Earth Maps vs Smartmap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earth Maps
Explore Earth with high-definition satellite imagery and historical street views. This app offers a detailed 3D globe, allowing you to virtually travel the world and examine terrain, buildings, and roads with exceptional clarity. Discover places online without leaving your home.
- High-definition 3D globe
- Historical street view
- Latest satellite imagery
- Measure area distance
- Oriental compass function
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1. High-definition 3D globe 2. Load map tile data 3. Oriental compass function 4.historical street view 5.Measuring area distance 6.latest satellite imagery World Satellite Map allows you to view any place on Earth using photos taken from satellites. The advantage of the world satellite map over other maps is that the satellite map allows you to consider the surface terrain, forests, rivers, lakes, buildings, roads in sufficient detail with a high degree of detail. With satellite maps, you can travel the world online without leaving your phone. From world satellite map.
Smartmap
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Smartmap is a new kind of map where you can use natural language to get multiple geographic results to plan out your day, vacations and anything to do with geographical data. Click on the location pin to go directly to Apple Maps for direction. Discover new places with a simple tap using the "Discover" feature. Light and dark mode available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smartmap at none against Earth Maps's 4. Smartmap also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.1). On price, ads and device support 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. Earth Maps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Smartmap asks for nothing beyond the download.
Earth Maps ships an update every 3 weeks, Smartmap every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Maps | Smartmap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FOXPOI PTE. LTD. | AMAN Labs LLC |
Bugs and requests
Earth Maps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Historical imagery not loading
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- More frequent updates
- Improved historical imagery access
Smartmap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Earth Maps
- Week$5.19
- month$14.99
- year$24.49
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- Lifetime$36.49
Smartmap
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Earth Maps free?
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Do Earth Maps or Smartmap have ads?
Which is updated more often, Earth Maps or Smartmap?
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