Comparison

FelinCity vs MapShifter

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

Head to head
About

FelinCity

Features
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FelinCity helps animal welfare teams manage free-roaming cat populations with structure, clarity, and better field coordination. Designed for TNR programs, municipalities, associations, and field volunteers, FelinCity makes it easier to organize census sessions, map colonies and sectors, track individual cats, and build reliable long-term population data. Whether you are launching a new sterilization campaign or improving an existing one, FelinCity gives your team a shared operational tool built for real-world conditions. With FelinCity, you can: Track cats and colonies in a structured way Organize sectors and field observations Use mapping tools to visualize interventions Run census sessions in the field Work with more consistent, usable data over time Improve collaboration between coordinators and volunteers Build a clearer picture of population evolution FelinCity is made for organizations that want to move from scattered notes and informal tracking to a more professional, actionable system for TNR and free-roaming cat management.

About

MapShifter

Transform your everyday map into a visually stunning, game-inspired world with turn-by-turn navigation and offline capabilities. Explore millions of places with unique, stylized map skins and track your journeys.

Highlights
  • Customizable game-inspired map skins
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Offline maps
  • Place search
  • Journey tracking
  • Apple Watch companion
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Your city, but reskinned by video games. Same streets. Same GPS. Whole different vibe. MapShifter replaces your everyday map with hand-crafted, game-inspired worlds — and gives you turn-by-turn navigation, place search, and offline maps inside each one. A map that evolves as you explore. FEATURES • Swap live between six map skins without losing your route • Turn-by-turn navigation for driving, walking, and cycling • Real search — restaurants, ATMs, landmarks — millions of places from OpenStreetMap • Offline maps — download any region and roam without a signal • Journey tracker — visited countries, history, streaks, and achievements • Apple Watch companion — the map on your wrist, in your favorite skin • CarPlay — your themed map, position arrow, route, search, and turn-by-turn guidance on the car display • Home Screen widgets — a live mini-map styled to match your theme SKINS AT LAUNCH • Old Wild Frontier II — sepia tones, serif typography, trail dust • Great Street Empire: SA — bold, graffiti-flavored urban cartography • Great Street Empire V — modern, dark style • Voxel Realm — pixelated, cubed, lush green biomes • Cybershock 2099 — dark, modern, glowy districts • Wastefield 4 — phosphor-green glow, radiated terrain New skins drop regularly. PRIVACY FIRST • No accounts. Install, open, go. • No ads, ever. • Anonymous product analytics and crash diagnostics; no advertising, attribution, or tracking SDKs. • We don't operate a server that logs your location. • We don't build behavioral profiles or sell data. MapShifter is an independent indie project — a love letter to the games that made us fall in love with maps. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any game studio, publisher, or franchise referenced. Every skin is original artwork and typography inspired by broader cartographic styles. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Built on open foundations: OpenStreetMap (map data, © OSM contributors, ODbL), MapLibre (rendering), Project OSRM (routing), Photon + Nominatim (search), Wikidata (place info). Huge thanks to the communities behind each. Download free. Pick your world. Start exploring. Support: support@mapshifter.com Website: https://mapshifter.com/ Privacy: https://mapshifter.com/privacy.html Terms: https://mapshifter.com/terms.html

Screenshots

FelinCity4 screens
MapShifter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FelinCity at every 3 days against MapShifter's weekly. FelinCity also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FelinCity ships an update every 3 days, MapShifter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FelinCity versus MapShifter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFelinCityMapShifter
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFelinCityFilipp Bazun

In-app purchases

None

FelinCity

No in-app purchases

None

MapShifter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FelinCity free?
FelinCity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapShifter free?
MapShifter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FelinCity or MapShifter have ads?
Neither FelinCity nor MapShifter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FelinCity or MapShifter?
FelinCity ships an update every 3 days, and MapShifter weekly. Most recently, FelinCity was updated on October 17, 2026 and MapShifter on October 11, 2026.

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