My Traveler Map vs MapThings.com
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Traveler Map
Organize your travel dreams on a private map. Save destinations, explore locations, and plan future trips without any tracking or social features. Keep your travel ideas secure and accessible across your devices.
- Save unlimited travel destinations
- Organize places by country and city
- Explore world map with points of interest
- Private local storage and optional iCloud sync
- Share maps with friends and family
- Preview locations with Apple Maps Look Around
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My Traveler Map is a private place to save and organize the destinations you want to visit — now or someday. You know that feeling when you discover a place and think "I want to go there someday"? My Traveler Map gives you a simple, personal space to keep those ideas, right on a map you already know. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Browse and explore the world on a familiar map - Save points of interest, territories, or any spot with a long press gesture - Browse your places grouped by country and continent, then dive into each country to see them by city or region - Search landmarks and locations worldwide - Preview places with Apple Maps Look Around when available - Show or hide saved places and points of interest on the map DESIGNED TO BE PRIVATE Your places are stored locally on your device. Optional iCloud sync keeps them available across your Apple devices. No accounts, no feeds, no tracking, no profiling. WHO IT'S FOR - People who like planning trips - People who just like collecting ideas - People who value their privacy and don't like targeted ads - People who don't want another social network My Traveler Map is designed to grow with you. Features are added gradually based on real usage and feedback. The free version lets you save up to 30 places (points of interest, custom places, or territories) and includes unlimited searches (1). Free users can also accept invitations to maps shared by friends and family. Upgrade to Explorer — a simple one-time purchase — to unlock the complete experience: - Save unlimited places - Create multiple maps to organize your places your way - Share maps as collaborative maps with friends and family - Share individual places via universal links — opens the app, the App Clip, or a webpage with Apple Maps - Create custom filters (1) Searches are powered by Apple Maps and may be subject to usage limits in the future.
MapThings.com
Capture and share locations with photos, turning them into interactive maps. Organize discoveries into themed collections and contribute to crowdsourced maps that stay updated by the community. Discover new places and share your own findings.
- Create photo-based location pins
- Organize pins into themed maps
- Crowdsourced map updates
- Discover local points of interest
- Share pins with friends
- Verify pin accuracy
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Maps for things that don't have addresses. Have you ever discovered an amazing place but couldn't easily explain it or share it because it didn't have a street address? MapThings makes it easy to discover, save, organize, and share the exact GPS location (using your camera) of unique places around you. Explore places like: • Street art & murals • Epic trees • Trail entrances • Scenic overlooks • Food trucks • Fishing spots • Campsites • Photo locations • Great parking spots • ...and just about anything else. Whether you're exploring a new city, planning your next adventure, or keeping track of your favorite discoveries, MapThings helps you find them again—and share them with friends and the community. Features • Discover unique places shared by other users • Save your own favorite locations • Organize places into easy-to-browse categories • View photos and detailed location information • Navigate directly to saved locations • Share places with friends and family • Help build a growing community of interesting places Download MapThings today and start exploring. Because not everything worth finding has an address.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapThings.com at none against My Traveler Map's 3. MapThings.com also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. My Traveler Map sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MapThings.com asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for My Traveler Map against 5.0 for MapThings.com. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
My Traveler Map ships an update every 3 weeks, MapThings.com weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Traveler Map | MapThings.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel Iturra | Wade Funk |
In-app purchases
My Traveler Map
- Explorer (Family Upgrade)$9.99
- Explorer (Individual)$14.99
- Explorer (Family)$24.99
MapThings.com
No in-app purchases







