Comparison

Places.nu vs Route mapping

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

Head to head
About

Places.nu

Features
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Places.nu is your guide to discovering local events and must-visit spots wherever you are, whether traveling or exploring your own city. Easily use the interactive map and customizable filters to find favorite places and events. Save places you love, or add your own to create a personalized map just for you. Organize your favorite spots into custom collections, or explore collections and recommendations from other users and organizations to find new inspirations. Share your events by creating public listings tied to specific locations, making them easily discoverable for others. Plus, get a shareable link to send your maps and events directly to friends, family, or followers!

About

Route mapping

Record and revisit your explored paths with this travel mapping app. Save, retrace, organize, and share your journeys, from city breaks to everyday walks. Your explorations become a personal, structured travel map.

Highlights
  • One-tap route recording
  • Save and retrace journeys
  • Mark places with pins
  • Organize routes into collections
  • Share routes with full details
  • GPX file export
  • Night mode
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Ever walked through a new city, explored a hidden neighborhood, or wandered without a plan — and wished you could revisit the exact path later? Snicket makes that possible. Snicket is a route mapping app for traveling that records the paths you take in real time and lets you save, retrace, organize, and share them. Perfect for city breaks, long walks abroad, everyday exploring, or discovering new corners of your hometown. RECORD YOUR JOURNEY WITH ONE TAP Start walking and Snicket quietly captures your entire route — distance, duration, starting point, endpoint, and the exact roads you followed. Your map becomes a memory you can return to anytime. RETRACE ANY ROUTE RECORDED BY YOU OR SHARED BY SOMEONE ELSE Want to relive a trip, revisit a favorite area, or lead someone along the same route? Snicket guides you from start to finish, checking all the pins along the route. MARK PLACES YOU WANT TO REMEMBER BY ADDING PINS ALONG THE WAY Cafés you loved, hidden streets, viewpoints, landmarks or anything worth revisiting. Your explorations become a personal travel map. ORGANIZE YOUR PATHS INTO COLLECTIONS “Paris Weekend,” “Japan 2025,” “Old Town Walks,” “Best Streets to Explore.” Your travel history finally has structure. SHARE YOUR ROUTES INSTANTLY Send a simple link and your friends can import your route with all details intact — start/end points, distance, duration, pins, and complete map shape. Or if you prefer the classic way, export your routes as GPX files, save them on your devices, or send them to friends and family. PRIVACY FIRST Your routes stay on your device unless you choose to share them. No tracking. No accounts. No analytics. Your travels belong to you. START MAPPING YOUR NEXT JOURNEY Snicket is built for people who love exploring. Whether you’re discovering a new city or wandering your own streets with curiosity, Snicket keeps your routes alive. CORE FEATURES One-tap route mapping - Record every path you walk and turn it into a saved travel route. Smart route creation - Add pins, notes, and details to build richer travel routes you can revisit. Retrace any trip - Follow your own saved route with simple guidance and explore it again anytime. Organize routes by city or trip - Group your travel routes into clean collections for easy access. Share routes with full details - Friends can import your route with distance, duration, pins, and all mapping data. Night mode functionality Choose your unit of measure - Kilometers (Km) or Miles (Mi) SUBSCRIPTION Snicket Premium Annual - Updates once per year - $35.99 Monthly - Updates once per month - $3.99 TERMS OF SERVICE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY https://snicketapp.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Places.nu4 screens
Route mapping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Places.nu at none against Route mapping's 2. Places.nu also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Route mapping sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Places.nu asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Places.nu versus Route mapping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaces.nuRoute mapping
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerlevi westerveldCristian Radu

In-app purchases

None

Places.nu

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Route mapping

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Snicket Premium$3.991 Month
  • Annual Snicket Premium$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Places.nu free?
Places.nu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Route mapping free?
Route mapping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Places.nu or Route mapping have ads?
Neither Places.nu nor Route mapping shows ads.

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