Comparison

World Map + vs World Factbook Archive

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

Head to head
About

World Map +

Access essential world maps for quick reference and navigation. Explore political, detailed, and time zone maps, with interesting facts about countries. Works online and offline, ideal for students, travelers, and curious minds.

Highlights
  • Quick access to essential world maps
  • Political, Detailed, and Time Zones Maps
  • Easy map switching
  • Offline and online functionality
  • Fascinating world facts
Features
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Explore the World at Your Fingertips Unlock a powerful pocket atlas designed for quick reference, easy navigation, and fascinating world facts. Whether you're a student, traveler, quiz enthusiast, or curious explorer, this app brings essential world maps to your device in seconds. Did You Know? =========== South Sudan became the world's 195th country after gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. Discover more interesting facts as you explore the globe. Features: ======= - Quick access to essential world maps - Includes Political World Map, Detailed World Map, and World Time Zones Map - Easy map switching — just tap the top-left corner of the screen - Works both offline and online — perfect for use on the go Whether you're studying geography or planning your next adventure, this app makes it easy to view the world in a whole new way. Download now and explore the world — no passport required.

About

World Factbook Archive

Access a comprehensive archive of the CIA World Factbook from 1990 to 2025, fully offline. Explore detailed country profiles, compare data across years, and track changes with advanced search and analysis tools.

Highlights
  • Offline access to 36 annual editions (1990-2025)
  • 281 country and territory profiles
  • Field-by-field change tracking between editions
  • Full-text search with boolean operators
  • Global rankings and country comparisons
  • Multi-decade trend analysis
  • Bookmarks, collections, and notes
Features
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The complete CIA World Factbook, 1990-2025, in your pocket - fully offline. The World Factbook was the United States' flagship open reference on every country on Earth: geography, people, government, economy, military, communications, and transnational issues. Publication ended on February 4, 2026. This archive preserves all 36 annual editions - 285 entities and over one million data fields - and makes them searchable, comparable, and readable anywhere, with no internet connection required. THE ARCHIVE - 285 countries, territories, and entities with complete profiles - Every annual edition from 1990 through 2025 - switch years on any profile - Field-by-field change tracking: see exactly what changed between editions - Search capitals and Factbook fields, with spelling suggestions and boolean operators - Linked-country previews and short explanations of marked terms ANALYSIS - Global rankings for about 40 indicators across any year - Country comparison: side-by-side tables, charts, saved comparisons, and source evidence - Trends: multi-decade time series with world-event context - Demographics: population pyramids - World Explorer: interactive globe and map projections, country search, and colorblind-safe palettes - Dossier: a one-screen intelligence-style brief for any country - Query & Dashboard: filter by edition, region and numeric conditions; save statistics and trend cards - Distance paths and trade links in World Explorer GAMES - Seven geography games together in one Games hub - Border Explorer: connect countries across land borders, with maps, cards and three difficulty levels - Factbook Daily: five questions built from archive data, with flags and country outlines - Mystery Country: globe-based clues, optional outlines, and links to the answer’s Factbook entry CIA MAPS - 284 bundled maps for 106 countries, available offline - Administrative, physiography and transportation maps where available - Search the map library or open maps from a country profile - Save and share maps outside the app RESEARCH TOOLS - Bookmarks, collections, highlights, and notes - Excerpts saved to collections; print-friendly entry, dossier and study-sheet PDFs - Citations, read-aloud and English/local country-name pronunciation - Export Factbook entries, maps and query results - Searchable Settings for reading, accessibility, audio and games - Everything stays on your device WHY THIS EXISTS The Factbook was published for decades, but no combined, structured database of all its editions ever existed - each year stood alone, in changing formats. When publication ended, this project parsed every edition from 1990 onward (Project Gutenberg texts, archived HTML, JSON snapshots) into one unified, queryable archive - first as the worldfactbookarchive.org website, now as this app. DATA INTEGRITY Published Factbook text is preserved alongside structured fields for search and analysis. Archive classifications, historical country associations, and extraction errors are corrected through documented validation. Full methodology, sources, and validation are documented openly, and the complete raw dataset is published at github.com/MilkMp/CIA-World-Factbooks-Archive-1990-2025. Truly offline: the entire 36-year dataset ships inside the app. Nothing is downloaded, nothing is tracked, and no account is needed. This is the official companion app of worldfactbookarchive.org, built and maintained by the same developer. The World Factbook is a work of the United States Government in the public domain. This app and website are an independent archive and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Screenshots

World Map +4 screens
World Factbook Archive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: World Factbook Archive at none against World Map +'s shown. World Factbook Archive also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). World Map +'s advantage is ratings volume (8.1K vs 4). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

World Factbook Archive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Map + has 8.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Map + ships an update every 5 months, World Factbook Archive every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
World Map + versus World Factbook Archive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Map +World Factbook Archive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (8.1K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.1K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB476 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppventionsMilan Milkovich

Customer experience

World Map +

All ratings8,025 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews453 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative43.7%

World Factbook Archive

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

World Map +

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Interactive map not loading
  • Incorrect country/city names or locations
  • App crashes or freezes on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more detailed maps with country/state boundaries
  • Improve interactive map functionality
  • Keep map data up-to-date with latest changes
  • Offer better value in paid version

World Factbook Archive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

World Map +

No in-app purchases

None

World Factbook Archive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Map + free?
World Map + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is World Factbook Archive free?
World Factbook Archive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, World Map + or World Factbook Archive?
World Factbook Archive is rated higher. World Map + averages 4.7 out of 5 from 8.1K ratings, while World Factbook Archive averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do World Map + or World Factbook Archive have ads?
World Map + shows ads; World Factbook Archive does not.
Which is updated more often, World Map + or World Factbook Archive?
World Map + ships an update every 5 months, and World Factbook Archive every 5 days. Most recently, World Map + was updated on October 22, 2026 and World Factbook Archive on October 10, 2026.

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