MapSwitch vs Edge Ruler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapSwitch
This app automatically redirects Google Maps links to Apple Maps within Safari, ensuring a seamless browsing experience. It also offers an optional Waze redirection feature and a dark mode for improved accessibility. Users can also manually trigger Apple Maps searches with specific prefixes.
- Automatic Google Maps to Apple Maps redirection
- Optional Waze Maps redirection
- Dark mode with high contrast ratio
- Manual Apple Maps search prefixes
- Works across all websites in Safari
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MapSwitch will also automatically redirect Google Map links to Apple Maps when using Safari - built from the ground up with the goal of creating seamless experience in your Safari browsing experience. MapSwitch works on any website, surf freely across the internet and MapSwitch will continue to work its magic and automatically and convert any Google Maps links to Apple Maps. Download and see what everyone is talking about! MapSwitch also has a bonus WAZE Maps feature. Prefer Waze navigation? Set the Waze Maps option to in the extension popup and MapSwitch automatically redirect links to your Waze Navigation App. Not only that MapSwitch has an additional dark mode feature which satisfies the AAA standard of a contrast ratio of 7 for Accessibility and Contrast when Dark Mode is enabled. With MapSwitch you can easily open Apple Maps automatically when searching. Preceding any search with amm or amaps will automatically open the search in Apple Maps. For example: use "amaps martial arts" to search Apple Maps for martial arts studios near you or "amaps sushi" to find sushi restaurants near you in Apple Maps. To start using MapSwitch simply enable the extension by going to your device settings > Safari > Extensions > and set MapSwitch to "On". There is a video walk-thru tutorial in the app as well to help you. Satisfying you our customer is our one priority. Share you feedback, report bug, feature request. Just email us at jcltravels@gmail.com We take your privacy very seriously. Switch does not collect, store, read any of your personal data so you can rest assured when using the app.
Edge Ruler
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Edge Ruler turns iPhone and iPad into a ruler that measures from the device corner. Hold the corner against an object, read length and width. No camera trick, no guessing: the app knows, for every device, the distance from the housing edge to the first pixel and draws the scale to the millimeter. Two corner rulers in opposite corners, two measuring lines with handles that lock when released, values in cm, inches with fractions or 寸. With Calibrate you place a bank card or coin on a real-size template and see at once whether everything lines up; bezel values can be adjusted in tenths of a millimeter. Five school worlds as outfits: grid paper and clear ruler like a German pencil case, yellow wooden ruler on wide-ruled paper like in the US, 田字格 with a tinted student ruler like in China, Seyès notebook with a “double décimètre” like in France, “cuadrícula” with a “regla” like in Spain. Paper, ruler, line color and unit combine freely. The basic ruler is free. Everything else can be tried for 14 days and then unlocked once: your region's outfit with second scale, rotating numbers, all four zero corners, movable zero, measurement table and inclinometer, or all five school worlds at once. Accurate to about 0.3 mm on calibrated models; not a certified measuring instrument. No data collected, no account, no internet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Edge Ruler at Free against MapSwitch's $0.99. MapSwitch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Edge Ruler is free to download; MapSwitch costs $0.99 up front. Edge Ruler sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MapSwitch asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MapSwitch | Edge Ruler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ameen Mody | Theater der Zeit |
In-app purchases
MapSwitch
No in-app purchases
Edge Ruler
- 14-day TrialFree
- Regional Outfit$1.99
- All Outfits$1.99









