Comparison

Mapy.com vs Pocket Earth Maps

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline world maps
  • Hiking and biking trail planning
  • Voice navigation
  • Weather forecasts
  • Activity tracking
  • GPX import/export
  • Location sharing
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline worldwide maps
  • Topographic contour maps
  • GPS functionality
  • Offline travel guides
  • Online routing with voice guidance
  • GPX/CSV import/export
Features
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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).

Screenshots

Mapy.com4 screens
Pocket Earth Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mapy.com ships an update weekly, Pocket Earth Maps every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mapy.com versus Pocket Earth Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapy.comPocket Earth Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better4.7 (703 ratings)
Positive reviews75.4% of reviews76.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K — better703
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size383 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeznam.cz a.s.GeoMagik LLC

Customer experience

Mapy.com

All ratings1,346 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews786 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral7.3%
Negative17.3%

Pocket Earth Maps

All ratings699 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive76.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative16.7%

User reviews

Mapy.com

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

1 purchases

Mapy.com

Subscriptions1
  • Mapy.com Premium7 Days trial$18.991 Year
10 purchases

Pocket Earth Maps

One-time10
  • 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

Questions

Is Mapy.com free?
Mapy.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Earth Maps free?
Pocket Earth Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mapy.com or Pocket Earth Maps?
Mapy.com is rated higher. Mapy.com averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Pocket Earth Maps averages 4.7 from 703 ratings.
Do Mapy.com or Pocket Earth Maps have ads?
Mapy.com shows ads; Pocket Earth Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, Mapy.com or Pocket Earth Maps?
Mapy.com ships an update weekly, and Pocket Earth Maps every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mapy.com was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pocket Earth Maps on November 1, 2026.

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