Comparison

MapGenie vs Five Minute Expert

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

Head to head
About

MapGenie

Navigate the vast world of Elden Ring with this unofficial interactive map. Discover over 4000 locations, track your progress, and mark points of interest. Essential for any Tarnished seeking to conquer The Lands Between.

Highlights
  • Over 4000 locations
  • 70+ categories
  • Quicksearch functionality
  • Progress tracking
  • Note-taking on map
  • Website sync
Features
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An unofficial fan-made map for EldenRing. Souls games are hard and sometimes you need a companion - so take this interactive map of The Lands Between for when you need it! FEATURES: • Over 4000 locations - Find all Flask Upgrades, Keys, Dragons, Rare Weapons & Hidden Quests • 70+ categories - including Dungeon Bosses, Ashes of War, Talismans, Golden Seeds, Teardrop Scarabs & more! • Quicksearch - just type the name of a location to instantly find what you're looking for. • Sync progress with the website: https://mapgenie.io/elden-ring • Progress Tracker - mark locations as found and track the progress of your collectables. • Take Notes - marking places of interest by adding notes to the map. • Maps for the overworld and all underground areas If you find a bug, or have any suggestions for the app, please use the 'Send Feedback' option below to let us know! Disclaimer: MapGenie is in no way affiliated with FromSoftware (the developers of ER)!

About

Five Minute Expert

Features
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How to be a five-minute expert for every room you walk into. You are headed into a meeting, a conference, a client dinner, a cocktail party where the big wigs are talking business. The topic is private equity, or healthcare, or AI, or the deal everyone is talking about, and it is not your world. Five Minute Expert is the friend in the car on the way over: one glanceable Brief per room, five minutes, and you walk in confident. This is not about bluffing. It is about being a quick study on complicated topics so you can engage, make real connections, and have meaningful conversations in the rooms you want to be in, or find yourself in. EVERY BRIEF HAS THE SAME SEVEN BLOCKS 01 The Room Read: what everybody is talking about, layered by time. Yesterday, this week, and this month (the stories people are still bringing up). Each one is a bold lead, one sentence on why the room cares, and the exact line you would say out loud, with the source named. 02 Sound Interesting: one sentence, one smart source you can cite by name. 03 The Lingo: the acronyms and terms that buy you five minutes, each with a plain meaning and a sentence you could actually say. Pronunciation only when saying it wrong outs you. 04 Key Players: the companies, institutions, and people who decide, lead, and influence in this room. Who they are, why the room cares, and the angle: how the insiders actually see them. 05 The Joke Shelf: lines for jumping in on a laugh the room already started. Never start the joke. 06 Things Not to Say: the misuse flags and old-news landmines that out you instantly. 07 The Exit Ramp: three questions that hand the floor back. Facts get you in the door; questions keep you in the conversation. THE PACKS AT LAUNCH The Interesting Person (for any room), Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, AI, Healthcare Services, and Sports. All free in this release. BUILT FOR THE ROOM YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN Every pack downloads to your device, so it works at the conference with the congested Wi-Fi and the cocktail party with one bar of signal. Fresh content is pushed to your phone and sits there loaded before you walk in; the room read is refreshed monthly for now, more often as the shelf grows, and every Brief shows both dates up top. Glance mode: one block per page, flick to advance, looks like checking your phone. The audio edition: every Brief recorded in a warm, natural voice, downloaded with the pack, played offline with lock-screen controls, for the ride over. Quiz me: hide the lingo meanings and test yourself before you walk in. Four palettes plus Auto: Paper, Tan, Ledger, and Wire, so it reads like a good technical paper or a financial report, your call. Large type for arm's length, phone held low. Share any Brief as a one-page PDF. The note-card tradition: carry it, read it on the ride, dispose of the evidence. iPhone and iPad. No account. No sign-in. Nothing collected. Ever. A five minute read. An hour of expertise.

Screenshots

MapGenie4 screens
Five Minute Expert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Minute Expert at none against MapGenie's 1. Five Minute Expert also leads on ads (none vs shown). MapGenie's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. MapGenie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Minute Expert asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MapGenie versus Five Minute Expert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapGenieFive Minute Expert
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 26 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMagic Lamp Technologies LimitedCOLTON MARK MULLIGAN

Bugs and requests

MapGenie

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Map not loading properly
  • Inability to mark locations as found
  • Filters resetting randomly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to reset/clear progress
  • Improved search functionality
  • More zoom/panning options
  • Ability to hide found locations
  • Support for DLC maps and quests

Five Minute Expert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MapGenie

One-time1
  • Elden Ring Map PRO Upgrade$9.99
None

Five Minute Expert

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapGenie free?
MapGenie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Five Minute Expert free?
Five Minute Expert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapGenie or Five Minute Expert have ads?
MapGenie shows ads; Five Minute Expert does not.

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