MapGenie vs Paltopia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapGenie
An unofficial fan-made map and tracker for a survival game. Discover over 1000 locations, including GPS locators, collectibles, and caves. Sync your progress with the website and take notes on points of interest.
- Over 1000 locations
- 50+ categories
- Quick search functionality
- Progress synchronization with website
- Progress tracker
- Note-taking feature
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An unofficial fan-made map for SOTF. Explore the whole island to reveal its secrets, and track down those missing collectibles. FEATURES: • Over 1000 locations - Find all GPS Locators, Collectible Documents, Unmarked Caves, Outfits, & Keycards! • 50+ categories - including Equipment, Points of Interest, Weapons, Utility Items, 3D Printers & more! • Quicksearch - just type the name of a location to instantly find what you're looking for. • Sync progress with the website: https://mapgenie.io/sons-of-the-forest • Progress Tracker - mark locations as found and track the progress of your collectables. • Take Notes - marking places of interest by adding notes to the map. NOTE: This app is still work-in-progress - so some info isn't complete yet. We're adding more locations every day so stay tuned! If you find a bug, or have any suggestions for the app, please use the 'Send Feedback' option below to let us know! Disclaimer: MapGenie is in no way affiliated with the developers of SOTF!
Paltopia
This fan-made guide provides comprehensive information for your PalWorld adventure. Discover detailed Pal stats, breeding combinations, and base-building insights. Organize your collection, create teams, and sync your progress across devices.
- Comprehensive Pal information
- Breeding guide and helper
- Filter and search Pals
- Customizable lists
- Team creation and analysis
- Backup and sync functionality
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Paltopia will help you out on starting your PalWorld adventure with useful resources! With This fan made guide you can See more information about all Pals, and more. Keep track of which pals you've received the bonus reward, breeding tree, filter them based on Element, Work Suitability and more. - Full Pals informations: Descriptions, Possible item drops, active skills, stats, locations, and what they will be helpful on your base. - Filters, Search function, and more Breeding Guide and helper - Use 2 different modes to find the perfect pair: - Known Parents: If you want to know what will be the offspring of your two favorite pals - Parent Finder: You know what you want? we'll help you decide the perfect pair! See all available eggs and what they can hatch into. - Lists: Tired of forgetting what you had on a base, or which pals are you missing, or which one you love? No more! Create lists and keep them taps away. Customization: Show/hide the information you want, keep it nice and steady! - Teams: Create your teams, check if your current ingame team got good stats, or create your own! - Backups and sync: Backup your catches, map marks, teams and more, keep them sync in different devices! Paltopia is a fanmade, unofficial app that contains information related to Palworld, pals, items, locations and more. Artworks and names are properties of Pocket Pair, Inc. Paltopia is not affiliated, endorsed or supported by Pocket Pair, Inc in any way. Artworks and content were used on this app in accordance with the laws of Fair Use. No copyright infringement intended.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Paltopia at every 3 weeks against MapGenie's every 40 months. Paltopia also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 15). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. MapGenie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paltopia sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MapGenie against 4.8 for Paltopia. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paltopia has 1.2K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of MapGenie's written reviews are positive against 70% of Paltopia's.
MapGenie ships an update every 40 months, Paltopia every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapGenie | Paltopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 70.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magic Lamp Technologies Limited | Eduardo Miquilena |
Customer experience
MapGenie
Paltopia
Bugs and requests
MapGenie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Paltopia
Reported bugs
3 issues- Find location feature not working properly
- App became unusable after recent update
- Backup and save options have spelling error
Requested features
4 requests- Add AI assistant to answer specific questions
- Include pal weakness/strength information
- Ability to track caught pals and variants
- Add home screen widget for news and updates
In-app purchases
MapGenie
- SOTF Map PRO$5.99
Paltopia
- Paltopia+$4.99
- Paltopia++$8.99








