Comparison

Go Map!! vs Mapswitch for Safari

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

Mapswitch for Safari

This extension automatically redirects Google Maps links to Apple Maps within Safari. It simplifies copying directions by converting unformatted links into a usable format. Improve your navigation experience with seamless map switching.

Highlights
  • Automatic Google Maps link redirection
  • Converts unformatted links
  • Seamless integration with Safari
  • Simplifies direction copying
Features
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Do you ever need to copy directions from Google Maps quickly and get stuck with yucky unformatted links? Say goodbye to that. Use this extension to get a suggestion and automatically redirect Google Maps links to Apple Maps Safari. Please leave rating or feedback to help improve the experience in future releases.

Screenshots

Go Map!!4 screens
Mapswitch for Safari4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Go Map!! at 89% against Mapswitch for Safari's 0%. Go Map!! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (344 vs 2). 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

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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Go Map!! has 344 ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of Mapswitch for Safari's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Go Map!! versus Mapswitch for Safari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGo Map!!Mapswitch for Safari
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (344 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings344 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryce CogswellYousaf Khan

Customer experience

Go Map!!

All ratings345 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews315 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.3%

Mapswitch for Safari

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Mapswitch for Safari

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Go Map!!

No in-app purchases

None

Mapswitch for Safari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Go Map!! free?
Go Map!! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mapswitch for Safari free?
Mapswitch for Safari is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Go Map!! or Mapswitch for Safari?
Go Map!! is rated higher. Go Map!! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 344 ratings, while Mapswitch for Safari averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Go Map!! or Mapswitch for Safari have ads?
Neither Go Map!! nor Mapswitch for Safari shows ads.

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