERTS The app notifies you if you’re in the same city as a friend or if both you and a friend create a future plan to be in the same city at the same time.

About

Mapmelon

This app helps digital nomads connect with each other and discover coliving spaces. Share your travel plans, find trusted coliving options, and map out your next adventure with friends.

Highlights
  • Share locations and travel plans with friends
  • Discover and filter coliving spaces
  • Post experiences and ask coliving questions
  • Map friends and colivings
  • Journal nomad trips and share itineraries
Features
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Mapmelon is the app that every nomad coliver needs. Keep track of your friends' plans, discover colivings, ask questions, and share your experiences as a nomad! You will find all the information needed for your next coliving adventure in one place, Mapmelon. Some of our features are: - Share your past, present or future Location with your friends (tag users, colivings and add pics to it!). - Write a post sharing your experiences or ask questions about a place before booking. - Discover trusted nomad Colivings, thanks to our curated list. - Filter Colivings based on reviews, amenities, and key information (capacity, internet speed, minimum stay, ...). - Find your friends and the Colivings on the Map, everything in one place! - Journal your nomad trips and share with your friends all your itineraries with just one link.

Screenshots

Nomadago4 screens
Mapmelon4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nomadago and Mapmelon are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nomadago versus Mapmelon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomadagoMapmelon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNOMADAGO LLCHuman Does

Customer experience

Nomadago

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mapmelon

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nomadago

No in-app purchases

None

Mapmelon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nomadago free?
Nomadago is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mapmelon free?
Mapmelon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nomadago or Mapmelon have ads?
Neither Nomadago nor Mapmelon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nomadago or Mapmelon?
Nomadago ships an update every 3 months, and Mapmelon every 3 months. Most recently, Nomadago was updated on June 5, 2026 and Mapmelon on September 9, 2026.

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