Punta vs Mapmelon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Punta
Connect with fellow digital nomads and remote workers before arriving in a new city. Discover who else is traveling to the same destinations and coordinate meetups for coworking, meals, or activities. Build a global community and make friends on the road.
- See overlapping travelers
- Join city hubs for introductions
- Access nomad-specific location guides
- Create a detailed nomad profile
- Get notified of future overlaps
- Organize meetups and activities
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Punta is the app for digital nomads, remote workers and travelers who don’t want to land in a new city alone. Add your trips, see who you’ll overlap with, and meet your next travel crew before you arrive. With Punta you can - See digital nomads, remote workers & travelers who will be in the same place at the same time as you. - Join city Hubs: introduce yourself, ask questions, organize cowork, dinners, hikes or nights out. - Use location guides made for nomads: Wi-Fi, safety, cost of living, must-knows, cafés and cowork spots. - Create a nomad profile that tells your story – trips, photos, hobbies, bio and more. - Make new friends and get notified whenever your paths overlap again. Making friends on the road is hard when people come and go, you don’t know where nomads hang out, or you’re tired of random Facebook and WhatsApp groups. Punta gives slowmads, expats, van lifers, solo travelers and long-term backpackers one place to see who’s around, connect with like-minded people and turn every stop into a small crew. Don’t just tick cities off a list. Build a community across all of them. Download Punta and start meeting nomads wherever you work and travel. Privacy Policy https://www.punta.app/privacy_policy Terms of Use https://www.punta.app/terms_and_conditions
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mapmelon at none against Punta's 3. Mapmelon also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Punta's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Punta sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Mapmelon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Punta ships an update every 2 weeks, Mapmelon every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Punta | Mapmelon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Innovation Anywhere OÜ | Human Does |
Customer experience
Punta
Mapmelon
In-app purchases
Punta
- monthly_7.99$7.991 Month
- yearly_29.99$29.991 Year
- lifetime_99.99$99.99
Mapmelon
No in-app purchases






