Comparison

Longdo Map vs Scenic Map

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

Head to head
About

Longdo Map

Features
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Longdo Map - #1 local map service of Thailand. Access to the largest crowdsourced POIs information. Your business not yet listed in the map? Add it and it will show up in 15 minutes! In addition to basic maps, traffic information, traffic cameras, air quality (AQI Index), Longdo Map also allows users to share and contribute POIs information by uploading photos and/or adding comments. Base map data copyrighted by NuMAP, OpenStreetMap, GISTDA (satellite images), iTIC (traffic information), AQICN/Air4Thai

About

Scenic Map

Explore the world with detailed 3D topographic maps, accessible even offline. Stream and cache global maps for use without cell service. Features include satellite overlays, customizable map styles, and GPS tracking for navigation and route replay.

Highlights
  • Global 3D topographic maps
  • Offline map caching
  • Satellite image overlays
  • Customizable map styles
  • GPS tracking and route replay
  • GPX track import/export
Features
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A 3D topo map with coverage of the entire world. The map is streamed directly from Apple's servers and cached on your device for use when there is no cell coverage. Use Scenic Map in a car, a boat, a plane or while hiking. It is like having the entire Earth in your pocket. Satellite image overlays add breathtaking detail and realism to the maps (tap preset 2 or 4). You can use them as you travel to see what is hidden from view at ground level. This takes moving maps to a whole new level. To get started, tap the arrow button in the toolbar to begin GPS tracking and center the map at your current location. The spinner in the status bar shows that the map is being loaded. The spinner stops when the map is fully cached at that location. You can scroll around the map or tilt the map with a two finger vertical swipe to see it in 3D. Use the two finger vertical swipe gesture to tilt the map for a 3D view. Scroll like a map or fly like a flight simulator. Enable Joystick Gestures in the Settings menu and then fly around the terrain using a virtual joystick. Prefer only 2D maps? Enable the 2D Map option in the Settings menu. Scenic Map is simply the best 3D topo map available for a mobile device. You will see incredible detail while scrolling, rotating and zooming perfectly smoothly. You will see every road even if you zoom out to the altitude of a satellite. As you zoom in, you will see every small bump and hollow of the Earth and terrain features as small as ten meters. Unlike old fashioned topo maps, Scenic Map’s roads and trails are up to date thanks to OpenStreetMap.org. It contains polygons for urban areas, shopping malls, an ever growing number of buildings and many other features, The best lake, pond, stream and rivers from the USGS and Canadian public databases are also included. Your tracks can be replayed with video like controls to speed up, slow down, pause, restart or skip to the end. You can display existing tracks while recording another if you want to retrace your route. When online, you can automatically create a route from your current GPS location to any other point on the map. Tracks can be received from or sent to other apps in GPX format. GPS recording stops automatically after you have remained stationary for some time or you can choose to manually stop tracking by tapping on the top track in the Tracks view. Never before have maps been this customizable. For example, you can turn on or off the roads. You can change the lighting direction or remove terrain shading entirely. You can display contour lines even over satellite images. There are five presets which let you quickly switch between map styles. Use Metric, English or Nautical units and choose one of four different coordinate displays including UTM. Want to learn more about a map feature? Tap the target icon and center the feature under the compass rose to display its name, type, urban area, county, state, elevation and coordinates. You will also see a bearing line back to your current GPS location or from your location to a selected waypoint. The status bar shows the bearing direction and distance along with the map and GPS elevation, the track length, and your current speed and direction of travel. In-app documentation is provided in the Help section at the top of the Settings menu. Links are provided in the documentation to detailed coverage maps, tutorial videos, installation guide and blog at ScenicMap.com Map data © OpenStreetMap and contributors under the Open Database License Scenic Map supports GPS tracking while the app is in the background. Caution: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Longdo Map4 screens
Scenic Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Longdo Map at none against Scenic Map's 1. Longdo Map also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Scenic Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Longdo Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Longdo Map ships an update every 2 months, Scenic Map every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Longdo Map versus Scenic Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongdo MapScenic Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetamedia Technology Co., Ltd.GrangerFX

In-app purchases

None

Longdo Map

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scenic Map

One-time1
  • Scenic Map Features$4.99

Questions

Is Longdo Map free?
Longdo Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scenic Map free?
Scenic Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Longdo Map or Scenic Map have ads?
Neither Longdo Map nor Scenic Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Longdo Map or Scenic Map?
Longdo Map ships an update every 2 months, and Scenic Map every 3 months. Most recently, Longdo Map was updated on September 17, 2026 and Scenic Map on August 28, 2026.

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