Glimpse vs Mapicus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glimpse
Share daily moments, photos, or thoughts directly to friends' home screens. React with permanent sticker emojis and build a shared history. Stay connected with your inner circle without the pressure of traditional social media.
- Share photos or thoughts
- Permanent sticker emoji reactions
- Shared visual history
- Home screen widget slideshow
- Private and ad-free experience
- Connect with inner circle
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HOW TO USE GLIMPSE: 1. Add the Glimpse widget to your home screen. 2. Share daily moments—a photo, a thought, or both—that land right on your friends' home screens (and theirs on yours!). 3. Jump into the Daily Photo Challenge. Capture today's to unlock your besties' takes. 4. React, comment, decorate. Make each glimpse yours together. KEY FEATURES ► Share What You Want Got something to say but no pic? Share the thought. Captured a moment but no words for it? The photo can stand alone. You're never stuck choosing, just share whatever feels right with your faves. ► Sticker Reactions That Stick Way more fun than regular old likes. Drop any emoji onto your friends' glimpses and let it live there forever. Move them around, pile them up, decorate the board together. It's playful, it's cute, it's yours. ► Daily Photo Challenge Every day, a new challenge drops for everyone. Capture it to see how your besties captured the same one. Same question, completely different points of view. ► Drop Comments Sometimes an emoji says it all. Sometimes you've got something to say or want to chime in. You can reply to glimpses with comments too, and edit or delete your own whenever you want. ► Weekly Recap Every Monday, your Weekly Recap drops with the highlights from your week. Tap to reveal your Top Glimpse, your #1 fan, your go-to reactions, and more. All the little moments you shared, in one sweet snapshot. ► A Shared History Your glimpses don't disappear into the void. Scroll back through a rolling gallery of your moments, a visual diary of all the small, silly, sweet things that make up a friendship. ► Your Widget Slideshow Your home screen becomes a rotating window to your favorite people. Glance down, feel connected, get on with your day. No scrolling required. ► Private & Cozy No followers. No strangers. No ads. No performance. Just your inner circle: the friends who feel like home, siblings, partners, the ones who get it. MADE FOR: - Busy seasons when you still want to stay close - Long-distance friendships that deserve more than the occasional catch-up - Moments too small to text, too sweet to miss - Anyone craving real connection without the whole social media song and dance - Closing the gap when "How are you?" starts to feel like a chore From the creators of PicCollage (trusted by 270M+ users), we built Glimpse because staying connected shouldn't feel like work. So we put your favorite people right where you'll actually see them, on your home screen. We hope you love it as much as we do :) Terms of service: http://cardinalblue.com/tos Privacy policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to us at glimpse@piccollage.com.
Mapicus
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Your photos deserve better than an endless feed. Mapicus puts them on the map — exactly where they happened. Tap a spot, add your photos, and they become a pin anyone can discover. Pan and zoom the map to see what people are sharing around your city or across the world. A MAP, NOT A FEED Every photo lives at a real place. Explore by dragging the map, not doomscrolling. MEMORIES — BRING YOUR PAST TRIPS BACK Got years of travel photos sitting in your camera roll? Add them as memories: pick the place and the date they're from, and they drop onto the map where they belong. Your map fills up with everywhere you've ever been. TRIPS Group your photos into named journeys — "Japan 2024," "Road trip out west" — with dates, so your travels tell a story. MULTI-PHOTO POSTS Share up to 10 photos in one spot and pick the cover everyone sees first. DISCOVER - Trending places and featured trips - "Take me somewhere" jumps you to a hotspot you've never seen - Follow people and build a feed of the travelers you love MADE FOR EVERYONE Light & dark themes, smooth animations, and available in English, Turkish, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Russian, and Chinese. Whether you're a traveler, a photographer, or someone who just wants their memories to mean something again — Mapicus turns your photos into a map of your life. Start dropping pins. The world is waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mapicus at 15.0 against Glimpse's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Glimpse ships an update fortnightly, Mapicus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glimpse | Mapicus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (68 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cardinal Blue | ROKONTECH LLC |
In-app purchases
Glimpse
No in-app purchases
Mapicus
No in-app purchases









