MapKeep vs InnerChapters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapKeep
Quickly save your current location with a single tap on your iPhone or Apple Watch. Organize saved locations by category and view your collection grow on a map over time. Access your saved spots easily with widgets and complications.
- One-tap location capture
- Organize pins with categories
- Filter by date and category
- iPhone lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- iCloud sync across devices
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MapKeep lets you quickly capture your current location on iPhone and Apple Watch and view collection grow over time on the map. Mark with events from the mundane to the meaningful — where you went on a date, spotted a strange bird, or found a lucky penny. - Capture your current location with one tap. (You can also tap and hold on the map to mark any point you’d like. This is great for those times when you forgot to log an event in the moment.) - Organize your pins with categories. - Filter by date and category. - Quickly open the app with iPhone lock screen widgets and Apple Watch complications. - iCloud syncs your pins across devices. - Location data is private to you. - Supports dark mode, large text sizes, and more. Privacy Policy: https://haglund.app/mapkeep-privacy Terms of Use: https://haglund.app/mapkeep-terms
InnerChapters
This daily journaling app allows users to easily record their thoughts and experiences. Entries can be tagged with emojis for quick retrieval and the journal can be secured with a passcode for privacy. Search functionality includes emojis, dates, and text.
- Daily journaling
- Emoji tagging for entries
- Search by emoji, date, and text
- Passcode protection
- Simple interface
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A simple to use daily journal - Tag entries with emojis for easy search - Search by emoji, date, and text - Passcode protect your journal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: InnerChapters at none against MapKeep's 2. InnerChapters also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 26.0). MapKeep's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. MapKeep sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. InnerChapters asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MapKeep against 5.0 for InnerChapters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
MapKeep ships an update every 2 weeks, InnerChapters daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapKeep | InnerChapters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Haglund | John Palacios |
Customer experience
MapKeep
InnerChapters
In-app purchases
MapKeep
- Standard Tip$5.00
- Generous Tip$10.00
InnerChapters
No in-app purchases
