Comparison

RiderLog vs MapThings.com

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

Head to head
About

RiderLog

Record and share your motorcycle journeys with detailed stats and photos. Automatically group multi-day rides into a single story and enjoy privacy features that keep your data yours. Participate in weekly challenges tailored to your riding style.

Highlights
  • Record and track motorcycle rides
  • Generate shareable ride cards with stats and photos
  • Group multi-day rides into single journeys
  • Privacy Zones to hide home location
  • Weekly riding challenges
  • Low battery impact and ride recovery
Features
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A motorcycle ride tracker that keeps every ride, free. With RiderLog Pro, the people at home can follow your ride and hear when you arrive. I'm Aivars. I ride a scooter most days, and I built RiderLog because I wanted a reliable ride log without a subscription just to record. Recording here is free. Lifeline is the paid feature I wanted for my own family. EVERY RIDE, KEPT • Record motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and ebikes with the phone locked. • A recovery copy on your phone helps restore interrupted recordings. • See ride time in the Dynamic Island and on the lock screen. • Keep your routes, photos, distance, time, speeds and stops together. • Import and export GPX files. Your rides are saved on your phone. Signed-in sync and sharing features also upload ride information and photos to our services. Visibility settings control who can see shared content. RiderLog 1.16 does not provide automatic iCloud ride sync or backup to another phone. LIFELINE: KEEP YOUR PEOPLE POSTED (PRO) Pick up to five people. Email contacts do not need RiderLog: they receive a page link to follow your ride. RiderLog friends can receive notifications in the app. • Your people can follow your position while you ride. • When you finish, Lifeline sends an arrival update. • If you stop moving for longer than your chosen interval, or your phone stops checking in, Lifeline can ask your contacts to check on you. • On every ride, free: create a live link and send it yourself. Lifeline notices silence, not crashes. It cannot tell that you fell and does not call emergency services. Alerts depend on permissions, connectivity and delivery services. Without a fresh position, your people see where you were last seen and when. You can stop live sharing separately from recording. FRIENDS ON THE MAP Turn on live location and the friends you choose can see you on their map, with your heading while riding. It is off until you switch it on. You choose how long your last position stays visible. PLACES WORTH RIDING TO Find cafes, viewpoints and stops that riders check in at. The map is densest in Bangkok and grows elsewhere as riders add places. Keep lists, follow other riders' lists and share them with a web link. Check in with photos and collect stamps in your riding passport. THE RIDE, AFTERWARDS Turn a ride into a card or a replay video for your stories or group chat. Group multi-day rides into trips. Take on weekly challenges scaled to how you ride, earn points and climb the ranks. BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO Open the phone for a ride screen in columns and ride details across two pages. Fold it and continue where you left off. The dark riding screen and reduced map work help limit battery use. PRIVACY AND CONTROL Privacy Zones trim the routes you share. They do not hide the live position you choose to share through Lifeline or friend location sharing. Choose the visibility of rides, lists and check-ins. Analytics do not include route coordinates, ride names, notes or photos, and you can switch analytics off in Settings. You can also delete your RiderLog account there. I don't sell your personal data. RIDERLOG PRO Recording, rides, friends, places and core challenges are free. Pro adds Lifeline, clean ride cards and videos without the RiderLog mark, unlimited place lists, a bonus weekly challenge and protected weeks for your rank. The app shows your local price and any free trial before you subscribe. Apple bills the subscription after a trial unless you cancel. Manage or cancel in App Store settings; Restore Purchases is available in the app. RiderLog hands navigation to Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze. It has no crash detection, emergency calling or speed leaderboards. I build RiderLog on my own and read the feedback board in Profile. Privacy Policy: https://sleepybytes.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

RiderLog4 screens
MapThings.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapThings.com at none against RiderLog's 2. MapThings.com also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. RiderLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MapThings.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RiderLog against 5.0 for MapThings.com. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RiderLog ships an update every 9 days, MapThings.com weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RiderLog versus MapThings.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiderLogMapThings.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSleepyBytes SIAWade Funk

Customer experience

RiderLog

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

MapThings.com

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RiderLog

Subscriptions2
  • MotoLog Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • MotoLog Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

MapThings.com

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RiderLog free?
RiderLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapThings.com free?
MapThings.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RiderLog or MapThings.com?
RiderLog and MapThings.com are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RiderLog or MapThings.com have ads?
Neither RiderLog nor MapThings.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RiderLog or MapThings.com?
RiderLog ships an update every 9 days, and MapThings.com weekly. Most recently, RiderLog was updated on October 31, 2026 and MapThings.com on October 31, 2026.

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