Map Mirror vs MekFab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Map Mirror
This app provides a shared, dynamic map for tabletop RPGs, allowing Game Masters to reveal locations, measure distances, and manage player visibility in real-time. It supports various map types and drawing tools, enhancing in-person gaming sessions without requiring an internet connection.
- Shared live map display
- World, city, and battle map support
- Linking maps for connected worlds
- Square & hex grids with calibration
- Tokens, markers, and fog of war
- Measuring and multi-layer drawing
- Private GM planning and control
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MapMirror gives everyone at the table a shared, living map to look at your world, city, region, or battle. Point at a door, measure a spell's range, reveal the next room, and your players see it live. It's made to support your in-person TTRPG game, not digitize it. You keep rolling real dice around a real table. MapMirror is simply the map they gather around, with your cities, regions, and dungeons linked into one connected world instead of a random pile of images. Connect a TV wirelessly with AirPlay or a monitor over a cable, and the map mirrors live. For the optimal experience we recommend an iPad with Apple Pencil. On iPhone and Mac you get a dedicated interface adapted to the platform. • Square & hex grids with real-distance calibration • Tokens, labelled markers, and fog of war • Draw on multiple layers, from a quick sketch to a map you build up over sessions • Link maps with markers and jump from the world map into a city or dungeon • Measure distances in your own units, point things out with the laser pointer • Control exactly what your players see and plan ahead in private • Notes, folders, backups, and image export No account. No internet needed. Nothing leaves your device. Free to try with every tool unlocked. The free version includes: • 2 maps and 1 note • 4 tokens per map • 2 markers per map • 2 texts per map • 2 drawing layers per map Backups and map export are part of the full version. One purchase lifts all limits and you keep it forever. No subscription.
MekFab
This app allows users to design and simulate various combat vehicles, including mechs and aerospace fighters. It provides detailed technical readouts, cost calculations, and route planning for interstellar travel. Users can also build organizational tables and generate printable record sheets for gameplay.
- Design mechs, vehicles, and fighters
- Simulate unit files (MTF, BLK)
- Calculate Battle Value and C-bill cost
- Engineering rule review
- Generate printable record sheets
- Create tables of organization
- Plan interstellar routes and transit times
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INTRODUCING MEKFAB, FROM TRISTAR INTERSTELLAR At TriStar we don't build one set of tools for our clients and another for ourselves. Our cargo rides the same DropShips and JumpShips that carry yours. Our Greene-Harvester combines feed our families the way they feed yours. And when our families need defending, we arm our Guards from the same catalog we sell to you. MekFab is built in that spirit. For TriStar personnel it is a sales tool: the full capacities of every machine in the catalog, a route console for scheduling delivery, and a table of organization builder that tells a customer how much lift a force will need before anyone asks. For clients, it's the same terminal. Browse the catalog, plan the route, read the transit time and the tariff, and never have to ask us the question. Choosing a new flavor of Nitro Boost is easy. You pick one up at any corner store. We understand that a 60-ton Thunderbolt II is a harder decision. So, every design in this app comes with its full simulation file, in the format your own suites already read, and you are welcome to run our whole military catalog through your own scenarios without a word from us. Build your own tables of organization and equipment and see the lift they need. Chart a route across the Inner Sphere and see what it costs and how long it takes. Take a design to the table on a Field Sheet, or print the record sheet. You may not need us today - great! Download the app. Use it for whatever purposes you have, and know that TriStar will be here when you do. — Memphis Motor Works, a TriStar Interstellar company WHAT IT DOES • Opens MegaMek unit files (MTF and BLK) and saves back to them. • Designs 'Meks, biped and quad; combat vehicles; aerospace fighters. • Battle Value and C-bill cost computed the way MegaMek computes them. • An Engineering Review against the construction rules, in plain words. • Technical readouts, printable record sheets, and a touch Field Sheet for play. • Tables of organization from a lance to a regiment, with a DropShip lift sheet. • NAV-OPS: 3,174 systems, 30 light-year jump routes, transit days and recharges. • No account. Nothing collected. Nothing leaves the device. MekFab is not affiliated with Topps, Catalyst Game Labs, Microsoft or the MegaMek project. BattleTech is a trademark of The Topps Company, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MekFab at 5.0 against Map Mirror's 1.0. MekFab also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Map Mirror sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MekFab asks for nothing beyond the download.
MekFab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Map Mirror ships an update every 4 days, MekFab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Map Mirror | MekFab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ronny Brzeski | Robert Landrigan |
Customer experience
Map Mirror
MekFab
In-app purchases
Map Mirror
- Full Version$8.99
MekFab
No in-app purchases









