Comparison

crossin vs Maple Postcards

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

Head to head
About

crossin

Send digital postcards with your photos and messages to friends, family, or even strangers. Document your travels with unique postmarks and stamps, bringing the joy of tangible connections to the modern world.

Highlights
  • Send digital postcards
  • Use personal photos (live photos supported)
  • Send to specific recipients
  • Send to unknown recipients
  • Location-specific postmarks
  • Virtual passport feature
  • Collect virtual stamps
Features
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Not a notification. A journey. Some moments deserve more than a quick tap. crossin turns them into postcards you can send to someone you care about. Choose where the moment begins, make your postcard, and send it to a friend—on crossin or off. A little pigeon carries it along a real route, from your location to theirs. It takes its time. It passes through cities, gathers stamps&crossmarks, then lands in a mailbox that belongs to the two of you. One moment. Two people. A small journey in between.

About

Maple Postcards

This app allows you to collect digital postcards as you travel and send physical postcards to friends and family. It functions as a personal travel journal, letting you log places, add notes, and map your adventures.

Highlights
  • Unlock collectible digital postcards
  • Send physical postcards by mail
  • Create a personal travel journal
  • Log visited places and add notes
  • Map your travel destinations
  • Plan trips and share recommendations with friends
Features
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Maple lets you unlock collectible postcards as you travel—and send real ones in the mail for $2.99. Turn your trips into a personal journal you can revisit and share. Explore new cities and unlock beautifully designed postcards as you go. Log the places you loved, add notes, capture moments, and build a collection that feels like a modern scrapbook. Unlock Postcards as You Travel Visit a new city and unlock a collectible postcard. Flip it over to see where you went, when you visited, and your personal notes—all styled like a handwritten memory. Send Real Postcards in the Mail Turn any trip into a physical 4x6 postcard delivered to someone’s mailbox. Add a photo, write a message, and send it—no stamps or post office required. Plan Trips with Friends Share an upcoming trip and let friends add must-visit recommendations. No account required—just a link. Your Personal Travel Journal Browse your postcards in a grid or scroll through your logbook. Track cities, countries, and places you’ve explored. Rate & Remember Every Spot Mark places as recommended or super recommended so you never forget your highlights—and neither do the friends you share with. Map Your Travels See every destination pinned on a map and watch your collection grow over time.

Screenshots

crossin4 screens
Maple Postcards4 screens

Verdict

The call

crossin and Maple Postcards both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Maple Postcards's written reviews are positive against 71% of crossin's. crossin's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for crossin against 5.0 for Maple Postcards. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of crossin's written reviews are positive against 100% of Maple Postcards's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
crossin versus Maple Postcards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercrossinMaple Postcards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperXiao ZhangTranquility Lane Inc

Customer experience

crossin

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative17.3%

Maple Postcards

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

crossin

No in-app purchases

None

Maple Postcards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is crossin free?
crossin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maple Postcards free?
Maple Postcards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, crossin or Maple Postcards?
crossin and Maple Postcards are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do crossin or Maple Postcards have ads?
Neither crossin nor Maple Postcards shows ads.

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