MapRun vs Cave DB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapRun
Experience orienteering with a smartphone app that handles timing and punching, eliminating the need for physical course setup. Enjoy instant feedback on your performance, including your track, personal results, and leaderboard rankings.
- Smartphone timing and punching
- No physical course setup needed
- Instant performance feedback
- Track your route
- Personal results and leaderboards
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MapRun enables a form of Orienteering that uses a SmartPhone App for punching and timing, avoiding the need to put out flags and units on the course. This saves time and effort for organisers, courses can be left open for extended periods of time, and instant feedback is provided with track, personal result and leaderboard results in the App.
Cave DB
A community-driven database for caving and cave diving sites globally. Users can explore, research, and add new locations, complete with photos and videos.
- Global cave and caving site database
- Community-contributed content
- Photos and videos of sites
- User exploration and research tools
- Easy-to-use application interface
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Your database of cave diving and caving sites from around the world in an easy to use application. The database is constantly extended and improved by the community. Site reports show photos, videos and other information about sites as users explore, research and add new sites
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MapRun at 3.7 against Cave DB's 1.0. MapRun also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MapRun holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | MapRun | Cave DB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PETER EFFENEY | Sam Educational |
Customer experience
MapRun
Cave DB
In-app purchases
MapRun
No in-app purchases
Cave DB
No in-app purchases
