Comparison

Go Map!! vs MapSwipe

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

Head to head
About

Go Map!!

Contribute to the world's largest collaborative map by adding and editing points of interest, streets, paths, and more. Track your location, resolve notes, and work offline with full undo/redo capabilities. Explore existing map data and see who made recent edits.

Highlights
  • Create and edit OpenStreetMap data
  • Add points of interest, streets, and paths
  • Track location and heading
  • Create and resolve notes
  • Offline editing with later upload
  • Full undo/redo support
Features
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Go Map!! lets you create and edit information in OpenStreetMap, the free crowd-sourced map of your neighborhood and the world. Add shops and restaurants, streets, cycling and hiking paths, buildings, lakes and rivers. • Quickly add points of interest • Edit nodes, ways and areas • Track your location and heading • Create and resolve Notes • Supports arbitrary tag values • Full undo/redo support • Work offline and upload your changes later • Bing, Mapbox and Mapnik backgrounds, or customize with your own • See who last edited an object and when • Find other mappers nearby • Search for places using Nominatim • Free! No ads or in-app purchases For more information visit www.OpenStreetMap.org Free registration and acceptance of the OpenStreetMap licensing terms is required to upload your changes. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

MapSwipe

Contribute to humanitarian efforts by analyzing satellite imagery. Identify settlements, roads, and rivers in crisis-prone areas to help aid organizations locate vulnerable populations. Your contributions enable faster and more effective delivery of life-saving assistance.

Highlights
  • Analyze satellite imagery
  • Identify settlements and infrastructure
  • Support humanitarian missions
  • Contribute to mapping projects
  • Crowdsource data for aid organizations
Features
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Make a meaningful impact from your phone, one swipe at a time. MapSwipe is part of the Missing Maps project. It is a free, open-source app that lets anyone contribute to humanitarian and development projects in just minutes a day. No mapping experience needed: review satellite imagery, identify features like buildings, roads, and waterways, and help validate map data used by organizations around the world. The data you generate supports humanitarian organizations, researchers, and local communities, making OpenStreetMap data more accessible for disaster response, public health, climate resilience, and sustainable development. How you can contribute: * Find Features: Swipe through satellite imagery to spot buildings, roadways, waterways, and more * Compare Dates: Review before-and-after imagery to detect environmental changes and assess damage * Validate Footprints: Check building footprints and flag areas that need remapping * Check Completeness: Compare mapped data against aerial imagery to find gaps * Assess Images: Review photographs to confirm features and improve machine learning tools * Locate Objects: Mark rooftops, solar panels, trees, and other features to help train machine learning models Your swipes have real impact. MapSwipe is managed by a volunteer-led team with support from the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, HeiGIT, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Togglecorp. Download MapSwipe and join a global community putting the world's most vulnerable places on the map.

Screenshots

Go Map!!4 screens
MapSwipe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Go Map!! at 4.8 against MapSwipe's 4.5. Go Map!! also leads on ratings volume (339 vs 26) and review sentiment (89% vs 76%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Go Map!! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Go Map!! has 339 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Go Map!!'s written reviews are positive against 76% of MapSwipe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Go Map!! ships an update every 5 weeks, MapSwipe every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Go Map!! versus MapSwipe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGo Map!!MapSwipe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (339 ratings) — better4.5 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews88.8% of reviews — better76.2% of reviews
Number of ratings339 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryce CogswellBritish Red Cross

Customer experience

Go Map!!

All ratings339 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.4%

MapSwipe

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral19.0%
Negative4.8%

Bugs and requests

Go Map!!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 13 and older
  • Issues with uploading changes
  • Inconsistent behavior with GPX tracks

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to select and edit multiple objects
  • Option to overlay other map data sources
  • More advanced tag editing capabilities
  • Improved GPX track management
  • Ability to set map offset

MapSwipe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Go Map!!

No in-app purchases

None

MapSwipe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Go Map!! free?
Go Map!! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapSwipe free?
MapSwipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Go Map!! or MapSwipe?
Go Map!! is rated higher. Go Map!! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 339 ratings, while MapSwipe averages 4.5 from 26 ratings.
Do Go Map!! or MapSwipe have ads?
Neither Go Map!! nor MapSwipe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Go Map!! or MapSwipe?
Go Map!! ships an update every 5 weeks, and MapSwipe every 6 weeks. Most recently, Go Map!! was updated on September 21, 2026 and MapSwipe on September 22, 2026.

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