Kolumbus vs MazeMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kolumbus
Plan your trips and get real-time departure information in one convenient application. It offers accurate travel suggestions, step-by-step guidance, and live map tracking of buses and boats. Receive notifications for route changes and view onboard capacity.
- Travel planner
- Real-time departures
- Favorite places shortcuts
- Step-by-step journey guidance
- Live bus and boat map location
- Route change notifications
- Onboard capacity overview
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The Kolumbus app provides full control over your journey. With travel planner and real time departures in one app, you get: • easier planning and more accurate travel suggestions • stored shortcuts to your favourite places • step by step guiding throughout the journey • real time map location of the bus and boat at any time • notifications regarding changes and detours on your routes • overview of the capacity on board the bus Real time and travel planning in one app! Download or update the app to get the latest features. It's completely free. Have a nice trip! Questions or experiencing issues? Contact us at app@kolumbus.no
MazeMap
Navigate complex indoor spaces like universities and hospitals with ease. This app provides turn-by-turn directions to specific rooms, amenities, or even coffee shops within large buildings. It utilizes various technologies to accurately pinpoint your location and guide you seamlessly.
- Indoor mapping
- Digital wayfinding
- Location pinpointing
- Multi-language support
- Multi-country availability
- Find amenities
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Indoor Maps & Digital Wayfinding Have you ever been lost inside a large, complex building such as a university or hospital? Or felt the stress of being late for a meeting because you didn’t know where to go? MazeMap’s indoor navigation app can guide you through large, complex buildings, and even show you where to stop off for a coffee on the way! We use a range of technologies, such as WiFi, GPS, beacons and magnetic fields to pinpoint your position on our maps, and navigate you seamlessly from A to B. Whether you are looking for a specific room, the nearest toilet, or the information desk, MazeMap can guide you there. MazeMap is currently available in 35+ countries, in 10+ languages. Why waste time being lost? Download the MazeMap app now! **The MazeMap app is free to use. If you would like to see MazeMap in your building please contact us**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MazeMap at 5.0 against Kolumbus's 4.3. MazeMap also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 17%). Kolumbus's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MazeMap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kolumbus has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Kolumbus's written reviews are positive against 40% of MazeMap's.
Kolumbus ships an update monthly, MazeMap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kolumbus | MazeMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kolumbus AS | MazeMap AS |
Customer experience
Kolumbus
MazeMap
In-app purchases
Kolumbus
No in-app purchases
MazeMap
No in-app purchases
