Comparison

城めぐTOUCH vs OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~

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

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About

城めぐTOUCH

Discover and visit Japanese castles with this mobile tool. Search for castles by location or region, record your visits, and even connect with other castle enthusiasts. Download additional castle information to enhance your exploration.

Highlights
  • Search for nearby castles by current location
  • Browse castles by prefecture
  • Record castle visits and points of interest
  • Log encounters with other users at castles
  • Download additional castle and point of interest data
  • Share castle visits on Twitter
  • Create favorites and categorize castles
Features
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◆城めぐTOUCHとは 「城めぐTOUCH」は、お城探訪サイト『城めぐドットコム』が提供する お奨めの日本のお城・見所を地図や地域別で検索したり、 またその情報を照会することができます。 アプリ名の通り、お城にタッチ(=訪問)しやすくなる携帯ツールとして、 またお城好き同士がタッチ(=すれ違い)するきっかけとしてお使いいただけます。 バージョンアップしました!(Ver1.2.2) ・Bug Fix ・使い勝手の向上 ・株式会社デンソーのアプリ「NaviCon」を経由してカーナビにお城の位置情報を転送できるようになりました。 (※あらかじめNaviConをインストールしておく必要があります。) (※「NaviCon」は株式会社デンソーの登録商標です。詳細は下記サポートページをご覧ください。) http://www.denso.co.jp/ja/products/aftermarket/info/navicon2/index.html ◆このアプリケーションの機能について 「城めぐTOUCH」の機能は以下の通りです。 ・現在地を中心に、近くのお城を探す ・県別にお城の情報を見る ・お城に行って地図上に表示される現在地情報を元に、お城の見所をめぐることができる ・登録されているお城や見所情報に対して、訪問したことを記録できる(タッチ) ・「城めぐTOUCH」利用者同士がお城ですれ違った瞬間を記録できる ・『城めぐドットコム』から追加で提供されるお城・見所情報をダウンロードできる ・Twitterに投稿することができる(Ver1.1.0〜) ・お気に入りを作成し、お城をカテゴリ分けをして表示することができる(Ver1.2.0〜) ◆ご注意点 「城めぐTOUCH」内の地図情報や現在地を取得する機能は、 3GネットワークまたはWi-Fiを使用してインターネットに接続します。 インターネットに接続できない場合や、GPS機能がオフになっている場合、 位置情報サービスがオフになっている場合はこれらの機能がご利用いただけませんのでご注意ください。 ただし地図を使わずに県別にお城を検索、表示される場合は インターネットに接続されていなくてもご利用いただけます。 ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ アプリをダウンロードしていただいた直後はお城データが含まれておりません。 はじめに「設定画面」ー「全件ダウンロード」をクリックして、 お城データをダウンロードしてからご利用ください。 ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ ◆バージョンアップについて 今後のバージョンアップについては、以下の機能を検討中です。 ・皆様からのお城・見所情報の投稿機能 追加のお城・見所情報についてはアプリのバージョンアップとは別に、 不定期に更新されますので Twitter アカウント(@siromegu_touch)をフォローいただくか、 『城めぐドットコム』でお知らせいたします。 これからも皆様からのご意見を参考にさせていただきながらバージョンアップしてまいります。 よろしくお願いいたします。

About

OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~

Features
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"Where did I go again? When was that?" "My castle photos are buried in Camera Roll." "I started collecting 100 Famous Castle stamps but I have no idea how far I've come." OshiroCho is your castle-hopping companion that takes care of all of this. The digital evolution of the Japanese goshuin-style castle stampbook (御城印帳). > Pick the castle. We do the rest. Choose the castle you visited, and the visit date, weather, temperature, season, and day of week show up filled in. All you add is a photo or two and maybe a short note. You stop feeling like you are "traveling in order to log it" and start actually looking back at memories. > Keep your castle seals together Whether you have been collecting castle seals for years or are just starting, you can save multiple seal photos per visit. Keep regular photos and castle seals organized separately, and move photos between them later. Browse all the seals you have collected on a single screen and let "this one was the limited cherry blossom edition" bring back the trip. > All 200 official castles, ready from day one Japan's 100 Famous Castles + Continuing 100 Famous Castles, all 200 of them, are included from the start. Read about each castle's founding year, lord, surviving structures, and cultural property designations. The official castle numbers are shown too, so this works as a partner to your paper stamp book. > Level up every time you visit The more you visit, the higher you climb: Apprentice Warrior, Pilgrim, Lord, Shogun. Earn badges like "12 Original Keeps Conquered", "Prefecture Complete", and "100 Famous Castles 50%". Hints like "X more to conquer" turn into seeds for your next trip. > See every castle on the map See where you have been and where you have not, all on one map. Search by name or area, narrow down to "12 Original Keeps only", or sort by closest first. > Check official information before you go For castles with available links, open official pages for hours and access, 100 Famous Castles stamps, and castle seals from the castle details. Check changing hours, closures, and availability before your trip. > Works even out of signal All 200 castles' data lives inside the app. In a tunnel, on a mountain ruin, the search and the logging just keep going. Weather and similar info are fetched quietly in the background when you are online. > Switch phones without worry Records sync through iCloud. Pick up your new iPhone and your castle history is right there. > Privacy first Photos and notes stay on your iPhone. The only things that leave the device for weather lookup are the date and a rounded castle location (about 1 km precision), never your current location or anything that identifies you. For people who: - Stop by castles a few times a year and can't remember when - Just started the 100 Famous Castles stamp rally - Have a growing pile of castle seals to organize - Spend forever digging castle photos out of Camera Roll - Want castle hopping to be a little more fun "All your castle visits, logged for you" - start your castle journey with OshiroCho today. Terms of Service: https://oshirocho.turushihara.work/terms Privacy Policy: https://oshirocho.turushihara.work/privacy

Screenshots

城めぐTOUCH4 screens
OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ at fortnightly against 城めぐTOUCH's every 3 months. 城めぐTOUCH's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

城めぐTOUCH ships an update every 3 months, OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
城めぐTOUCH versus OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter城めぐTOUCHOshiroCho ~Castle Diary~
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUSAC SYSTEM CO.,LTD.takeru urushihara

In-app purchases

None

城めぐTOUCH

No in-app purchases

None

OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 城めぐTOUCH free?
城めぐTOUCH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ free?
OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 城めぐTOUCH or OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ have ads?
Neither 城めぐTOUCH nor OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 城めぐTOUCH or OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~?
城めぐTOUCH ships an update every 3 months, and OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ fortnightly. Most recently, 城めぐTOUCH was updated on October 10, 2026 and OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~ on October 2, 2026.

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