Maps+ vs MapFactor Navigator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maps+
Enhance your navigation experience with advanced bookmarking, location-based reminders, and intelligent search. This app offers powerful tools for users who need more from their mapping applications.
- Color-coded bookmarks
- GPX import/export
- Location-based reminders
- Autocomplete search
- Modular settings
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Maps+ — For power users Features • Bookmarks: Colors Labels, GPX Import Export • Location-based Reminders • Search: Autocomplete • Current Location: Info • Settings: Modular Unlock Limitations • 3 bookmarks • GPX Import
MapFactor Navigator
Navigate over 200 countries offline with turn-by-turn voice guidance, speed limit alerts, and camera warnings. Plan door-to-door routes for various transport modes and customize your navigation experience with favorite places and route avoidance.
- Offline maps for 200+ countries
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Speed limit and camera warnings
- Door-to-door route planning
- Multiple routing modes (car, bus, bike)
- Points of Interest (POI)
- 2D/3D map display
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MapFactor Navigator is a free GPS navigation app with free offline maps from OpenStreetMaps (incl. free monthly maps update). You can navigate without an internet connection in 200+ countries. Intuitive voice turn-by-turn navigation in different languages, speed limits, camera warnings and many other useful features. Key features of the MapFactor GPS Navigation app: - voice navigation in various languages - door-to-door route planning - overview of the upcoming manoeuvre and distance shown on the screen - free offline maps with postcodes (full GB postcodes) installed on your device - points of interest - speed limit and camera warnings - favourite routes and places - 2D/3D mode allows realistic visual maps display - day/night map mode - routing modes for car, bus, pedestrian, bicycle, motocycle - route avoidance - block certain road from your route - maps rotate in driving direction, or north up - blue motorway signs - CarPlay connectivity (beta) Premium Features: - Head-Up Display - Alternative Routes - Remote commands - No Ads Live HD Traffic: - reach your destination stress free, avoid any traffic problem - all traffic problems at a glance on the map or in a table OSM maps are created and updated by the community of volunteers at www.osm.org. OSM maps are updated every month for FREE. Optional professional TomTom navigation maps with UK postcodes available - more reliable and accurate for vehicles navigation. Car version or Truck version with enhanced information for large vehicles. If you wish to get help or provide feedback to our GPS navigation app, please email ios@mapfactor.com. --- OpenStreetMap: Available free GPS maps: --- = EUROPE: Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia And Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle Of Man Italy Jan Mayen Jersey Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom UK Postcode - Ordnance Survey Vatican City = AMERICA: Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Aruba Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Caribbean Netherlands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Crozet Islands Cuba Curacao Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent And The Grenadines St Pierre And Miquelon Suriname The Bahamas Turks And Caicos Islands Trinidad And Tobago Uruguay USA Virgin Islands Venezuela Wallis And Futuna = ASIA: Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia D.Rep. of Timor Leste Gaza Strip China India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Union Of Myanmar United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen = AUSTRALIA: Australia Fed. States Of Micronesia Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea = AFRICA: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo D.Rep. of The Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome And Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Togo Tunisia Uganda Tanzania Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Terms of Use: http://bit.ly/MFTermsOfUse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Maps+ at none against MapFactor Navigator's shown. Maps+ also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). MapFactor Navigator's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (831 vs 228). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Maps+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MapFactor Navigator sells 26 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MapFactor Navigator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 228 and 831 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Maps+'s written reviews are positive against 57% of MapFactor Navigator's.
Maps+ ships an update every 5 weeks, MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maps+ | MapFactor Navigator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (228 ratings) | 4.7 (831 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 228 | 831 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IZE, Ltd. | MapFactor |
Customer experience
Maps+
MapFactor Navigator
User reviews
Maps+
From 228 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent app for traveling
- 👍 Customizable interface
- 🚀 Fast and accurate maps
- 👍 Useful for work/business
- 👍 Great for multiple pins/bookmarks
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Limited search functionality
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🚫 Lacks public transit directions
- 🚫 No street view
MapFactor Navigator
From 831 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Colorful app
- 🚀 Great offline navigation
- 🚀 Excellent mapping and GPS
- 👍 Good app overall
- 👍 Reliable and flawless system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't let you open GPX files
- 🐛 Clunky and slow on iPhone
- 🐛 Unintelligible instructions
- 🐛 Archaic address search
- 🐛 Can't save addresses or favorites
Bugs and requests
Maps+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Pins disappearing after updates
- Routing issues and inaccurate directions
- Search results not working
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
6 requests- More pin/bookmark colors and icons
- Offline map caching
- Sync between devices
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Public transit directions
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- Street view integration
MapFactor Navigator
Reported bugs
5 issues- Doesn't work after map download
- Can't set home address properly
- Doesn't recognize many addresses
- Continuous map download loop
- Doesn't allow entry of street numbers
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to export/import favorites
- Larger house numbers on maps
- Show all favorites on the map
- Prefill favorite name when editing
- Better voice navigation and street announcements
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- Improved address search and entry
In-app purchases
Maps+
- Unlock Limitations$6.99
MapFactor Navigator
- Premium: Remote Commands$0.991 Year
- America$1.991 Month
- Premium: Head-Up Display$2.991 Year
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- Premium: No Ads$2.991 Year
- America$3.493 Months
- Searching Online: 1 Year$3.491 Year
- Premium: Alternative Routes$4.991 Year
- Premium: Mega Pack$6.991 Year
- America$8.491 Year
- Latin America7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Middle East7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- North America & Mexico7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- South Asia7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Europe7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- North and East Asia7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- TomTom Africa7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Truck: North America & Mexico$34.991 Year
- Truck: South Asia7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Truck: North and East Asia7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Truck: Latin America7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Donate$0.99
- Donate$2.99
- Premium: Remove Ads$2.99
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- All Premium Features$6.99
- North America and Mexico2 variants$20.99
- North America and Mexico$25.99
Questions
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