Comparison

Drawing On Map vs Dashing for EmDash

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

Head to head
About

Drawing On Map

Annotate maps with drawings, notes, and photos. Plan routes, mark locations, and share your creations easily. Supports Apple Pencil and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Draw directly on maps
  • Pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser tools
  • Shapes, text, and photo annotations
  • Save and share annotated maps
  • Apple Pencil support
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Draw on any map. Plan trips, mark places, add notes. This app lets you draw and write on maps. Mark a meeting spot, draw a route, highlight an area, or add notes. Everything stays on the map so you can find it later. Easy drawing tools Use pen, pencil, highlighter, or eraser. Add shapes like lines, rectangles, arrows, and circles. Pick any color. Make lines thick or thin. Add text or photos. Your maps will look clear and easy to read. Saving and sharing Save your map with all your drawings and notes. Share it with friends or coworkers. Great for giving directions, planning trips, or showing project locations. Works with Apple Pencil Draw with Apple Pencil for smooth, precise lines. iCloud Sync Your maps sync across all your Apple devices. Start on iPhone, continue on iPad. Features: * Draw directly on maps * Pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser * Lines, rectangles, arrows, circles * Text, Photos * Many colors and line sizes * Save and share your maps * Apple Pencil support * iCloud Sync across devices

About

Dashing for EmDash

Features
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Dashing is a writing desk for your EmDash site, made for iPhone and iPad. WRITE AND PUBLISH - A rich text editor with headings, lists, links, images, tables and HTML blocks - Save drafts, publish now or schedule for later, and update published posts - Keep writing offline: your words stay on this device and are sent when you are back online - Translations, saved sections and byline credits - Focus mode on iPad MEDIA - Upload photos and videos from Photos, Files and the camera, or drop them in - Alt text, captions, focal points and folders for your media library COMMENTS - Moderate with a swipe: approve, mark as spam or move to the trash - Read and answer the comments on any post MANAGE YOUR SITE - People and roles, bylines, categories and tags, menus, sections, widgets, redirects and site settings - Plugins, access tokens, backups and site export MADE FOR IPAD - A sidebar, several windows, the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts WRITING SUGGESTIONS - On devices with Apple Intelligence, Dashing can suggest ideas, titles, outlines, excerpts and tags with Apple's on-device model. Suggestions are made on your device and added only when you choose them. TRY THE DEMO - Explore a sample site with no account. The demo runs entirely on your device, even in airplane mode. PRIVACY - Dashing sends your content only to the sites you connect. No analytics, no tracking. Works with sites running EmDash 1.0.1 or higher. A few advanced tasks open your site's web admin in the browser.

Screenshots

Drawing On Map3 screens
Dashing for EmDash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dashing for EmDash at every 3 days against Drawing On Map's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drawing On Map ships an update every 2 weeks, Dashing for EmDash every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Drawing On Map versus Dashing for EmDash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawing On MapDashing for EmDash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer327APPS, LLCLVL35 LLC

In-app purchases

None

Drawing On Map

No in-app purchases

None

Dashing for EmDash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drawing On Map free?
Drawing On Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dashing for EmDash free?
Dashing for EmDash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drawing On Map or Dashing for EmDash have ads?
Neither Drawing On Map nor Dashing for EmDash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawing On Map or Dashing for EmDash?
Drawing On Map ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dashing for EmDash every 3 days. Most recently, Drawing On Map was updated on November 8, 2026 and Dashing for EmDash on October 31, 2026.

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