PolyMap vs MustangMaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PolyMap
Navigate a university campus with detailed indoor maps and route planning. Find classrooms, plan visits, and share custom invitations with embedded routes. Ideal for students and event organizers.
- Detailed campus and indoor maps
- Classroom search
- Route building
- Shareable route invitations
- Customizable invitation maker
- AppClip technology support
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Can't find a class? Entered the university and don't know where building 11? Would you like to visit an open day but are afraid to get lost? This app is for you! View a highly detailed map of the Peter the Great Polytechnic University campus and indoor plans. Build routes. Create invitations. For students: • Timetable of classes • Viewing a detailed map of educational buildings • Search for cabinets • Building routes For event organizers: • Ability to share route via URL link or QR/AppClip code • Invitation maker with the ability to attach a welcome message to the route, as well as customize and create a beautiful visual code • The application supports AppClip technology, which means that the user does not need to download the application to see the route
MustangMaps
Navigate campus with ease using this interactive map. Find buildings, classrooms, and essential amenities like restrooms and printers. Designed for students, it simplifies campus exploration and enhances convenience.
- Interactive campus map
- Building and classroom locator
- Amenity finder (restrooms, printers)
- Best route calculation
- Student-focused design
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Mustang Maps is an interactive, multi-feature navigation app designed specifically for Cal Poly students to easily explore and navigate campus. It helps users find the best routes to their buildings, discover where classrooms are located, and access key campus amenities like restrooms, water fountains, and printers. Combining the practicality of a navigation app with the usefulness of amenity tracking, Mustang Maps enhances convenience for students, especially first-years and transfers. MustangMaps is an unofficial, student-built campus map. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by California Polytechnic State University.
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Verdict
PolyMap and MustangMaps both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of MustangMaps's written reviews are positive against 75% of PolyMap's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PolyMap against 4.8 for MustangMaps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of PolyMap's written reviews are positive against 100% of MustangMaps's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PolyMap | MustangMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better | 4.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrei Soprachev | Taylor Labs |
Customer experience
PolyMap
MustangMaps
In-app purchases
PolyMap
No in-app purchases
MustangMaps
No in-app purchases
