Ramen Map vs RamenDays
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ramen Map
Discover ramen shops near your current location or search for them on a map. This app utilizes data from the reliable Ramen Database to help you find your next bowl.
- Map-based ramen shop search
- Discover shops near current location
- Utilizes Ramen Database data
- Shop information provided in Japanese
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Ramen is one of the most famous food in Japan. This application will show you ramen shops around you, or you can look for them on a map. This application uses the shop data from the most reliable ramen information website "Ramen Database" by supleks,jp, but is not an official app. Note: Shop information is provided only in Japanese.
RamenDays
Discover popular ramen shops in Japan and around the world. Record your ramen experiences with photos and comments, and share them with a community of ramen enthusiasts. Compete in rankings and find new ramen spots near you.
- Find popular ramen shops
- Record ramen experiences with photos
- Share ramen posts
- Ramen shop and lover rankings
- Map view of nearby shops
- Comment and 'Yummy!' features
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RamenDays is an app you can easily find popular ramen shops which are located in Japan. If you have any plan to go to Japan or you are interested in ramen in Japan, please use RamenDays. After release in Japan App Store in January 2014, more than 95,000 ramen records and more than 18,000 ramen shop information were posted. Around 200 ramen records are posted everyday. Especially there are a lot of records and information in Sapporo and Hokkaido which are famous as ramen hot areas in Japan. This time, we released English and Chinese (traditional Chinese characters) versions of RamenDays to be used by person all over the world. The catch phrase of RamenDays（毎日がラーメン） in Japan App Store is “Record and share ramen records you ate. And challenge ranking in the app!” A lot of Ramen fans in Japan are recording and sharing ramen records everyday. Of course RamenDays is available in all over the world. When you also eat ramen except for in Japan, please record and share! Features: - Take a photo and post it with the shop name, the name of ramen and your comments etc. - Ranking of ramen lovers and ramen shops (monthly, weekly) - Display all photos on your timeline - When you find a photo that looks good, tap "Yummy!" and/or comment - Find ramen shops around you on the map - Share your post to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ramen Map at 5.0 against RamenDays's 4.2. Ramen Map also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). RamenDays's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. RamenDays sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Ramen Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ramen Map holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Ramen Map's written reviews are positive against 69% of RamenDays's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ramen Map ships an update every 2 months, RamenDays every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ramen Map | RamenDays |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yohei Sato | Clear Inc. |
Customer experience
Ramen Map
RamenDays
In-app purchases
Ramen Map
No in-app purchases
RamenDays
- ベーシックプラン$0.491 Month
- プレミアムプラン$2.991 Month
- ベーシックプラン$5.991 Year
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- プレミアムプラン$29.991 Year
