Pocket Earth Maps vs Road Trip Pins
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
Road Trip Pins
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Road Trip Pins is a private, personal travel journal built around your map. Save the places that made a trip memorable—from scenic viewpoints and hidden trails to favourite restaurants, campsites, roadside discoveries, and spontaneous detours. Add photos and notes, organize stops into trips, and return to the story of every journey whenever you like. FEATURES • Pin memorable stops on an interactive map • Organize saved places into separate road trips • Add photos, notes, tags, dates, and weather details • Track a route while the app is open and add stops along the way • Browse trip photos in a dedicated gallery • Review travel statistics and trip history • Search for places and open directions in your preferred maps app • Export, share, and restore local backups • Keep your journal private—no account is required YOUR TRIPS STAY YOURS Road Trip Pins stores your journal, pins, photos, and backups on your device. The app does not contain advertising and does not track you across apps or websites. Location access is used only for travel features you choose to use. Whether you are planning a weekend drive, crossing the country, or simply collecting meaningful places close to home, Road Trip Pins helps you remember more than the destination—it preserves the journey. Privacy Policy https://www.crazy2b.ca/roadtrippins/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Road Trip Pins at every 10 days against Pocket Earth Maps's every 5 weeks. Pocket Earth Maps's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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. Pocket Earth Maps sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Road Trip Pins sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Earth Maps ships an update every 5 weeks, Road Trip Pins every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Earth Maps | Road Trip Pins |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (699 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 699 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GeoMagik LLC | Michael Fleischer |
Bugs and requests
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
Road Trip Pins
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
- Portugal Offline$1.99
- Canada Offline$1.99
- Asia Offline$2.99
- South America Offline$2.99
- Europe Offline$3.99
- North America Offline$3.99
- World Offline$5.99
- World Offline + TOPO$9.99
Road Trip Pins
- Road Trip Pins Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year







