Longdo Map vs Talking Location
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Longdo Map
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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
Talking Location
This app provides multiple ways to hear location details spoken aloud. Options include timed announcements, gestures like pinching or shaking, and proximity sensor activation. Customize which location data is read and the speaking order.
- Timed location announcements
- Gesture-based activation (pinch, shake)
- Proximity sensor for spoken location
- Customizable spoken location data
- Adjustable speaking speed and order
- Wizard solution for combined actions
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The app will provide six kinds of solutions for talking the location information. The cover solution is only available for iPhone. 1 Talk by the timer 2 Talk by pinch gesture 3 Talk by shaking the device 4 Talk by covering the top screen of iPhone. (use the iPhone proximity sensor) not available for iPad 5 Talk by tapping the Add button at the bottom right corner. 6 Talk by using wizard solution. With the wizard solution, the timer solution, pinch solution,shake solution and cover solution could work at the same time. The user could customise the action of wizard solution. For example, only enable timer and pinch solution work at the same time 7 Use the default language of device as the main talking language. 8 In the main list view, tap the single cell, the detail information about the location will be displayed. The app will could talk the location longitude, latitude or the detail information such as the location name,locality,Thorough fare, sub locality, sub thorough fare. From the setting view, we could select the timer interval from 1 minutes or more. We could also select the talking speed rate. And decide whether to talk the longitude,latitude or the detail location information. The user could indict which detail items could be talked. The user also could select the different talking order. Usage: Tap the left first button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location on the timer interval. Tap the left second button in the bottom toolbar, the app will be the wizard solution. In this situation, the shake, pinch, proximity (iPhone only)detection and timer could work at the same time.The user could customise the action of wizard solution from the setting view. Tap the left third button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location when the user pinch on the table list view. In iPhone,tap the right second button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location when the user covers the iPhone screen by hands or by other objects such as one book.In iPad,shake the device, the app will talk the location. Tap the right first button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location at once. The top left item is the action menu button. It includes the Clear All Data item and Edit Data Item. When tap the Edit Data item, the list data will be editable status. After that, tap the action menu button, the list data will be normal status. For iPhone, the shake solution item move to the action menu list. If the user uses the proximity solution or enable the proximity feature of the wizard solution, then the APP will talk the location information when the user covers the top screen of iPhone from the main view, the setting view or the detail information view. If the user uses the pinch solution, shake solution or the timer solution, then the APP will talk the location information when the App is in the main view. Notice for the first time usage: From the setting view, select the timer interval for the timer solution if 1 minute interval is not acceptable.Then,indict which detail items we want the APP to talk. This edition could talk the current location information to the upcoming phone call with the iphone. The iOS version should be 13.0 or newer. First , accept the coming phone call, after that when this app is talking, the phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Longdo Map at every 2 months against Talking Location's every 5 months. Talking Location's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Longdo Map ships an update every 2 months, Talking Location every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Longdo Map | Talking Location |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metamedia Technology Co., Ltd. | 方 沈 |
In-app purchases
Longdo Map
No in-app purchases
Talking Location
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Longdo Map or Talking Location have ads?
Which is updated more often, Longdo Map or Talking Location?
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