MapMx vs BrookFirewall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapMx
Locate lost items and your iPhone using Bluetooth. Ring devices, view last known locations on a map, and use a distance meter to find misplaced trackers.
- Bluetooth item tracking
- Ring lost devices
- Find your iPhone
- Last known location mapping
- Distance meter for finding
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This app use iPhone's bluetooth communication with our products, to achieve the two sides to alarm, data transmission, etc. Find it: When near ping MapMx via Bluetooth from your iPhone to make it ring. Find iPhone: Ping your iPhone by pressing the button on your MapMx and make it ring. Last Known Location: View the last known location of your Bluetooth trackers on a map, and use the distance meter to hone in on your lost device.
BrookFirewall
Easily block specific websites and service domains to enhance your privacy and control data usage. This utility offers a simple setup with instant effects, requiring no jailbreak for immediate protection.
- Block specific websites
- Block service domains
- Simple setup
- Instant effect
- No jailbreak required
- Protect privacy
- Control data usage
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A professional network proxy and traffic debugging tool designed for advanced users and developers. 【Key Features】 • Multi-Protocol Support: support for modern protocols including VLESS, VMess, and Trojan. • Custom Domain Routing: Manually configure flexible routing rules (Domain, IP-CIDR, GeoIP) to precisely manage and direct your traffic. • Secure DNS Resolution: Supports custom DNS and DoH (DNS over HTTPS) to prevent DNS poisoning and safeguard privacy. • MITM Traffic Inspection & Scripting (Beta): Inspect encrypted HTTPS traffic with MITM analysis and custom scripts for API testing, URL rewriting, and debugging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MapMx at 5.0 against BrookFirewall's 4.0. MapMx also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). BrookFirewall's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 31%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MapMx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of MapMx's written reviews are positive against 50% of BrookFirewall's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MapMx ships an update every 6 weeks, BrookFirewall monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapMx | BrookFirewall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Stacey | Brook Design, LLC |
Customer experience
MapMx
BrookFirewall
In-app purchases
MapMx
No in-app purchases
BrookFirewall
No in-app purchases
