State Mapper vs Border Guesser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
State Mapper
Test your knowledge of U.S. geography with this interactive game. Guess states based on directional clues and aim for the fewest attempts to identify the randomly selected state.
- U.S. geography testing
- Random state selection
- Directional guessing clues
- Minimize guess count
- Interactive gameplay
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State Mapper is an app that allows you to test your knowledge of United States geography. Each game a state is randomly selected. As you type in a State name, you're shown the direction from your guessed state to the randomly selected state. The goal is to use the arrows provided after each guess to figure out the randomly selected state in as few guesses as possible. Good Luck!
Border Guesser
Test your geography knowledge by identifying countries based solely on their borders. Challenge yourself with daily quizzes, aim for high scores, and earn trophies. Compare your skills with friends to become the ultimate geography master.
- Identify countries from borders
- Daily challenges
- High score tracking
- Earn golden trophies
- Compare scores with friends
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Border Guesser gives geography quizzes a new spin by testing just how easily you can recognize a nation from its border. Can you identify a country from just a half of their border? Or even less? Maybe from a recognizable panhandle? Or a weirdly straight line? Take on daily challenges, try to beat highscores, try to earn golden trophies for all the nations. Compare your scores with those of your friends to claim the title of ultimate geography master. This game might seem challenging, but if you have a pretty good sense of the world map, this game is a great way to hone that skill even further!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: State Mapper at 5.0 against Border Guesser's 4.2. State Mapper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Border Guesser's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Border Guesser sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. State Mapper asks for nothing beyond the download.
State Mapper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Border Guesser has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
State Mapper ships an update daily, Border Guesser every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | State Mapper | Border Guesser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Hesler | JoySpark Games |
Customer experience
State Mapper
Border Guesser
In-app purchases
State Mapper
No in-app purchases
Border Guesser
- No Ads$4.99
