Mapy.com vs Pocket Earth Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapy.com
Plan and navigate hiking, biking, and skiing routes worldwide with detailed offline maps. Discover points of interest, access weather forecasts, and utilize voice navigation for various activities. Track your adventures and share your location with others.
- Offline world maps
- Hiking and biking trail planning
- Voice navigation
- Weather forecasts
- Activity tracking
- GPX import/export
- Location sharing
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Find your way with Mapy.com’s maps no matter where you are: hiking on small forest paths, biking in mountains and even without a signal. Mapy.com is an outdoor route planner with tracker and navigation that works also offline with GPS. New features include peak recognition or location sharing that should help you enjoy your trail to the max. - Maps of the whole world: outdoor, aerial, winter - Local POIs, tips for trips and category search - Easy to use route planner with many planning options - Hiking, mtb or road bike supported - Outdoor step-by-step navigation with GPS - Distance tracker for many outdoor activities - Location sharing with friend or family Route planner - A to B or round route planning - Many options for hiking or biking - Route information: estimated time, distance, elevation Choose your style and plan the route exactly to your needs, whatever activity you want to do. Mapy.com’s route planner has multiple options for both walking and biking – and when the snow falls, you can also plan with cross-country ski or skialp. Display the information for your route and find out the distance, elevation, or time estimation. If you are an advanced user, you’ll appreciate the settings of your own speed or the slope shading that completes the elevation profile overview. GPS Maps and navigation - Location on the map with GPS turned on - Step-by-step outdoor navigation You always know where you are with Mapy.com. Your GPS location is displayed directly on the map, and you can find the way to your destination from there with navigation. You can also turn on the voice navigation available in 10 languages. Offline maps - For places without connection - Saving data and battery - Download one region or whole countries Device is offline? No problem, offline maps save the day. Small mountain paths or deep forest without connection, you will find the way. Just be sure to download the region before you go. Tracker - Performance recording for many outdoor activities - Travelled distance, speed and time tracking Track your trails and save your progress. Know your pace, travelled distance or elevation for each of your activities. Tracker helps you have overview of your adventures and can be used also on Apple Watch. Location sharing - Location of your loved ones on the map Know where your friends and family are: turn on the location sharing and display their portraits on the map. Always find each other when someone gets delayed by the nice view or stay in the alpine hut longer. Horizont AR - Peak recognition - Height or distance information Find out the name, height or distance from you for each hill or mountain before you with augmented reality. No more arguing if that peak is Ben Lomond, Mont Blanc or Everest. Enjoy your views and save screens directly to your phone, keeping track of your trails. My Mapy - Space for saving your plans - Activity history - User reviews and photos Save your planned routes, tracked activities or places you’d like to visit. Create a long-distance trail stage by stage for your bike- or backpacking adventure. Set your average speed for more accurate travelling time estimations. Mapy Premium - Premium features like Horizont AR or Apple Watch - Offline maps without limits - Advanced route planning - Custom speed settings Mapy.com has a subscription option for users that wish for more customized experience. Plan according to your preferences, get more accurate time estimations, and download more than one country’s offline map. Apple Watch - Mapy.com on watch for subscribed users - Maps, tracker and navigation TIPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: - You need internet connection to download offline maps - Enable location services in your phone settings - Enable background location access to share your location https://www.facebook.com/mapycom https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://licence.mapy.cz/?doc=mapy_zzoo&lang=en
Pocket Earth Maps
Access detailed worldwide maps and travel guides that work completely offline, even with GPS. Ideal for travel or outdoor adventures, it eliminates data roaming charges. Offers topographic maps and extensive travel information for exploration.
- Offline worldwide maps
- Topographic contour maps
- GPS functionality
- Offline travel guides
- Online routing with voice guidance
- GPX/CSV import/export
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Have fun getting lost with Pocket Earth! • Detailed worldwide maps and travel guides • Topographic contour maps for the outdoors • Works completely offline even with GPS • Great when abroad or in the wilderness, NO data roaming charges • Online routing with Voice Guidance and much more! • We give you one offline city for free, in-app upgrade to access unlimited worldwide offline maps and topographic maps feature. Bonus: All of Africa Standard maps are always free, and other rotating locations. « Reviews » “I love this technology” – Natali Morris, Tech Reporter, NBC’s Today Show Editor's Pick Best Offline Map App – thedigitaltrekker.com “The best travel app in the world… Don’t leave home without it!” – bonvoyageurs.com “Very impressive app with unmatched features.” – toptenreviews.com « Maps » • Beautiful Retina quality maps at a fraction of the size! The fastest and most beautiful offline maps on the App Store! • Detailed and interactive worldwide maps! More than 100,000 places! • Access your maps online and offline! Saves on data roaming costs! • Personalize the maps to show the info you want! • Online Routing with directions. Save your multi-stop itineraries for offline voice guided navigation! • Online street address search and contacts integration! • Did we mention everything is offline? Works anywhere- cities, small towns, even in the middle of nowhere. Never any roaming charges. We dare you to try it! « For the Traveler » • Find out about thousands of interesting places - hotels, restaurants, bars, tourist sites, even get metro and public transit info! • Our super wide area Nearby search is also super fast! • Have all the travel info you need with more than 25,000 detailed Wikivoyage Travel Guides and more than 1 million Wikipedia articles in 7 languages! All offline of course! • Customizable Pins and favorites groups! Add notes and mark and share favorite spots! • Share maps links and your current location! « For the Adventurer » • An in-app purchase option offers topographic maps. Get high performance, high accuracy 10m / 50ft contour display world-wide. The ONLY offline app that lets you download large areas, even entire countries! Contours are displayed on our existing maps for all Activities. • Hiking and Cycling maps! Great for geocaching and getting off the track! • GPS track recording lets you see what route you took! Great for hikes, cycling and off road! Never get lost again! • Import/Export support for GPX and CSV files! Share with friends using PE Archives. • Displays and lets you search for map coordinates in all common formats (including DD, DDM, DMS, MGRS, UTM/UPS, GeoHash, and what3words)! • Numerous GPS settings for your preferred configuration including compass and heading arrow or rotation, look ahead mode, accuracy and recording settings. ...and much more - so try it out! « How's it Work? » Just select the cities, regions, or even whole countries you want to download, and it will be available for offline use, complete with information on thousands of POIs (Points of Interest), and optionally, topographic maps, travel guides and Wikipedia articles. To learn more about Pocket Earth or the community driven open data sources that we use, please visit our website. Don’t forget this: 1. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Only the GPS Route Navigation and GPS Track Recording features will use the GPS when running in background. 2. This app uses data from the amazing community driven open mapping project called openstreetmap.org! Coverage detail may vary by region, please visit our website to check the map detail for your regions of interest. 3. Does not currently support all asian texts on the map (Chinese, Japanese, etc).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pocket Earth Maps at none against Mapy.com's shown. Pocket Earth Maps also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Mapy.com's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Mapy.com sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $18.99 per year and Pocket Earth Maps sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Mapy.com against 4.7 for Pocket Earth Maps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 703 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 76% positive.
Mapy.com ships an update weekly, Pocket Earth Maps every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Mapy.com | Pocket Earth Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better | 4.7 (703 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 703 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 383 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seznam.cz a.s. | GeoMagik LLC |
Customer experience
Mapy.com
Pocket Earth Maps
User reviews
Mapy.com
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🗺️ Detailed and accurate maps
- 📥 Offline map downloads
- 🚲 Great for hiking and cycling
- 🌍 Worldwide coverage
- 🔍 Helpful POI information
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔒 Account required for some features
- 🗺️ Outdated maps in some regions
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🚗 Inaccurate driving directions
Pocket Earth Maps
From 703 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great navigation tool
- 🗺️ Detailed offline maps
- 💡 Useful travel information
- 🗺️ Excellent topographic maps
- 🗺️ Comprehensive mapping coverage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Map sizes inflate after purchase
- 🐛 Offline routing issues
- 🐛 Crashes and stability problems
- 🔋 High data usage for map downloads
- 🔍 Cluttered interface at higher zoom levels
Bugs and requests
Mapy.com
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to delete app on iOS
- Sync issues and data loss
- Unreliable map updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add public transportation routing
- Improve route planning and optimization
- Allow custom map markers and annotations
- Provide more language support
- Enhance offline map management
Pocket Earth Maps
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on certain devices/iOS versions
- Offline maps not working as expected
- GPS not functioning properly offline
Requested features
5 requests- Apple CarPlay support
- Improved offline routing and rerouting
- Sync between devices
- Larger text/coordinate display
- More frequent map updates
In-app purchases
Mapy.com
- Mapy.com Premium7 Days trial$18.991 Year
Pocket Earth Maps
- France Offline$1.99
- Spain Offline$1.99
- United Kingdom Offline$1.99
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- Italy Offline$1.99
- United States Offline$1.99
- Asia Offline$2.99
- Europe Offline$3.99
- North America Offline$3.99
- World Offline$5.99
- World Offline + TOPO$9.99







