Comparison

MapPic vs PicMap

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

Head to head
About

MapPic

Organize and rediscover your photos with an intelligent timeline and interactive map. Quickly find any image by year, month, or location without endless scrolling. Includes a built-in camera and advanced features for photo insights.

Highlights
  • Intelligent timeline gallery
  • Interactive map view
  • Search by year, month, or location
  • Built-in camera with smart albums
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Stop endless scrolling. Find any photo instantly. MapPic transforms your photo library into a powerful timeline and interactive map. Jump straight to any year, month, or location. No more digging through thousands of photos. Rediscover where your life happened. Explore Photos by Location • Automatically map photos using GPS data • Smart clustering keeps your map clean and easy to navigate • Multiple map styles to explore your memories • Tap any location to view all photos from that place Built-In Camera with Smart Albums • Capture photos directly from the map • Save instantly to custom albums • Organize your photos as you go MapPic Premium • Unlimited timeline history • Share places as beautiful map cards • Photo insights and custom graphs • Travel heatmaps of your adventures • Custom map pins with colors and symbols Private by Design • No cloud storage • No tracking or data collection • No account required • Works fully offline • No ads, ever Your photos stay 100% on your device. -- Web: https://dro1d.org Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy: https://dro1d.org/mappic-privacy.html

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

MapPic4 screens
PicMap3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MapPic at 18.0 against PicMap's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. MapPic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year and PicMap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapPic ships an update fortnightly, PicMap every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MapPic versus PicMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapPicPicMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDRO1D LABS LIMITEDWill Nash

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MapPic

Subscriptions1
  • MapPic Premium Yearly14 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • MapPic Premium Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

PicMap

One-time1
  • Full History$0.99

Questions

Is MapPic free?
MapPic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicMap free?
PicMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MapPic or PicMap have ads?
Neither MapPic nor PicMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapPic or PicMap?
MapPic ships an update fortnightly, and PicMap every 3 weeks. Most recently, MapPic was updated on October 4, 2026 and PicMap on October 5, 2026.

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