touch Lebanon vs Baladi Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
touch Lebanon
Manage your mobile services conveniently from your device. This app allows you to control your account, send free SMS, recharge your line, check bills, and transfer credit with ease.
- Manage services
- Send FREE SMS
- Recharge line
- View bill
- Transfer credit
- Get help
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A brand-new app designed to enhance your experience with even more seamless management of your services. You can enjoy now improved features, faster access, and a more user-friendly interface. Manage your touch account anytime, anywhere!
Baladi Map
Report local issues like potholes or uncollected waste in Lebanon. Users can submit reports quickly, with or without an account, and track their resolution. The platform is independent and non-partisan, focusing on civic engagement.
- Report local issues
- Submit with or without account
- Add optional photos
- Location pinning
- Moderated reports
- Track issue status
- Multilingual support
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Baladi Map is a free, independent civic platform for Lebanon. If your municipality is responsible for something and hasn't dealt with it; a pothole, a broken streetlight, uncollected waste, a blocked pavement, a water leak, put it on the map. • Report in under a minute, with or without an account • Add an optional photo to confirm • Location is optional: use GPS or just place the pin by hand • Every report is reviewed by moderators before it appears publicly • Follow issues, confirm "I'm affected too", and watch the status move from Submitted to Fixed • Municipality scoreboard shows who fixes and who ignores • Full Arabic, English and French, including right-to-left support • Sign in with Apple, Google, or a simple email code Baladi Map is an independent, non-partisan platform. It is not a government service and is not affiliated with any government body. No ads, no paid tiers, no data sales — a public record, built for Lebanon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Baladi Map at 100% against touch Lebanon's 39%. Baladi Map also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). touch Lebanon's advantage is ratings volume (138 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Baladi Map holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: touch Lebanon has 138 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of touch Lebanon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Baladi Map's.
touch Lebanon ships an update every 5 weeks, Baladi Map every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | touch Lebanon | Baladi Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (138 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | touch Lebanon | Roy Bou Nassif |
Customer experience
touch Lebanon
Baladi Map
Bugs and requests
touch Lebanon
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when checking current balance
- App is lagging and crashes frequently
- App crashes when sending SMS and choosing numbers from contacts
- App keeps logging out and requires password change
- App not installing after download
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- App update issues
- App not compatible with iPhone X
- Apple Watch app not working
- App crashes when clicking into the phone number field in the registration form
- App not updating on iOS 9.2.1
- App download and installation failures
- App not letting to renew 3G subscription, forcing to choose different plan
- Cannot enter 'My Services' or 'Current Balance', shows 'error occured'
- App doesn't allow to see balance
Requested features
8 requests- Improve app speed
- Enhance UI and overall functionality
- Make app work without Wi-Fi or 3G-4G
- Allow recharging/topping up credit balance via credit cards for users outside Lebanon
- Develop an iPad version
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- Allow managing multiple phone lines with one login
- Add ability to pay bills from the application
- Improve 3G service
Baladi Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
touch Lebanon
No in-app purchases
Baladi Map
No in-app purchases
