Comparison

Wigemo vs Brutmaps

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

Head to head
About

Wigemo

This app helps you save, manage, and discover places. It integrates with Wikipedia to provide information and allows importing data from various sources. You can also plan routes and receive notifications when near saved locations.

Highlights
  • Save and manage favorite places
  • Wikipedia integration for place information
  • Import from GPX, KML, CSV, photos, and other apps
  • Automatic notifications for saved locations
  • Route planning and management
  • Export places to GPX, KML, or CSV
Features
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Wigemo is a Maps app with connection to Wikipedia for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Apple Watch. Save and manage your favorite places and locations, save the places you want to visit, plan your next vacation, manage the geo caches you've found or want to find, find sights and much more. Thanks to the connection to Wikipedia, you can easily read the Wikipedia article for the places. Import places from GPX, KML or CSV files, from photos, web sites, from Booking (App and Web), Google Maps, Apple Maps, Yelp... The app can automatically notify you if you approach certain saved locations, so you won't miss them. Supported Maps - Apple Maps (Standard, Satellite, Hybrid, Flyover, 3D Buildings), - OpenTopoMap (Topographical map) - Mapbox Maps via additional subscription (Streets, Outdoors, Light, Dark, Satellite, Satellite+Street). These high-quality maps are much more detailed (especially in nature, hiking trails, paths, outdoor activity etc.) - Any number of additional raster maps can be included via additional "tile server" features (with an additional one-time purchase) Search - POI search via Apple Maps - Search via Wikipedia - Search for search terms - Search for coordinates - Search for places nearby certain reference locations - Filter search results by categories Details for places - Display Web page or Wikipedia article of the place - Phone number (incl. option to call the number) - Address - Visited status - Category - Color (used for the pins on the map) - photo Manage Places - Places can be saved in lists - Move places from one list to another - Show or hide lists and their places on the Map (so you can concentrate on those places you are currently interested in) - Places can be show/hidden based on their "visited" status - There are multiple styles available for the pins on the Map (a simple disc, icon of the category, photo, different sizes) Import Places - You can import geo locations from other Apps via "share" feature, via AirDrop, from cloud service, from the photo album, the address book - Supports photos (with GPS coordinates), Web addresses, GPX, KML, and CSV files, geo coordinates - Recognized are many web sites with geo tags, embedded google maps, the booking web site, Wikipedia, Yelp etc. - Apps which can share suitable data are for example the Booking App, Apple-Maps, Web-Browser Export Places - Places can be exported as GPX, KML, or CSV file (individually, whole lists or even all lists at once) - You can share the data with other Apps ur export them to cloud services - iCloud Sync can be used to synchronize the places between multiple iOS devices - You can also sync the places between iPhone and Apple Watch Routes - A route stores a path from A to B, including additional information and notes for waypoints - Import routes from GPX/KML files - Create routes manually - Use the "directions" feature to create routes - Save and organise any number or routes - Display routes on the map Other Features - The App can send a notification if the user approaches saved places - A crosshair with geo coordinates can be shown on the Map - A scale allows to estamate distances on the map Apple Watch - The App on the Apple Watch supports the search via Wikipedia - Places can be organized in lists - Places can be shown/hidden on the map (based on lists, and visited status) - Places can be saved on the watch - The Watch App can run independently from the iPhone App. Note: The App supports even older iOS releases back to iOS 12. But the full feature set requires iOS 14 and newer. Only search features relying on Apple's map services can be limited under iOS 12 or 13, the search via Wikipedia will work under all iOS releases. e.g. filtering search results by POI category requires at least iOS 13. The search for POIs near a certain location requires iOS 14 and later. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Brutmaps

Discover and explore a curated world map of over 800 brutalist and modernist architectural landmarks. Find buildings near you, view details like photos and architects, and track your visited or desired locations.

Highlights
  • Curated map of 800+ brutalist landmarks
  • View building photos, architect, and year
  • Find nearby concrete architecture
  • Track visited and 'wanna visit' buildings
  • Open addresses in Apple Maps or Google Maps
  • Share building details with friends
Features
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Brutmaps is a curated world map of unique architecture — more than 1200 concrete landmarks, from famous city halls and churches to hidden housing estates. Now adding modern and contemporary buildings too. FIND BUILDINGS NEAR YOU Open the map and see what's around: every building has photos, the architect, the year it was built and the exact address. TRACK YOUR JOURNEY Mark buildings as Visited or Wanna Visit and build your personal concrete travel log. Hide the ones you're not interested in. GET THERE Tap any address to open it in Apple Maps or Google Maps. The collection is curated by hand and keeps growing. Photos are sourced from open archives and community contributions, always with attribution.

Screenshots

Wigemo4 screens
Brutmaps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brutmaps at Free against Wigemo's $2.99. Brutmaps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Wigemo's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Brutmaps is free to download; Wigemo costs $2.99 up front. Wigemo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Brutmaps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wigemo against 5.0 for Brutmaps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wigemo ships an update every 6 weeks, Brutmaps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Wigemo versus Brutmaps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWigemoBrutmaps
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB56 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAlexander Claussdesignstudio.AG

Customer experience

Wigemo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Brutmaps

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Wigemo

Subscriptions3
  • Mapbox Subscription (1 Month)$0.491 Month
  • Mapbox Subscription (6 Month)$2.496 Months
  • Mapbox Subscription (1 Year)$3.491 Year
One-time1
  • Map Tile Server Feature$1.99
None

Brutmaps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wigemo free?
Wigemo costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Brutmaps free?
Brutmaps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wigemo or Brutmaps?
Wigemo and Brutmaps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Wigemo or Brutmaps have ads?
Neither Wigemo nor Brutmaps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wigemo or Brutmaps?
Wigemo ships an update every 6 weeks, and Brutmaps every 5 days. Most recently, Wigemo was updated on October 7, 2026 and Brutmaps on October 1, 2026.

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