Pin the World vs Locations MAP
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
Locations MAP
Create a personal catalog of your favorite places with detailed information, photos, and custom categories. Share your discovered locations with friends and easily navigate to them.
- Create custom location catalogs
- Add photos, links, and contact info
- Organize locations into custom categories
- Share locations with friends via email
- Direct navigation links to locations
- Import coordinates from photos
- Mark locations as favorites
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Discover your own locations, collect them, and share them with friends. The Locations MAP is your own catalog of your favorite places. It's like an album, just like you'd find in photos, but with significantly more features and information. Thanks to iCloud sync, you always have the same data on all your devices (Mac, iPad, and iPhone). You can add a homepage link, a phone number, an email address, information text, and a photo to each location. You can then assign the location to one of your categories. You can also create your own categories, including the MAP icon, and customize them to your liking. With just a few clicks, you can then email your locations to friends. Recommend this app to your friends, and they can save your favorite places themselves. Thanks to the direct link to the route, your friends will also find the best way to your favorite places. The Locations MAP app has numerous useful features to make it easy and fun to use. One of the most important features is the quick and easy creation of new locations. In addition to searching for an address, you can also directly enter GPS data. If you want to create a location that you already have a picture of in your photos, the coordinates will be imported directly from the image (if available). You can also tap directly on the map (long-touch) to select a new location. If you want to capture a location on the spot, simply use the camera function to create a new one. You can also mark selected locations as "Favorites." You can find new locations, sorted by date, in the "Last Added" list. On the map on the home page, you can see your locations in the respective category. In the category list, you can select which locations (by category) should be displayed on the map. This was just a small introduction to the extensive features of this app. We hope you enjoy discovering, collecting, and sharing interesting places on our wonderful planet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Locations MAP at 100% against Pin the World's 35%. Pin the World's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 65 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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. Pin the World sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Locations MAP sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pin the World ships an update every 6 weeks, Locations MAP every 65 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pin the World | Locations MAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 65 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Valgy | Trade Factory Gesellschaft f�r Handel und Vertrieb mbH |
Customer experience
Pin the World
Locations MAP
In-app purchases
Pin the World
- full version of the app$2.99
Locations MAP
- Remove advertising$2.99
- Lock Locations$4.99








