CoMaps vs Pike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CoMaps
Navigate your world with a free, open-source mapping application focused on privacy and offline functionality. Discover detailed maps, plan trips without cellular service, and enjoy essential navigation features. It's community-built and respects your data.
- Downloadable detailed maps
- Offline navigation
- Outdoor mode with trails
- Points of interest search
- Voice navigation
- Bookmark favorite places
- Track recording
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A community-led free & open source maps app based on OpenStreetMap data and reinforced with commitment to transparency, privacy and being not-for-profit. ‣ Simple and Polished: essential easy to use features that just work. ‣ Offline-focused: Plan and navigate your trip abroad without the need for cellular service, search waypoints while on a distant hike, etc. All app functions are designed to work offline. ‣ Respecting Privacy: The app is designed with privacy in mind - does not identify people, does not track, and does not collect personal information. Ads-free. ‣ Saves Your Battery and Space: Doesn’t drain your battery like other navigation apps. Compact maps save precious space on your phone. ‣ Free and Built by the Community: People like you helped build the app by adding places to OpenStreetMap, testing and giving feedback on features and contributing their development skills and money. ‣ Open and Transparent Decision-making and Financials, Not-for-profit and Fully Open Source. Main Features: • Downloadable detailed maps with places which are not available in many commercial maps • Outdoor mode with highlighted hiking trails, campsites, water sources, peaks, contour lines, etc • Walking paths and cycleways • Points of interest like restaurants, gas stations, hotels, shops, sightseeings and many more • Search by name or an address or by point of interest category • Navigation with voice announcements for walking, cycling, or driving • Bookmark your favorite places with a single tap • iCloud sync for your bookmarks and tracks • Offline Wikipedia articles • Subway transit layer and directions • Track recording • Export and import bookmarks and tracks in KML, KMZ, GPX formats • A dark mode to use during the night • Improve map data for everyone using a basic built-in editor • CarPlay support Freedom Is Here Discover your journey, navigate the world with privacy and community at the forefront!
Pike
This app acts as a highway copilot, showing upcoming exits with gas stations, restaurants, hotels, EV chargers, and rest areas. It provides details like turn direction and detour estimates, offering one-tap navigation to your chosen stop.
- Upcoming exit information
- Gas, food, lodging, EV charging, rest stops
- Brand logos for amenities
- Turn direction at exits
- Detour estimates
- List view of all options
- One-tap navigation integration
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Pike is a highway copilot. Open it on the road and it shows you what's coming down the pike - every upcoming exit's gas stations, restaurants, hotels, EV chargers, rest areas, parks, and dog parks, complete with real brand logos. Pike figures out which highway you're on and which direction you're headed, then lines up every exit ahead of you like the blue logo signs on the interstate. Swipe through exits, tap a brand to get details and directions. WHAT YOU GET - Every exit at a glance: Gas, food, lodging, EV charging, rest stops, parks, and dog parks, all with brand logos you'll recognize - Turn direction: Know if it's a left or right off the exit before you commit - Detour estimates: See how far each stop is from the exit and how long the round trip takes - List view: Compare every option across all upcoming exits in one scrollable list - One-tap navigation: Open any stop in Apple Maps or Google Maps NO SETUP REQUIRED Pike works the moment you open it. No pins to drop, no addresses to type, no "add a stop" buried in a nav app. Your co-pilot just opens Pike and starts reading off options. Not on the road right now? Take a test drive from the home screen to see Pike in action. BUILT FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT Pike isn't a turn-by-turn nav app. It's the app your co-pilot opens when someone says "I'm hungry" or "we need gas" or "the dog needs a break" and you want a real answer in two seconds, not a detour through Google Maps search results. Pike covers interstate highways across the continental US.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CoMaps at none against Pike's 1. CoMaps also leads on ratings volume (142 vs 3) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). Pike's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price 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
Both are free to download. Pike sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CoMaps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoMaps has 142 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of CoMaps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pike's.
CoMaps ships an update fortnightly, Pike every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CoMaps | Pike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Wenemoser | Thomas Johnell |
Customer experience
CoMaps
Pike
Bugs and requests
CoMaps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to find known locations and addresses
- Incorrect search results for distant locations
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to read GPX files and compute distances
- Add option to display elevations in feet
- Improve search functionality to include parks and trails
Pike
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CoMaps
No in-app purchases
Pike
- Pike Plus$4.99








