Comparison

Maps Uncharted vs FogMap

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

Head to head
About

Maps Uncharted

This app acts like an open-world game, revealing only the areas you've explored on a map, with the rest obscured by fog. It provides statistics on your uncovered territory and features a leveling system to track your progress. Designed for adventurous spirits, it uses battery-efficient tracking.

Highlights
  • Reveals explored areas with fog of war
  • Battery-efficient location tracking
  • Statistics on uncovered area percentage
  • Leveling system for progress tracking
  • Immersive discovery experience
Features
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Turn everyday journeys into a game. Maps Uncharted reveals your personal map as you explore, turning neighborhood walks, city getaways, and faraway adventures into visible progress. See where you’ve been, discover how much you’ve explored, and find a reason to take the next turn. • Reveal your world Watch unexplored areas give way to the places you’ve visited. With background location tracking enabled, keep recording your journey while your phone is locked or you’re using another app. • See your progress, from hometown to country Track your exploration across 150,000+ areas worldwide, including 220 countries, 3,241 states and provinces, and hundreds of thousands of regions, cities, and towns. Across the US, explore 50 states, Washington, D.C., and five territories, plus 3,261 counties and 28,611 cities, towns, villages, and townships. Search for a place to see your progress and the tracks you’ve recorded there. • Find your next challenge Work toward 1,400+ researched achievements inspired by geography and history. Explore areas along the Silk Road, Appalachian Trail, and Great Wall of China, or take on challenges spanning mountain ranges, river basins, and historic empires. • Revisit your adventures Browse your exploration history by date, retrace your daily journeys, and see which countries, regions, and cities you explored. Detailed statistics help you follow your progress over time. • Bring your past travels with you Import GPX tracks and your Fog of War data to add previous journeys to your map and build on the exploration you’ve already done. • Make the map your own Choose between two visual styles and three map styles. • Start exploring without an account Your exploration history is stored locally on your phone. No account required. How much of your world have you uncovered?

About

FogMap

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FogMap turns the real world into your private fog-of-war map. The idea for FogMap came from a simple need: I wanted an app that would show the areas I had uncovered on a map. I did not want my location data sent to outside servers, I did not want ads, social features, leaderboards, or achievement-style rewards, and I did not want another monthly subscription. So I started building the kind of app I wanted to use myself: a simple, private exploration map that focuses on the map itself. Move through the world and reveal the map tile by tile. Tiles you have uncovered remain visible, while the rest of the map stays covered in fog. FogMap is built for simple, private exploration. There are no accounts, ads, social feeds, leaderboards, or server-side location tracking. Your exploration data stays on your device. Rather than points or achievements, FogMap focuses on a grid that shows the areas you have uncovered over time. Features: • Reveal the world as you walk, drive, travel, and move through your everyday surroundings. • Mark places that matter with notes - add one at your current location or by long-pressing the map, then browse and search them all from the tools drawer. • Start a reveal session on a fresh map to capture a single trip, hike, or day. Save it to your Archive and revisit it anytime, while your main map keeps filling in underneath. • Look back in time: the Time view shows your map one year at a time, with every area you moved through that year. With the Full unlock, keep a map of every month too, revisited streets included, and merge months into their year whenever you like. • Keep everything on your device, with no account required. • Use FogMap without a monthly subscription. • Choose a base cell size to make your map finer or broader. • Tune how map detail adapts as you zoom out, from the point where cells begin to combine to the coarsest view FogMap can show. • Battery-conscious background tracking automatically enters a low-power idle mode when you stay in one place. • Export and import your map data, time history included, with the optional one-time Full unlock. FogMap is for anyone who wants to see where they have been - without turning location history into someone else's data. Happy exploring!

Screenshots

Maps Uncharted4 screens
FogMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FogMap at Free against Maps Uncharted's $7.99. Maps Uncharted's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FogMap is free to download; Maps Uncharted costs $7.99 up front. FogMap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maps Uncharted asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Maps Uncharted versus FogMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaps UnchartedFogMap
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size789 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWENZHAO TAIJani Siuvatti

In-app purchases

None

Maps Uncharted

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FogMap

One-time1
  • FogMap full version$8.90

Questions

Is Maps Uncharted free?
Maps Uncharted costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FogMap free?
FogMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Maps Uncharted or FogMap have ads?
Neither Maps Uncharted nor FogMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maps Uncharted or FogMap?
Maps Uncharted ships an update every 3 weeks, and FogMap every 3 weeks. Most recently, Maps Uncharted was updated on October 13, 2026 and FogMap on October 17, 2026.

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