TrueSize vs Ankipan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrueSize
Explore the true scale of countries, continents, and regions with accurate size comparisons based on spherical geometry. Visualize historical and modern maps, access detailed information, and even test your knowledge with a geography mini-game. Customize your experience by importing and editing map data.
- Accurate size comparisons using spherical geometry
- 140,000+ countries, regions, and territories
- Detailed tooltips and insights
- Historical and modern maps
- Import & edit GeoJSON / TopoJSON files
- Geography mini-game
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Explore the true size of countries, continents, and regions with TrueSize app. Move territories around an interactive map and compare their real proportions without the size distortion of traditional flat maps. Key Features • True-size comparisons Compare countries and regions using spherical geometry, without the size distortion caused by flat map projections. • 750,000+ geographic regions Explore countries, territories, states, provinces, historical borders, islands, and more. • Historical timeline Play through history or jump to any year, BC or AD, and watch borders, names, and flags change on the map. • Population tool Draw a circle anywhere on the map and see roughly how many people live inside it, along with the population density. • Languages and language families See the approximate areas where languages and language families are spoken, then move and compare them like any other region. • Natural features Explore mountains, peaks, deserts, islands, peninsulas, archipelagos, seas, bays, lakes, rivers, and river basins. • Geography games Play the TrueSize Challenge to guess the larger territory, or test your knowledge with the Flag Quiz. • Measurement tools Measure true geodesic distances in kilometers or miles, check compass bearings, and draw custom shapes. • Edit any boundary shape Modify the vertices of countries, regions, and other map shapes directly on the map. Add, move, select, or delete points with Undo and Redo support. • Facts and geographic details View population, area, flags, and useful facts for regions you explore. • Import & edit GeoJSON / TopoJSON files Load your own map data, modify shapes, simplify or merge boundaries, and export your changes. Ideal for students, educators, and GIS enthusiasts. • Share your discoveries Create and share interactive map comparisons with others. Perfect For • Students learning geography and map accuracy • Teachers explaining map projection distortion and how borders changed through history • Travelers visualizing distances and regions • Geography enthusiasts exploring historical and modern borders • Language lovers discovering where the world's languages are spoken • Anyone curious about the real scale of our world Why TrueSize? Traditional flat maps can significantly distort the apparent size of countries and regions, especially near the poles. TrueSize uses spherical geometry to provide more realistic size comparisons while letting you freely move and explore territories around the globe. From the creators of TrueSize.net, the official TrueSize app brings interactive geography tools, hundreds of thousands of regions, a historical timeline, population and language maps, games, measurements, and custom geographic data to your device. Rediscover the world as it truly appears – clearly, accurately, and interactively.
Ankipan
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Ankipan is a flashcard app built the way an iPhone app should be: a stack of cards you flip and swipe, with a serious spaced‑repetition scheduler doing the remembering. **Study by swiping** Cards sit in a pile. Tap to flip, swipe right for Again, left for Good, up for Easy. Undo is one tap away. A session ends with a small recap you can share. **Answer the way that fits** A card can simply flip, or ask you to type the answer, say it aloud, or pick it from four options drawn from your own deck. Spoken answers are matched by reading, so kanji and kana of the same word both count. **Hear it** Speech fields are read aloud in their language, and a word can be pronounced through its reading column so it always comes out right. **Decks are tables** Every deck is a simple table: fields you name, card kinds you choose — which fields are shown, which are revealed, how you answer. Start from a template, import a CSV/TSV from Files, Numbers or Sheets, or type rows yourself. Edit any deck later and give it an icon. **Or describe one** On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, write a sentence — "50 everyday Spanish verbs with an example sentence" — and Ankipan proposes the fields and fills the rows on‑device. Everything it makes is editable. **Scheduling that remembers for you** Reviews are scheduled with FSRS‑6, the modern open‑source spaced‑repetition algorithm: fewer reviews, better retention, no settings to tune.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ankipan at none against TrueSize's 1. Ankipan also leads on ads (none vs shown). TrueSize's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price 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. TrueSize sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ankipan asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | TrueSize | Ankipan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (306 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 306 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BINARY BANANA LLC | Zeyi Fan |
In-app purchases
TrueSize
- Remove Ads$4.99
Ankipan
No in-app purchases









