Comparison

MapMinter vs Heartvale Town

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

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About

MapMinter

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MapMinter turns your real-world travels into a global collecting adventure. Every city you visit becomes a unique digital coin you can mint, trade, and show off—building a living map of everywhere you've been. MINT CITY COINS Arrive in a city and mint its coin on the spot. Eligible places include cities with 125,000+ residents and capital cities. Each coin is a souvenir of a real journey. TRADE WITH TRAVELERS Send a coin to anyone with a simple QR code—and keep your own copy forever. Meet fellow travelers, swap coins from cities you haven't reached yet, and watch your collection grow. See the "Past Travelers" who once carried each coin around the world. EXPLORE FOR REAL-WORLD LOOT Materials and famous historical personalities appear on a live map around you. Walk within range to collect them—just like the cities themselves, your loot is tied to where you actually are. BUILD WORLD LANDMARKS TOGETHER Use collected materials to unlock an artwork with quirky facts about the city.Join a Construction Party of up to 100 travelers to build faster—bigger parties need fewer materials per person, so teamwork pays off. Completed artworks are saved forever in your City Archives. CITY HALL & AUCTION HOUSE Trade materials and personalities with other players for gold in the Auction House, where prices move with the market. Browse your Citizen Registry of historical figures and revisit every landmark you've helped build. CHASE ACHIEVEMENTS & CLIMB THE LEADERBOARDS Earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals, complete entire countries, and create your own custom community challenges for others to join. Compete on global Points and Coins leaderboards. DISCOVER LOCAL GEMS Add and browse attraction and restaurant recommendations on every city's coin—real tips from real travelers, filtered by price and cuisine. Whether you're a frequent flyer, a weekend explorer, or a collector at heart, MapMinter rewards your curiosity and turns every trip into something you can keep. Pack your bags. Mint the world. Note: MapMinter uses your location to mint city coins and find nearby materials, and requires an internet connection.

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Heartvale Town

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Build a medieval village from a single house, at your own pace. There is no way to lose: nothing breaks, nothing decays, and the village waits for you. King Aldric has banished your family to Exile Cove with one house, one fire and old Marta. Over twelve chapters, letters, ships and the lifting mist turn that quiet shore into a town you name yourself. THE CAMPAIGN • Twelve chapters and an epilogue: around ten hours of story, told through letters, royal decrees and unsigned notes. • Get to know the people of the cove: Marta, Elinor and Garin, young Pip, Isolde the Merchant, Father Ambrose and many more. • The mist lifts region by region. Behind it wait a mossy castle, an old abbey, a quarry and a dark lighthouse; the villagers clear the ruins and you restore them. • When the King comes to visit, your choice shapes the rest of the story. • Each new day a ship brings a guest to the pier, with plans and small requests. BUILD YOUR WAY • 29 building tools, each with ten designs, from cottages, wells and roads to mills, chapels, harbours and castles. Many designs change shape as you resize them. • Draw roads, walls and fences, add a storey to a house, hang lanterns along the roads, plough fields and fill a pen with sheep. • Day turns to night and the seasons turn: blossom in spring, falling leaves in autumn, snow on the roofs in winter. A VILLAGE THAT LIVES • Villagers walk, work, gather and rest; shops close at night and the lanterns come on. • While you are away they keep gathering wood and stone, and can lay a few roads, fences and houses for you. Anything they build can be undone. MAKE, TRADE AND EARN SILVER • Fishers bring in fish, the mine brings stone, sheep give wool and hives give honey. • Simple chains: field to mill to bakery, sheepfold to weaver, ore and coal to the smith. • Houses pay silver into the village purse; spend it on new plans from Tobin the Carpenter. • If a link in a chain is missing, nothing breaks; that good simply waits. CREATIVE MODE • Unlimited resources, with every plan open from the start. • Choose a map type, set up the island and its nature, then build freely. FRIENDS AND SEASONS • Share your friend code, visit your friends' villages and leave a like each day. There is no chat; only villages. • Show your favourite photos on your profile. • Each season of the Town Pass brings new rewards as you play. Season 1, Winter Tale, crowns level 30 with the Ice Palace. YOUR VILLAGES, EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple, Google or email. Your villages are backed up to your account, so you can carry on with another iPhone or iPad. ISOLDE'S CARAVAN • Optional purchases: the Town Pass premium track, house styles, decoration sets and pets, and Creative Mode Plus: free colours, copy and mirror building, a bigger island, and Photo Mode with filters, a miniature effect and video. • Building plans are never sold for real money, silver and resources are earned by playing, and there are no ads. MADE FOR TOUCH • For iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape, with a Build button and tray close to your thumb. • Play in English or Turkish. A GENTLE PROMISE • No losing, no penalties, no time limits. The true home is not the one you return to, but the one you build.

Screenshots

MapMinter4 screens
Heartvale Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapMinter at none against Heartvale Town's 8. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Heartvale Town sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. MapMinter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
MapMinter versus Heartvale Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapMinterHeartvale Town
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJasper von HammersteinMelihcan Cevik

In-app purchases

None

MapMinter

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Heartvale Town

One-time8
  • Welcome Pack$1.99
  • Winter Roofs$1.99
  • Mediterranean Plaster$1.99
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  • Furry Friends$2.99
  • Town Pass · Winter Tale$4.99
  • Garden Set$4.99
  • Creative Mode Plus$4.99
  • Honey Jar$4.99

Questions

Is MapMinter free?
MapMinter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heartvale Town free?
Heartvale Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MapMinter or Heartvale Town have ads?
Neither MapMinter nor Heartvale Town shows ads.

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