Comparison

JOOAN vs PicMap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

JOOAN

Monitor your home, office, or store remotely with real-time video, automatic tracking of moving objects, and zone detection with sound alarms. This app allows for intelligent voice control of connected smart cameras, enhancing security and providing remote care.

Highlights
  • Real-time video monitoring
  • Automatic object tracking
  • Zone detection with sound alarms
  • Remote playback
  • Abnormal alarm push notifications
  • Intelligent voice control integration
Features
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"JOOAN" is a mobile client for smart cameras. Through cloud monitoring P2P technology, JOOAN can realize real-time monitoring, video chat, remote playback, abnormal alarm and other functions, such as after connecting to a smart camera. You can experience the following features: ·Watching the store and watching the home: View the real-time video of home, shops, offices and other places at any time, allowing you to easily manage the office, protect the safety of your home at any time, realize remote care, intelligent companionship, and share a wonderful life. ·Automatic Tracking: Track moving objects, lock on abnormal targets, and record videos. ·Zone detection: Key area detection and sound alarm can be set. After abnormal human activity/environment is detected, the on-site alarm will sound and the abnormal information will be pushed immediately, helping you discover potential safety hazards at the first time. ·Intelligent voice control: Link to Tmall Genie, voice control to turn on/off the smart camera, making your use more comfortable. JOOAN, Zhilian Life, you can watch your home, store and pet at any time, making your life safer and more exciting.

About

PicMap

Features
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Your camera roll is secretly a travel journal. Every photo you take quietly remembers where you were standing. PicMap gathers those memories and draws your day on a map — the ferry you caught, the coast you wandered, the pub you ended up in — all from photos you've already taken. No location tracking. No accounts. Nothing ever leaves your device. THE STORY OF YOUR DAY Open PicMap and today appears as a journey: a soft colour-coded trail that begins in morning blue and deepens to evening indigo, connecting your photos in the order you took them. Busy days stay tidy — photos taken close together gather into a single pin with a little count badge. Drag the timeline to relive the day one photo at a time. The map travels with you, gliding to wherever each shot was taken. Tap any pin for the full photo, the exact time, and the precise spot on Earth where you stood. Then spin the date picker back — to last weekend, to last summer, to that trip you half remember — and watch a day you'd forgotten redraw itself. EVERYTHING PICMAP CAN DO - Your daily route as a curved, colour-coded trail - Timeline scrubber — scroll through the day photo by photo - Smart clustering keeps even the busiest day readable - Full-resolution photo view with time, coordinates and a share button - Calendar day picker — jump to any day in your library - Built for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass throughout PRIVATE, PROPERLY PicMap makes zero network requests — ever. No analytics, no telemetry, no cloud sync, no sign-in. It reads the location your photos already carry, does everything on your device, and forgets it all the moment you close the app. PicMap never asks for your location. It never needs it. FREE TO WANDER Browse your last 7 days free. Unlock your entire photo history — every day you've ever photographed — for a one-time 99p (or local equivalent). No subscription, no recurring charges. Yours for good.

Screenshots

JOOAN4 screens
PicMap3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PicMap at none against JOOAN's shown. PicMap also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). JOOAN's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. JOOAN sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PicMap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JOOAN ships an update every 12 months, PicMap every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
JOOAN versus PicMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJOOANPicMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (74 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size307 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Zhihuizai IOT Co., LtdWill Nash

In-app purchases

14 purchases

JOOAN

Subscriptions6
  • 3-Day Video Loop Storage (1 month)$2.991 Month
  • 7-Day Video Loop Storage (1 month)$4.991 Month
  • 30-Day Video Loop Storage (1 month)$15.991 Month
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  • 3-Day Video Loop Storage (1 Year)$29.991 Year
  • 7-Day Video Loop Storage (1 Year)$44.991 Year
  • 30-Day Video Loop Storage (1 Year)$164.991 Year
One-time8
  • 币种专属套餐$0.99
  • 事件型3天云存储月套餐$3.99
  • 事件型7天云存储月套餐$5.99
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  • 3 Day cloud storage quarterly Pkg$9.99
  • 无限量任意观看【30天】2 variants$13.99
  • 事件型30天云存储月套餐$17.99
  • 3day cloud storage annual package$33.99
  • 无限量任意观看【180天】2 variants$69.99
1 purchases

PicMap

One-time1
  • Full History$0.99

Questions

Is JOOAN free?
JOOAN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicMap free?
PicMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do JOOAN or PicMap have ads?
JOOAN shows ads; PicMap does not.
Which is updated more often, JOOAN or PicMap?
JOOAN ships an update every 12 months, and PicMap every 3 weeks. Most recently, JOOAN was updated on October 6, 2026 and PicMap on October 5, 2026.

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