Comparison

Useful Local Navigation HD vs Street Map

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

Head to head
About

Useful Local Navigation HD

Quickly discover nearby restaurants, shops, and attractions using AR and map views. Save favorite searches and places, and get directions via popular mapping apps. Supports offline map downloads.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality (AR) view for directions
  • Search nearby places by keyword or category
  • Save favorite searches and locations
  • Offline OSM map downloads
  • Route guidance via Apple Maps or Google Maps
  • Import KML/KMZ files
Features
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Useful Local Navigation HD is optimized for iPad and helps you quickly find nearby places, including restaurants, shops, and sightseeing spots, around your current location or any point you choose on the map. Hold up your iPad and use the AR view to understand direction at a glance, even in unfamiliar areas. Over 500,000 downloads across the Useful Local Navigation series. With Useful Local Navigation HD, you can: - Find places quickly by tapping keywords in the list menu. - Save frequently used keywords as Favorite Search Words. - Set a search center point (orange marker) or use your current location (blue marker). - Sort search results by straight-line distance from the selected center point. - Move and set the search center from a selected destination using "@#" in the search box. - Use Google Place Search for high-quality place results. - Search by Google Place categories with Category Search, regardless of language. - Save Favorite Places by long-pressing a list item or long-pressing on the map. - Register your current location or search center point quickly with the Reg button. - Open detailed information for shops and facilities from the Detail button. - Start route guidance to your destination with the Navi button via Apple Maps, Google Maps app, or Google Maps web. Features: - A linked three-pane interface with AR view, map view, and place list. - AR direction guidance makes it easier to understand where results are located. - Move the map by typing "@placename" or "@address" in the search box. - Supports the URL scheme: aroundunavi:// - Footprints (pink location history markers) help you retrace your route and avoid getting lost. - Import KML or KMZ files from the web and view their spots offline after import. - Share your current location, search center point, or destination by email with map links, address information, and app launch URL. - Download and display offline OSM maps. Notes: - Recommended in areas with 3G, 4G, 5G, or Wi-Fi coverage. - GPS location may be difficult to obtain in some environments, such as indoors. - Compass direction may be less accurate in some situations, such as inside trains or cars. - Continued GPS use can increase battery consumption.

About

Street Map

Explore the world with daily location-guessing games, track the sun's movement in 3D, and find the best stargazing spots. Discover historical stories, view live cameras, and navigate offline with detailed maps.

Highlights
  • Daily place-guessing game
  • 3D sun and shadow tracking
  • Dark sky finder for stargazing
  • Location stories and history
  • Ground, 3D, and Satellite map views
  • Offline map downloads
  • Live public camera streams
Features
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Somewhere in the world, right now — and a reason to look. Most map apps show you where things are. This one gives you a reason to explore. Every day drops you into a new corner of the planet, hands you a game, tracks the light on any street, and finds you a sky worth looking up at. Nowhere else does all of this in one place. - A DAILY PLACE-GUESSING GAME Get dropped into a real location with only the street around you — no labels, no clues. Drop your pin, confirm, and watch the reveal fly across the world to the truth. One fresh round every day. Build a streak and protect it with freeze tokens. Share your result with friends. Practice anywhere, by continent, by country, or through places you've saved. - SUN, SHADOW AND GOLDEN HOUR Scrub through any day and watch the sun move across real streets and buildings in 3D. See which side gets morning light, know exactly when golden hour lands, and trace the sun's arc through your camera in AR. No signal needed — it's all computed on your device. - DARK SKY FINDER Find the closest place to actually see the Milky Way tonight, ranked by darkness and drive distance. Get a live visibility score built from moon phase and cloud cover, the best viewing window for every spot, and a golden-hour and stargazing countdown right on your Lock Screen. - A STORY BEHIND EVERY PLACE Toggle on the stories layer and the map fills with the history, landmarks, and photos of everywhere beneath you. Read it, or listen — read aloud. - EXPLORE EARTH, YOUR WAY One seamless map with three ways to see it. Walk any street at eye level in Ground, glide over cinematic cities in 3D, or drop in from above with Satellite. Search any place, country, landmark, or coordinate. Browse curated destinations. Find restaurants, cafés, parks, and more nearby. - TAKE IT OFFLINE Download a whole city or country and explore the map, stories, streets, and flyovers with zero signal. Perfect for flights and low-connectivity travel. - WATCH THE WORLD LIVE Tune in to thousands of public live cameras — beaches, mountains, cities, ski resorts — in real time. Save your favourites and cast to the big screen. Start anywhere. Look closer. See the whole planet, one day at a time. DISCLAIMER This app is an independent exploration and mapping tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party mapping, imagery, camera, weather, or location-data provider. Map, satellite, and street imagery may be previously captured and should not be considered live unless specifically identified as a live camera stream. Public camera streams remain the property and responsibility of their respective owners and may become unavailable or change without notice. Location, navigation, weather, visibility, celestial, nearby-place, distance, and other informational data may vary in accuracy, availability, and freshness depending on region, device, connectivity, and third-party data sources. Do not rely on the app as the sole source for safety-critical navigation, weather, emergency, or travel decisions. Certain features may require internet access, location permission, compatible hardware, or regional availability. For an uninterrupted experience, consider subscribing to access all app features without ads through an auto-renewing subscription available on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Manage your subscription settings and turn off auto-renewal within your iTunes Account Settings after purchase, ensuring flexibility and control over your subscription. Current subscription may not be canceled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy at: Link to Privacy Policy: https://radhikapillai.netlify.app/privacy-policy.html Link to Terms of use: https://radhikapillai.netlify.app/terms-conditions.html

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Useful Local Navigation HD at none against Street Map's 3. Street Map's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Street Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Useful Local Navigation HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Useful Local Navigation HD ships an update monthly, Street Map every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Useful Local Navigation HD versus Street Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUseful Local Navigation HDStreet Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkatapu.netRadhika Pillai

In-app purchases

None

Useful Local Navigation HD

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Street Map

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$12.99

Questions

Is Useful Local Navigation HD free?
Useful Local Navigation HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Street Map free?
Street Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Useful Local Navigation HD or Street Map have ads?
Both Useful Local Navigation HD and Street Map show ads.
Which is updated more often, Useful Local Navigation HD or Street Map?
Useful Local Navigation HD ships an update monthly, and Street Map every 5 days. Most recently, Useful Local Navigation HD was updated on November 1, 2026 and Street Map on October 31, 2026.

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