DrawMaps vs Flag Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DrawMaps
This creative mapping tool lets you draw directly on interactive maps to plan trips, mark locations, or sketch ideas. Customize your maps with various drawing tools and save your creations securely to the cloud.
- Draw freehand routes and doodle on maps
- Customizable brush sizes, opacity, and colors
- Drop custom pins for important locations
- Real-time cloud synchronization across devices
- Intuitive glassmorphism-inspired interface
- User profile to track creative activity
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DrawMaps is a shared global canvas built on a real-world map. Explore the map and try drawing as a guest. Sign in to publish your practice, save drawings, place public pins, and join a creative map shared with people around the world. DRAW ON THE WORLD Use freehand drawing tools directly on the map. Choose colors, brush size, and opacity, switch naturally between pencil and eraser, then pan and zoom to work at the scale you need. PUBLIC MAP PINS Place colored pins with short messages to mark ideas, discoveries, meet-up points, or places that matter to you. Drawings, pins, names, and messages are public by default. FAIR INK SYSTEM The ink allowance keeps the shared canvas responsive and gives everyone a fair opportunity to create. Ink regenerates over time and is never a currency or paid item. FAST SHARED CANVAS DrawMaps loads map content by visible tiles and securely synchronizes your contributions through its cloud backend. The interface stays focused on the map with compact, glass-inspired controls. ACCOUNT AND SAFETY CONTROLS Sign in with Apple or email, customize your avatar, review your contribution statistics, report inappropriate content, and block users. You can permanently delete your account and associated content from inside the app. EXPORT AND LANGUAGES Export a view of the map and use DrawMaps in English, Simplified Chinese, or Japanese. DrawMaps does not request GPS location permission. The coordinates saved by the service are locations you intentionally choose on the map. Map content is collaborative artwork and should not be used for navigation, emergencies, or other high-risk decisions.
Flag Maker
Easily design custom flags on your phone with over 200 free designs and customizable colors. Add text and create animated waving flag GIFs to share anywhere. Perfect for games, fictional countries, or personal projects.
- 200+ free flag designs
- Customizable colors
- Add and edit text
- Create animated waving flag GIFs
- Export as GIF
- Save and share flags
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Flag Maker is the easiest way to design custom flags right on your phone. Combine 200+ free designs, customize the colors, add your own text, and turn any flag into a waving animated GIF - all in seconds. Whether you're making a flag for a game, a fictional country, your team or clan, or just for fun, Flag Maker gives you everything you need to create outstanding flags and share them anywhere. CREATE & CUSTOMIZE - Start from 200+ free flag designs and templates - Combine and layer designs to build something original - Customize every color to get the exact look you want - Add text to your flags with full control over placement - Move, scale and rotate anything with simple touch gestures ANIMATE & SHARE - Turn any design into a realistic waving flag animation - Export as an animated GIF in just a couple of taps - Save your flags and share them with friends, in games, or on social media WHY YOU'LL LOVE FLAG MAKER - 200+ free designs - no cost to get started - Fast, smooth and easy to use, with no design skills required - Fully translated into 23 languages From quick edits to detailed flag designs, Flag Maker is the flag designer and GIF creator that makes it simple. Download Flag Maker and start designing your own custom flags today! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DrawMaps at none against Flag Maker's 3. DrawMaps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). Flag Maker's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Flag Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. DrawMaps asks for nothing beyond the download.
DrawMaps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flag Maker has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DrawMaps ships an update every 4 months, Flag Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrawMaps | Flag Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 玉竹智能 | Oliver Petrovic |
Customer experience
DrawMaps
Flag Maker
In-app purchases
DrawMaps
No in-app purchases
Flag Maker
- Flag Maker Pro$0.991 Month
- Flag Maker Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Flag Maker Pro$9.99
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