Comparison

Direction Trainer vs Cartographer

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

Head to head
About

Direction Trainer

Enhance your spatial awareness with a memory game focused on directional orientation. Practice remembering your facing direction after each turn to improve your navigation skills in everyday life.

Highlights
  • Directional orientation training
  • Memory recall of facing direction
  • Improves navigation skills
  • Suitable for all ages
  • Designed for mobile devices
Features
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Orientation Skills Learn how to orient yourself immediately. If you are facing South or East, it should be immediately clearly where North or West are. This is a great skill that will make your life much easier. Directional Memory Start to remember which direction you are facing. After each turn, you need to instinctively remember where you are facing. That takes training.

About

Cartographer

Features
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Cartographer is a relaxing map-coloring puzzle: tap a province and choose a color – no two neighboring provinces may share the same color. Arrange the land until every map is completely colored, and watch each finished map unfold like an old atlas page. FEATURES • 120 unique island maps across four difficulty tiers • No ads, no sign-up, no tracking • Progress syncs automatically via iCloud across your devices • Earn gold for every completed map • Daily Challenge with a streak, plus Free Play with your own province count and difficulty THE FIRST 20 MAPS ARE FREE From map 11 onward, you unlock further map groups once you've collected enough gold. From map 21 onward, the full version is required – a one-time purchase, no subscription, for permanent access to all 120 maps. There's more to discover here as you journey on...

Screenshots

Direction Trainer4 screens
Cartographer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Direction Trainer at none against Cartographer's 1. Direction Trainer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Cartographer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). 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. Cartographer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Direction Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Direction Trainer ships an update every 2 months, Cartographer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Direction Trainer versus Cartographer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDirection TrainerCartographer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrainArcBenjamin Kahl

In-app purchases

None

Direction Trainer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cartographer

One-time1
  • Full version$0.99

Questions

Is Direction Trainer free?
Direction Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cartographer free?
Cartographer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Direction Trainer or Cartographer have ads?
Neither Direction Trainer nor Cartographer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Direction Trainer or Cartographer?
Direction Trainer ships an update every 2 months, and Cartographer weekly. Most recently, Direction Trainer was updated on October 11, 2026 and Cartographer on October 7, 2026.

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