Pin the World vs mapMyTrips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pin the World
Save and organize your favorite locations on a map with custom pins. Add details like descriptions, photos, and ratings. Easily search, edit, and share your saved places, with options for directions and backups.
- Save locations with custom pins
- Add descriptions, photos, and ratings
- Organize pins by color and category
- Search and edit saved locations
- Get street directions
- Share locations with others
- Dropbox backup and recovery
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"Pin the World" allows you to save your favourite places in the form of PINS on a map. Have you been to a restaurant that you liked? Have you visited a beach and you want to save the location? Did you visit a museum you want to remember? No problem! Press down on the map and add your PIN! You can choose a name, a description, a date or a photo. You can assign a star rating or even choose a personalised colour and category. You can search for PINS you’ve already added, edit them, move them or share them with other people. You can get the road directions or copy the coordinates to use them with your preferred browser. A free version of "Pin the World" is available with a 5 PIN limit, or there are no limits if purchased (with in-app purchase). Main functions: -Entering, editing, deleting, sharing PINS -Street directions -Location search -Various search options for the PINS entered -"Around me" function -Absolutely free choice of colours and categories -Integration with Dropbox for backup and recovery
mapMyTrips
Transforms your social media posts into a visual travel map. Automatically plots your tagged locations and allows you to customize, save, and share your journey with friends.
- Create travel maps from social media
- Plot tagged locations automatically
- Delete unwanted places
- Save and share travel maps
- Visualize your journeys
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With mapMyTrips you can turn your social media accounts into a beautiful map. mapMyTrips takes your tagged places from your social accounts and builds a beautiful travel map for you. You can delete unwanted places, save and share your map with your friends. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mapMyTrips at 100% against Pin the World's 35%. mapMyTrips also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Pin the World sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mapMyTrips asks for nothing beyond the download.
mapMyTrips holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Pin the World's written reviews are positive against 100% of mapMyTrips's.
Pin the World ships an update every 6 weeks, mapMyTrips every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pin the World | mapMyTrips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valgy | Applitom |
Customer experience
Pin the World
mapMyTrips
In-app purchases
Pin the World
- full version of the app$2.99
mapMyTrips
No in-app purchases
