Comparison

Wheelmap vs The Toilet Map

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

Head to head
About

Wheelmap

Discover wheelchair-accessible locations worldwide, including restaurants, shops, and public transport. Contribute to a global database by rating and uploading images of places to improve accessibility information for everyone.

Highlights
  • Find accessible restaurants, cafes, and shops
  • Locate accessible toilets and parking
  • Access information on public transport accessibility
  • Contribute ratings and upload images
  • Global database of over 2 million places
  • Available in 32 languages
Features
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Find wheelchair accessible restaurants, cafes, toilets, shops, cinemas, parking lots, bus stops and much more. The Wheelmap and OpenStreetMap communities have already rated about 1 million places! Ratings for another million places come from a growing number of partners such as Foursquare City Guide, Jaccede, AXSMap, HERE, Parkopedia, bahnhof.de, Mapy bez barier, etc. All in all, you can find accessibility reviews of more than 2,000,000 places on Wheelmap! More entries are added daily. As with Wikipedia, you too can join in and contribute information about places worldwide. This is important, because in some regions of the world there are only a few entries at the moment. Help us improve the map: Rate the entrances and restrooms of public places according to their wheelchair accessibility and upload images of the places. The 30 countries with the highest number of rated places are: Germany (582,174), United States (277,194), India (258,992), France (161,486), South Africa (74,568), Canada (57,247), Czech Republic (53,888) United Kingdom (53,718), Austria (52,253), Italy (40,256), Australia (31,238), Spain (25,905), Algeria (24,657), Japan (21,503), Switzerland (20,820), Taiwan (15,300), Netherlands (15,030), Russian Federation (13,816), Hungary (13,186), Poland (13,056), United Arab Emirates (12,976), Turkey (11,180), Belgium (8,834), Brazil (8,070), Indonesia (7,765), Ukraine (7,495), Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (7,467), Mexico (7,449), Croatia (7,194). Wheelmap is available in 32 languages. Your smartphone must be set to one of the following languages: Arabic Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Taiwan) Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Simplified) Czech Danish Dutch English (United States) Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Portuguese (Brazil) Romanian Russian Slovak Spanish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

About

The Toilet Map

Discover publicly accessible restrooms nearby. Filter results by features like wheelchair accessibility and save locations for future trips. Essential for planning outings and ensuring convenience.

Highlights
  • Database of public toilets
  • Filter by features (e.g., wheelchair accessible)
  • Save toilet locations
  • Trip planning assistance
Features
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- The app includes a database of publicly accessible toilets. - The toilet search can be limited to certain features like e.g. wheelchair accessibility. - You can store toilet locations for future reference which is useful when planning a trip.

Screenshots

Wheelmap3 screens
The Toilet Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Toilet Map at 3.7 against Wheelmap's 2.9. Wheelmap's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 25%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. The Toilet Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wheelmap asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Toilet Map holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Wheelmap's written reviews are positive against 25% of The Toilet Map's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wheelmap ships an update every 6 months, The Toilet Map every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wheelmap versus The Toilet Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWheelmapThe Toilet Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (8 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSozialheldenVolker Voecking Software Engineering

Customer experience

Wheelmap

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive64.1%
Neutral12.8%
Negative23.1%

The Toilet Map

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wheelmap

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Toilet Map

One-time1
  • Toilet Map Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Wheelmap free?
Wheelmap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Toilet Map free?
The Toilet Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wheelmap or The Toilet Map?
The Toilet Map is rated higher. Wheelmap averages 2.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while The Toilet Map averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Wheelmap or The Toilet Map have ads?
Neither Wheelmap nor The Toilet Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wheelmap or The Toilet Map?
Wheelmap ships an update every 6 months, and The Toilet Map every 7 months. Most recently, Wheelmap was updated on October 16, 2026 and The Toilet Map on October 8, 2026.

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